Improved definition (EN only): A document or set of documents established at national and/or regional level which sets out a limited number of coherent priorities established on the basis of evidence and a timeframe for the implementation of those priorities and which may include a monitoring mechanism.

evidence and longer-term objectives agreed and implemented in cooperation with relevant stakeholders established in a single policy document or in a set of inter-linked policy documents

Guidance on Ex Ante Conditionalities, Draft, European Commission, 2013, http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/what/future/pdf/preparation/part2_guidance_ex-ante_conditionalities_guidance.pdf [13/06/2016]

policy framework