Press Release: Cohesion policy 2007-2013: Commission approves the national strategy and priorities for Austria

Regional policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner and Employment and social affairs Commissioner Vladimír Spidla congratulated the Austrian authorities for becoming the third Member State to have reached agreement with the European Commission on the national plan and priorities for Cohesion policy 2007-2013. In their National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) Austrian authorities describe how they are going to invest EU funding of € 1,461 million that they will receive over seven years to deliver growth and jobs to their regions. The adoption procedure has now been completed as the European Commission issued its decision on elements of the Austrian NSRF, including priorities, indicative annual allocations, and list of operational programmes.