Regional development
Article 57
1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation on regional development and land-use planning. 2. To this end, the Parties shall encourage the exchange of information by national, regional and local authorities on regional and land-use planning policy and on methods of formulation of regional policies with special emphasis on the development of disadvantaged areas. They shall also encourage direct contacts between the respective regions and public organisations responsible for regional development planning with the aim, inter alia, of exchanging information regarding ways of fostering regional development.