Guidelines on new programming period 2014-2020 stress the need for a major concentration of resources on identified priorities at regional level, representing the main socio-economic issues of European territories. In order to achieve this goal, a wide and shared vision of local needs is needed, with a deep involvement of regional stakeholders. For this reason the Friuli Venezia Giulia, with Informest technical support has launched a public consultation in order to provide with a first survey of regional system effective needs as regarding the thematic objectives proposed by the EU. The aim is to start up a process of common and shared identification of priorities for future structural funds.