Press Release: Cohesion policy 2007-2013: Poland, the biggest beneficiary, has plan and priorities agreed with the Commission

Regional policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner and Employment and social affairs Commissioner Vladimír Spidla congratulated the Polish authorities for the Polish national plan and priorities for Cohesion policy 2007-2013 officially agreed with the European Commission on 7 May 2007. In their National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) Polish authorities describe how they are going to invest EU funding of € 67 billion that they will receive over seven years to deliver growth and jobs to their regions. The adoption procedure has now been completed as the European Commission issued its decision on key elements of the Polish plan, including priorities, indicative annual allocations, and list of operational programmes.