Growth and jobs: cohesion policy, Community strategic guidelines, 2007-2013

The Council approved common guidelines on the proposal for a Council decision relating to strategic guidelines on cohesion. 

The purpose of these strategic guidelines is to foster an increase in the strategic content of cohesion policy with a view to strengthening synergies with, and helping to deliver, the objectives of the renewed Lisbon agenda. The guidelines will act as an as an indicative framework for the Member States for the preparation of the national strategic reference frameworks and operational programmes for the period 2007 to 2013.

For details of the proposal, please refer to the document dated 13/07/2006.