The Southwest European Space Territorial Cooperation Operational Programme (SUDOE) is a community initiative that supports regional development by co-funding transnational projects through the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) for the 2007-2013 period.

It mobilizes about 132 million Euros, divided into four main priority axes of intervention: (i) to promote innovation and the creation of stable networks of cooperation in technology; (ii) to improve the sustainability for environment and the natural environment conservation and protection; (iii) to promote the harmonious integration of the SUDOE space and enhancement on the accessibility to information networks; (iv) to promote sustainable urban development, taking advantage of the positive effects of transnational cooperation.

The service task was intended to produce contributions to the Programme, namely: (i) the development of a socio-economic and territorial diagnosis; (ii) the elaboration of a territorial cooperation diagnosis in south-western Europe; (iii) the strategic elaboration of the Programme; (iv) the definition of strategic priorities (axes of intervention); (v) justification of the priorities chosen; (vi) provisions for implementing the Programme.