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Objective 1 regions are officially designated NUTS level 2 regions within the European Union where per capita GDP is less than 75% of that of the wider union; they also include certain very low population areas in Sweden and Finland and some outlying (i.e. non-European) areas. The recognition of Objective One status is usually accompanied by structural funds support from the European Community as part of their regional policy The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... Regional policy is the means by which governments and international organisations seek to reduce spatial disparities in economic well being. ...


Achievement of Objective One status is frequently the subject of much political debate and manouevring. The current areas were designated in 1999 for the period up until 2006. The enlargement of the European Union in 2004 reduced average per capita GDP, reducing the number of regions in the EU-15 which will qualify as of right for Objective One from 2007. The Enlargement of the European Union is the growth in size of the European Union, from the six founding member states in 1952, to the 25 current member states. ...


See also

The European Union has designated certain geographic regions as qualifying for Objective 2 status. ...

External links

  • eligible regions (http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/objective1/regions_en.htm)
  • map of eligible areas (red) (http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/objective2/map_en.htm)
  • The Objective One partnership for Cornwall and Scilly (http://www.objectiveone.com/)

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Objective 3 : to support the adaptation and modernisation of education, training and employment policies and systems in regions not eligible under Objective 1.
Objective 1 is "regionalised", meaning that it applies to designated NUTS level II areas in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics developed by Eurostat.
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