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

Regional policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner and Employment and social affairs Commissioner Vladimír Spidla congratulated the authorities of the Netherlands for reaching agreement with the European Commission on the national plan and priorities for Cohesion policy 2007-2013. In their National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) the Dutch authorities describe how they are going to invest EU funding of € 1.9 billion 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 Dutch NSRF, including priorities, indicative annual allocations, and list of operational programmes.