<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>42</termId><termName>Policy instrument</termName><termType>PT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>D4RUNOFF</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Policy instrument</termSortkey><termNote label="Source"><![CDATA[ <p>Inforegio Interreg Europe Glossary</p>
<p>https://www.interregeurope.eu/glossary-terms</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p><span class="field-content">A means for public intervention. It refers to any policy, strategy, or law developed by public authorities and applied on the ground to improve a specific territorial situation. In most cases, financial resources are associated with a policy instrument. However, an instrument can also sometimes refer to a legislative framework with no specific funding.</span></p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p><span class="field-content">A means for public intervention. It refers to any policy, strategy, or law developed by public authorities and applied on the ground to improve a specific territorial situation. In most cases, financial resources are associated with a policy instrument. However, an instrument can also sometimes refer to a legislative framework with no specific funding.</span></p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Policy instrument</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>163</termId><termName>Policy making</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>48</termId><termName>Level Of Support to NBS</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>53</termId><termName>Nature of support to NBS</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>43</termId><termName>Type of Policy Instrument</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>