2007 DATAR Activity Report The DATAR is an interdepartmental Mission Administration. The Interministerial Delegation for Spatial Planning and Regional Attraction (DATAR) is a service of the Prime Minister made available to the Minister in charge of spatial planning. DATAR prepares, stimulates and coordinates state-led spatial planning policies. As such, it ensures the preparation of the Interministerial Committees for the Planning and Development of Territories (CIADT), during which major decisions on spatial planning are taken.The action of the DATAR is guided by a twofold objective: — to strengthen the attractiveness of the French territories, — to ensure their cohesion and balance in an enlarged Europe. The Delegation leads the Observatory of Territories, a place of synthesis and perspective of information on the territories produced by State departments, local and regional authorities and public bodies for study and research.