The Commission shall, in cooperation with the Member States, ensure overall consistency with other relevant Community policies, instruments and actions, in particular by establishing appropriate mechanisms to coordinate the activities of this programme with relevant activities relating to research, employment, economic, industrial and enterprise policies, non-discrimination, immigration, equality between women and men, social protection, education, training and youth policy, health and in the field of enlargement and the Community's external relations.
Komisija v sodelovanju z državami članicami zagotovi splošno skladnost z drugimi pomembnimi politikami, instrumenti in ukrepi Skupnosti, predvsem z uvedbo ustreznih mehanizmov za usklajevanje dejavnosti iz tega programa z ustreznimi dejavnostmi, ki se nanašajo na raziskovalne, zaposlitvene, gospodarske, industrijske in podjetniške politike, nediskriminacijo, priseljevanje, enakost med ženskami in moškimi, socialno zaščito, izobraževanje, usposabljanje in politiko mladih, zdravje ter na področje širitve in zunanjih odnosov Skupnosti.