The co-rapporteurs believed it was essential for the EU to have an effective instrument to further these goals, one which would be both strategic and flexible and which would complement other funding mechanisms, such as the Stability Instrument and the geographic funding programmes.
To personu kategorijas, kuras jau tagad atbrīvotas no prasības uzrādīt ES ieceļošanas vīzu, plānots papildināt ar bēgļiem un bezvalstniekiem, ko par tādiem atzinušas ES dalībvalstis.