Article 2

reconstruction, aid for the return of refugees and displaced persons, and stabilisation of the region;

the creation of an institutional and legislative framework to underpin democracy, the rule of law and human and minority rights, reconciliation and the consolidation of civil society, the independence of the media and the strengthening of legality and of measures to combat organised crime;

sustainable economic development and market-economy-orientated economic reform;

social development, with particular reference to poverty reduction, gender equality, education, teaching and training, and environmental rehabilitation;

the development of closer relations among recipient countries, between them and the European Union and between them and countries which are candidates for accession to the European Union, in coordination with other instruments for cross-border, transnational and regional transboundary cooperation with non-member countries;

fostering regional, transnational, cross-border and interregional cooperation among the recipient countries, between them and the European Union and between the recipient countries and other countries of the region.