In order to answer to the challenges of the future cohesion policy, the Commission proposes a new architecture based on a strategic approach, which while taking the Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas fully into consideration rationalises the cohesion policy by defining its priorities, ensuring the coordination with the system of economic and social governance and allowing for a regular and open review of the progress made.
In order to answer to the challenges of the future cohesion policy, the Commission proposes a new architecture based on a strategic approach, which while taking the Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas fully into consideration rationalises the cohesion policy by defining its priorities, ensuring the coordination with the system of economic and social governance and allowing for a regular and open review of the progress made.