Kommissionen har under forhandlingerne om programmeringsdokumenterne og etableringen af overvågningsudvalgene insisteret på, at dette princip blev fulgt, samt at lokale aktører deltog i partnerskabet.
Measures should both meet the needs of the unemployed (those with poor qualifications, single parents, those living in old urban areas or suburbs, ethnic minorities, etc.) and head off the prospect of longterm unemployment for those who lose their jobs.