Preparation of the Partnership Agreement
Article 6
Member States shall involve relevant partners, in accordance with their institutional and legal framework, in the preparation of the Partnership Agreement, and in particular concerning: (a) the analysis of disparities, development needs and growth potential with reference to the thematic objectives, including those addressed by the relevant country-specific recommendations; (b) summaries of the ex ante conditionalities of the programmes and key findings of any ex ante evaluations of the Partnership Agreement undertaken at the Member State’s initiative; (c) the selection of the thematic objectives, the indicative allocations of the ESI Funds and their main expected results; (d) the list of programmes and the mechanisms at national and regional level to ensure coordination of the ESI Funds with one another and with other Union and national funding instruments and with the European Investment Bank; (e) the arrangements for ensuring an integrated approach to the use of ESI Funds for the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features; (f) the arrangements for ensuring an integrated approach to addressing the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty and of target groups at the highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities; (g) the implementation of the horizontal principles referred to in Articles 5, 7 and 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.