The reform envisaged, the aim of which is to simplify the management of the Structural Funds, includes a number of innovations, among them a rearrangement of the programmes around the three themes of ‘convergence’, ‘regional competitiveness and employment’ and ‘territorial cooperation’, and other major changes including the financing, where possible, of the cohesion programmes from a single fund.
The reform envisaged, the aim of which is to simplify the management of the Structural Funds, includes a number of innovations, among them a rearrangement of the programmes around the three themes of ‘convergence’, ‘regional competitiveness and employment’ and ‘territorial cooperation’, and other major changes including the financing, where possible, of the cohesion programmes from a single fund.