> A clear delimiting of the framework, the nature and the division of responsibility between the various actors charged with managing the Community budget and the follow-up and evaluation of actions: the implementing Member States, regions and implementing bodies on the one hand, and the Commission on the other. > Under the convergence objective, new stress is placed on action by the ERDF in the field of research and innovation as well as the environment and risk prevention. Under the competitiveness objective, this action will concentrate on three themes: innovation and the knowledge economy; the environment and risk prevention; accessibility to transport and telecommunications. > ESF action under the convergence objective will highlight good governance and the strengthening of institutions. > As part of the same approach, increased confidence will be placed in the control systems of Member States when these are the principal financial contributors and the Commission has obtained assurances regarding the reliability of these systems: this is the new principle of ‘proportionality’. > The Cohesion Fund will have a wider field of action, including energy efficiency, renewable energy, intermodal transport and urban and collective transport. > Improved concentration by balancing geographical, thematic and financial aspects. It is this that results in abandoning the pre-established ‘micro-zoning’ for future programmes under the competitiveness objective. > Finally, the final regulation proposed would allow the creation of ‘European groupings of cross-border cooperation’ (EGCC), invested with legal personality, which would oversee implementation of cross-border programmes on the basis of an agreement between national, regional and local administrations or other public services. > More coherent action by each of the Structural Funds (ERDF, ESF) by virtue of the principle of ‘one fund, one programme’. On the other hand, to better coordinate heavy investments by the ERDF and Cohesion Fund, the latter will no longer fund separate projects but priorities within joint ERDF/Cohesion Fund programmes, which will be subject to the same rules. To find out more: http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/debate/forum_en.htm
> Ühenduse eelarvet haldavate erinevate asutuste vastutuse raamistiku, selle iseloomu ja jaotuse selge piiritlemine ning tegevuse järelvalve ja hindamine: täideviivad liikmesriigid, piirkonnad ja rakendusorganid ühelt poolt ja Komisjon teiselt poolt. > Konvergentsi sihtalas on tehtud uus rõhuasetus ERDFi tegevusele teadusuuringute ja innovatsiooni valdkonnas ning samuti keskkonnakaitsel ja ohu ennetamisel; transpordi ja sidevahendite kättesaadavusele. > ESFi tegevus konvergentsi sihtala raames asetab rõhu headele valitsemistavadele ja institutsioonide tugevdamisele; > Osana samast lähenemisest osutatakse suuremat usaldust liikmesriikide kontrollsüsteemidele, kui need on põhirahastajaks ja Komisjonil on kinnitusi nende süsteemide usaldusväärsuse kohta: see kujutab endast uut “proportsionaal-suse” põhimõtet. > Ühtekuuluvusfondi tegevusvaldkond laieneb energiatõhususe, taastuvate energiaallikate, ühendvedude ning linna- ja ühistranspordi küsimustele. > Parendatud keskendumine geograafiliste, temaatiliste ja finantsaspektide tasakaalustamise abil. See võimaldab loobuda tulevaste programmide ettemääratud “mikrotsooni-mist” konkurentsivõime sihtala raames. > Lisaks lubab pakutud määruse lõppvariant “Euroopa piiriüleste koostöögruppide” (“European groupings of cross--border cooperation” - EGCC) loomist juriidiliste isikutena, mis hakkavad kontrollima piiriüleste programmide teostamist riikidevaheliste, piirkondlike ja kohalike haldusorganite või teiste ametiasutuste vaheliste kokkulepete alusel. Täiendavat teavet leiate aadressilt: http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_