This Communication sets out guidelines to assist the Member States and regions in drawing up their development plans. For measures primarily concerned with economic and social cohesion, the Communication stresses the importance of including integrated and consistent strategies for development and structural adjustment in both the measures and sub-measures of the programmes. Reinforcing social cohesion and employment by developing human resources. Balanced urban and rural development throughout Europe. As the process of developing rural areas can promote modernisation, diversification and environmental protection, it must be complementary to the development of urban areas.
Special attention is given here to areas dependent on fisheries.
Lastly, the Communication contains guidelines on basing the structural programmes on broad and effective partnerships at local level. The Commission must brief the Member States through the Consultative Committee for Coordination in the field of fraud prevention, and may also agree to cover the legal costs of Member States. All these exchanges of information are subject to the rules of confidentiality. The Commission must be informed of the measures adopted by Member States and in turn undertakes to inform them about its own information and publicity initiatives. This Decision also includes specific provisions on advertising boards, commemorative plaques and posters.