This Regulation establishes the Instrument for Pre–accession Assistance (IPA II) for the period from 2014 to 2020. The general objective of IPA II is to support the beneficiaries listed in Annex I in adopting and implementing the political, institutional, legal, administrative, social and economic reforms required by those beneficiaries in order to comply with the Union's values and to progressively align to the Union's rules, standards, policies and practices, with a view to Union membership. The assistance under this Regulation shall apply to the following policy areas: (i) reforms in preparation for Union membership and related institution- and capacity-building; (ii) socio-economic and regional development; (iii) employment, social policies, education, promotion of gender equality, and human resources development; (iv) agriculture and rural development; and (v) regional and territorial cooperation.
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