The general objective of the Cohesion Policy reflects the fact that the problem of the diminution of regional disparities already represents a key issue within the framework of the Cohesion Policy. The Romanian membership to the economic community does not reduce the disparities between current development levels, on the contrary, under certain circumstances, it can aggravate the differences. The structural grant assistance offered by the European Union to Romania gives a chance in order to increase the speed of recuperating the disparities and to reduce the structural differences. This is even more valuable so as it takes over a considerable part of the economic efforts that should have been done on one’s own account.

Cohesion Policy, structural instruments, operational programmes