• identifying the needs for and developing relevant assessments to support Cohesion policies, spatial planning and areas defined by their ecological relatedness (e.g. coasts, inland seas, urban, rural and mountain areas); and
• na riachtanais a aithint le haghaidh, agus measúnuithe cuí a fhorbairt chun beartais Chomhtháthaithe, pleanáil spásúlachta agus ceantair a shainmhínítear trí thacaíocht a thabhairt dá bhaint éiceolaíochta a thacú (m. sh. cóstaí, farraigí intíre, ceantair uirbeacha, tuaithe agus sléibhe); agus