Economic cooperation, devised to serve the mutual interests of the Community and its partner countries, shall contribute to the development of the ALA developing countries by helping them build up their institutional capacity so as to create an environment more favourable to investment and development and make the most of the prospects opened up by the growth of international trade, including the European single market, and by enhancing the role of businessmen, technology and know-how from all the Member States, particularly in the private sector and in small and medium-sized undertakings.
Gospodarsko sodelovanje, ki se načrtuje zaradi skupnega interesa Skupnosti in njenih partnerskih držav, prispeva k razvoju ALA držav v razvoju v okviru pomoči, namenjeni krepitvi njihove institucionalne usposobljenosti zaradi ustvarjanja ugodnejših razmer za investicije in razvoj ter popolnega izkoriščanja možnosti, ki se odirajo z rastjo mednarodne trgovine, vključujoč evropski enotni trg, in v okviru krepitve vloge podjetnikov, tehnologije ter strokovnega znanja in izkušenj vseh držav članic, zlasti v zasebnem sektorju ter v malih in srednje velikih podjetjih.