As noted earlier, a territorial cohesion policy for rural areas which enables each region to develop its potential needs to take account of two kinds of regional conditions (both assets and challenges), those which are broadly associated with the interaction of the meta narratives of change and the type of region (and are therefor to some extent systematic in their distribution), and those which are more localised and unique. Only the first of these is discussed here, the second requires some form of regional audit of development assets. This will be explored within the context of Activity (Cohesion Policy.
