In order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the Union and to maximise the contribution of the ESI Funds to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as well as the Fund-specific missions of the ESI Funds, including economic, social and territorial cohesion, it is necessary to ensure that policy commitments made in the context of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth are underpinned by investment through the ESI Funds and other Union instruments.
Ar mhaithe le forbairt chomhchuí chothromaithe agus inbhuanaithe an Aontais a chur chun cinn agus rannchuidiú Chistí SIE le straitéis an Aontais maidir le fás cliste, inbhuanaithe agus uilechuimsitheach a uasmhéadú chomh maith leis na misin Chiste-shonracha de chuid Chistí SIE, lena n-áirítear comhtháthú eacnamaíoch, sóisialta agus críochach, is gá a áirithiú go mbeidh infheistíocht trí Chistí SIE agus ionstraimí eile Aontais ina gcranntaca ag na gealltanais bheartais a dhéanfar i gcomhthéacs straitéis an Aontais maidir le fás cliste, inbhuanaithe agus uilechuimsitheach.