The rural regions of Europe will undergo radical change over the next two decades.Successful rural are as will achieve a sustainable balance between economic, social and environ mental aspects of development on the basis of a fully diversified knowledge based rural economy that includes...

This report is presented in accordance with Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds. It is the fifteenth annual report on the implementation of the Structural Funds, covering activities during 2003. Following the work begun in 2001 and...

The year 2002 saw the finalisation of programming, mainly for Objective 2 but also the Community Initiatives. Programme implementation reached a generally satisfactory cruising speed with a rate of execution comparable with the previous programming period. The first operations connected with the...

This annual report on the activities of the Cohesion Fund covers the calendar year 2002. It provides information on the first year of the 2000-06 programming period. The reporting format reflects the requirements of the Cohesion Fund regulation. It has been adapted in order to take into account...