The authors of the follow-up study recommend to raise awareness and to stir political leadership for the concept of territorial cohesion, to enhance the policy process within the EU institutions, to add territorial indicators to existing impact assessments, and to agree on indicators to measure progress and impact of the "Territorial Agenda" and the related action plan. Alongside social and economic cohesion, "territorial cohesion" will be introduced by the draft Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Article 174). Though no final definition of "territorial cohesion" exists, its objective can be described as achieving a more balanced development by reducing existing disparities, avoiding territorial imbalances, and by making sector policies with a spatial impact and regional policy more coherent.