Strategy, the Strategic Guidelines for the Development of Aquaculture 2021–2030, the Circular Economy Action Plan and other strategic documents issued by the Commission. LDSs will be developed on a bottom-up basis, in line with the needs of the selected area. The key challenge will be to enable the area to develop sustainably; in the Slovenian coastal area, this means involving emerging blue economy sectors. Within the framework of the relevant specific objectives/measures, the use of financial instruments is envisaged insofar as the results of the analysis of the preliminary assessments of market needs and the funding gaps on the market for the implementation of financial instruments in the 2021–2027 programming period demonstrate the need to use financial instruments. JTF-specific objective: Europe for a Just Transition The final territorial and thematic scope of JTF support will be defined after the territorial Just Transition plans, which are part of or complement the programme, have been assessed and approved. The territorial plans will outline a clear transition process at national level, including a timeline for the implementation of the key steps towards achieving the 2030 climate and energy targets and the objective of climate neutrality by 2050. Slovenia will thereby contribute to the implementation of the commitments stemming from the Regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality (adopted on 9 July 2021), with impacts in selected areas visible by 2030 at the latest. The territorial plans must also demonstrate that, on the basis of economic and social impacts, the selected areas are the ones most negatively affected by the transition process, and clearly explain the expected effects of the planned measures. The transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy is one of the most important policy objectives of the European Union, and is expected to have wider negative social and economic impacts in areas heavily dependent on fossil fuels and on industries in which greenhouse gas intensity is highest. The European Commission has drawn up the Investment Guidelines for the Just Transition Fund 2021–2027 in Annex D to the Country Report – Slovenia 2020. Under these guidelines, which define two areas dependent on fossil fuels, namely Zasavska and Savinjsko-Šaleška, Slovenia is allocating Just Transition funds to these two territories and not to areas that are heavily dependent on industries in which greenhouse gas intensity is highest. Among the key actions under the JTF for the Zasavska region, Annex D identifies investments in the regeneration and decontamination of buildings, land remediation and repurposing projects, and investments in strengthening the circular economy. For the Savinjsko- Šaleška region, the key actions under the JTF include productive investments in SMEs, including start- ups, to diversify and redirect economic activity, investments in research and innovation, projects to enhance the transfer of advanced technologies in line with the Smart Specialisation Strategy, investments in digitalisation, and the active inclusion of the unemployed. Some restructuring activities have already been carried out, namely the preparation of the National Strategy for the Phasing-Out of Coal and the Restructuring of Coal Regions in Accordance with the Principles of a Just Transition, which set 2033 as the year of the country’s final exit from coal, and the preparation of action plans for the phasing-out of coal in the Slovenian coal regions (Savinjsko-Šaleška and Zasavska). In parallel with the national strategy, which sets 2033 as the year of the country’s final exit from coal, a comprehensive environmental impact assessment has been successfully completed. Relevant actors at national, regional and local level have been involved in the drafting of the documents, including the Slovenian government’s Working Group on the Restructuring of Coal Regions (state secretary level) and the Operational Working Group on the Preparation of Measures for the