Directory code: Fisheries / Common fisheries policy / Structural measures Regional policy and coordination of structural instruments / Coordination of structural instruments

Stresses that European initiatives in the field of cohesion and structural policy need to be better coordinated so as not to jeopardise the coherence of regional policy; calls therefore for strengthened coordination in the Commission between DG REGIO, which is responsible for cohesion and structural policy, and the DGs responsible for the relevant sector-specific initiatives; calls, in view of the Lisbon Treaty’s strengthening of the rights of regional and local authorities, for these authorities to be more closely involved in the development of policy at Commission level, in order to enhance project responsibility among project promot ...[+++]ers; also calls, however, for more control of results by the Commission on the spot, so as to improve evaluation both of the efficiency of project structures and of the effectiveness of measures in terms of the objective they seek to achieve;

Particular attention should be paid to the areas of free movement of goods, intellectual property law, information society and media, agriculture and rural development, food safety, veterinary and phyto-sanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, social policy and employment, regional policy and coordination of structural instruments, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security and financial control.

The surveillance and coordination of macroeconomic policies in the EU, the conduct of monetary policy in the Economic and Monetary Union, as well as the Community structural policies, require a sound statistical underpinning.

Directory code: Freedom of movement for workers and social policy / Social policy / General social provisions Regional policy and coordination of structural instruments / Coordination of structural instruments Environment, consumers and health protection / Environment / General provisions and programmes

As for regional policy and the co-ordination of structural instruments, progress was made recently in preparing for the implementation of structural policies and designation of the main institutions involved.