3.12 National Development Plan/CSF and the BMW Regional OP 2000-2006

In developing this OP, the Managing Authority has taken account of the significant investment that has been made in the BMW Region under the National Development Plan/Community Support Framework 2000-2006 and is also cognisant of the need to complement the National Development Plan (NDP) 2007-2013. Total investment in the BMW region from 2000-2005 was €12.1bn across the Regional and Inter-Regional Operational Programmes.

This OP also takes account of the lessons of the previous BMW Regional OP 2000-2006. The OPs overall objectives were to:

• increase the region’s potential to act as a counterbalance to the S&E region, especially Dublin;

• pursue more balanced regional growth within the region;

• increase the presence in the region of the key drivers of sustainable growth, notably in the productive sector;

• improve the quality of the region’s economic and social infrastructure and human resources;

• build on the region’s natural resource base, especially in the areas of agriculture, tourism, the seafood sector and rural enterprise; and

• promote rural and urban social inclusion.

This was achieved through four priorities: Local Infrastructure; Local Enterprise Development; Agriculture and Rural Development; and Social Inclusion and Childcare. The measures for each Priority are set out in the following Table 3.16.

Source: BMW Programme Complement 2006

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