Memo: Portugal – Operational programme 2007-2013: Thematic Operational Programme Territorial Enhancement 2007-2013

On 12 October 2007, the European Commission approved a Regional Operational Programme for the 7 NUTS II regions in Portugal for the 2007-13 period. The Operational Programme falls within the Convergence Objective framework and has a total budget of around €6.6 billion. Community funding through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) amounts to some €4.7 billion (around €1.6 billion through the ERDF and around €3.1 billion through the Cohesion Fund). This represents approximately 21.7% of the total EU investment for Portugal under the Cohesion Policy for 2007-2013.

The whole country is eligible under this Operational Programme, which concerns a population of about 10.5 million people (2005) living in an area of 92,000 km².