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ANNEX 2
SE FI-RU ENPI CBC 2007-2013 Programme Document
effects by e.g. improving environmental expertise and cooperation. The economic,
cultural, and social effects of the programme are clearly positive.
The objectives of the programme are based on the view that economic growth,
social development, and environmental protection all improve the quality of life.
Innovations and environmentally-friendly technology can improve the
competitiveness of the economic area and therefore create jobs and finance
social development. Taking environmental viewpoints into account in training and
the development of other kinds of expertise improves the environmental
sustainability of the programme.
The alternative priorities complement each other in achieving the environmental
targets. Negative combined effects can be prevented or mitigated by taking the
measures presented in the chapter “Suggested measures for preventing negative
environmental effects” into account.
The possible negative environmental effects of the programme are mainly indirect
and minor in significance. The programme does not allow for the implementation
of any major infrastructural projects but principally supports investments in human
capital i.e., the expertise of people.
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