the selection of operations under both funds. ERDF operations will be certified by the intermediate body and EAFRD operations by the EAFRD paying agency. We will allocate ERDF resources to building an inclusive society and to the further comprehensive socio-economic development of urban and rural areas, with particular attention to be paid to reducing the gap between socio-economically disadvantaged people and areas. CLLD under the EMFAF will be implemented autonomously. In comparison with the 2014–2020 period, we expect autonomous implementation will lead to shorter and simpler procedures for checking and approving applications and projects, and to local development strategies being approved that better take into account the specificities of areas in which a representative fisheries and aquaculture sector is present. Extending CLLD under the EMFAF to the whole territory of Slovenia (subject to certain conditions and criteria, of course) also means that more stakeholders will be able to benefit from EU funding. The entire coastal zone (the municipalities of Koper, Izola, Piran and Ankaran) will make up a single fisheries area. Criteria similar to those in place in the 2014–2020 programming period will be used to create a fisheries area on the mainland. The EMFAF will address projects in the fisheries and/or aquaculture sectors in line with the objectives set out in the OP EMFAF 2021–2027, taking into account the economic, environmental and social aspects. The selected projects will enable the sustainable development of the territories and their wider diversification, particularly in the blue economy sectors on the coastline, taking into account the Smart Specialisation Strategy and the ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’ mission. 3. Regional development (ADR) The economic, environmental, climate, demographic and social challenges and potentials of individual regions will also be addressed on the basis of regional development strategies geared towards achieving the territorial development objectives and implemented as the bottom-up integration of the internal development initiatives of development regions. Territorial strategies are regional development programmes (RDPs) drawn up on the basis of the Promotion of Balanced Regional Development Act. There is no territorial overlap between the programmes. In geographical terms, an RDP covers development regions at NUTS 3 level. The added value lies in the possibility of preparing more comprehensive projects which, given the dispersed nature of settlement in Slovenia, does not exclude any segment of the population or any area important for the development of larger and integrated projects. The development risk index and population size will be taken into account when funds are being allocated. Support for larger and/or more integrated regional projects is envisaged under the regional development approach. We will apply the regional development approach to those areas of action in which the use of a bottom- up approach is more sensible and rational than a top-down approach. As a matter of priority, projects that contribute to the fulfilment of enabling conditions and that do not overlap with other actions will be implemented under this approach. Nationally-led actions and territorial approaches will be complementary and will not overlap. The regional development approach is complemented by the ITI and CLLD approaches, as it aims to overcome the development barriers erected by disparities in areas not addressed by the other two approaches. The combination of all three approaches makes an integrated contribution to reducing development disparities between and within regions and to maintaining the population and development vitality of rural areas. Projects envisaged under territorial approaches can only be supported within one of the approaches. Complementarity will be sought and steps taken to ensure that there is no overlap between them.