The Structural Funds and their coordination with the Cohesion Fund – Draft guidance for programmes in the period 2000-06: Working Paper of the Commission

Summary:

The-main aim of the Union's structural and cohesion policies is to help reduce economic and social disparities. They support national and regional policies in the weakest regions and on national and regional labour markets. While it-is primarily the responsibility of the Member States and regions to define their priorities for d~velopment, the part-financing -of .programmes by the  European Union requires that account to be taken also of Community priorities, in order to promote the Community dimension of economic and social cohesion.

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