The objective of the EU programme is:

• Encouraging social, economic and territorial cohesion in Europe, supporting regions' participation in EU cohesion policy, in particular as regards objective 1 and 2 policies, and interregional co-operation
• Improving regions' sustainable development by providing its partners with ad hoc knowledge and methodology tools, and fostering a sustainable development approach by promoting close co-operation with experienced organisations such as the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
• Ensuring mutual knowledge of partners
• Fostering the implementation of a long-lasting network
• Supporting regions' self-development in the three selected areas of co-operation
• Ensuring durability of the operation by achieving recognisable results and disseminating them to the wider public
• Strengthening regions' administrative capacities in order to foster regional governance

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