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5.2 Objectives of the Priority (Sub-Programme)

The overriding objective for the BMW Region is to reduce the impact of peripherality, enhance the competitive position of the Region and promote inward investment. More specifically, theobjectives of the Local Enterprise Development Priority (Sub-Programme) are as follows:

  • enhance the quality and availability of employment within the Region
  • provide opportunities for alternative sources of income for the unemployed and under-employed, in particular, farmers and rural dwellers
  • upgrade and improve the capabilities and capacity of indigenous firms and their personnel
  • attract new inward investment and develop the base of non-indigenous industry in the Region
  • build-up the marketing capabilities within firms to enable them to avail of opportunities in the global marketplace; and enhance research and technological development within the Region generally and enhance the contribution of the Region’s natural resources to social and economic development particularly in the area of tourism, fisheries, forestry and aquaculture.
The Local Enterprise Development Priority will support the achievement of these objectives. Details of the Measures under the Priority are set out in section 5.3.

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