OBJECTIVES, DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONALITY Sample Clauses

OBJECTIVES, DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONALITY. 1.1. The wider objectives of the programme are: • To promote good neighbourliness and stability between the CEEC countries and the Member States by funding projects which will yield tangible benefits to the regions and communities on both sides of the border; • To promote co-operation with the CEEC regions bordering the European Union, helping these regions to overcome the specific development problems which may arise, inter alia, from their position within the national economies, in the interest of the local communities and in a manner compatible with the environment protection; • To develop the economy of the border regions by enhancing the trade and the economic co-operation with special environmental consideration. 1.2. The specific objectives and results are reflected in the following priority areas: • To continue to facilitate the movement of goods and people by rehabilitation of the access roads and infrastructure to the border crossings and by removing bottleneck on the main motorways on the road axis from Sofia to Thessalonica. • To address local environmental problems that affect both sides of the border, such as, but not limited to, management of liquid waste disposal, and the integrated water management of the shared river basins (▇▇▇▇▇/Nestos) that will improve the quality of life and the safety of the local population and protect the natural environment. • To facilitate the cross-border co-operation of regional actors and agencies in the areas of civil society, culture, education, business, especially tourism, and environment trough the continuation of a Small Project Fund: projects • To provide technical assistance through Project Preparation Facility projects.