European Union funding in Scotland

Author: Iain Thom and Wendy Kenyon

PDF Published: Friday 28 Sep 2018 (SB 18-61)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The European Union Budget
  - Scotland's net contribution to the EU budget
- EU Funding Programmes 2014-20
- Common Agricultural Policy
  - The Common Agricultural Fund at an EU level
  - How are CAP funds allocated across the EU?
  - How are funds allocated across the UK?
  - How much CAP funding does Scotland get?
  - Where does CAP funding go within Scotland?
  - Funding for agricultural policy after Brexit
- Structural Funds
  - How are funds allocated across the EU and UK?
  - How decisions on structural funding are made
  - Structural funds in Scotland today
  - Making maximum use of the available structural funds
  - What will happen after Brexit?
- Common Fisheries Policy
  - How are funds allocated across the EU and UK?
  - How decisions on EMFF are made
  - The EMFF in Scotland today
  - What will happen after Brexit
- Competitive Funds
  - Horizon 2020
  - Erasmus+
  - European Territorial Cooperation funds
- European Investment Bank Group
  - European Investment Bank lending
  - European Investment Fund
  - What will happen after Brexit?
- Annex A - other EU funding under the MFF 2014-20
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The European Union Budget
- EU Funding Programmes 2014-20
- Common Agricultural Policy
- Structural Funds
- Common Fisheries Policy
- Competitive Funds
- European Investment Bank Group
- Annex A - other EU funding under the MFF 2014-20
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Infographic showing the relative size of EU funds available to Scotland

Image: Figure 1: EU funding - 2014-2020 programmes available in Scotland …

Image: Table 2: EU funding - what will happen after Brexit …

Image: EU Funding Programmes 2014-20 …

Infographic showing the how the CAP funds are split into different programmes in Scotland

Image: Figure 2: Common Agricultural Policy in Scotland 2014-2020 …

Image: Map 1: total Pillar 1 payments in Scotland for 2017 …

Image: Map 2: total Pillar 2 payments in Scotland for 2017 …

Image: Map 3: farm types by agricultural parish 2015 …

Bar chart showing Pillar 1 and LFASS spend by agricultural region

Image: Figure 3: CAP spending by agricultural region …

Map of Scotland showing NUTS2 regions for structural funding purposes

Image: Map 4: structural fund eligibility …

Flowchart describing process of structural fund decision making

Image: Figure 4: process of structural fund decisions …

Pie chart of organisations in receipt of ERDF and ESF committed funding.

Image: Figure 5: who is drawing down structural funds? …

Chart of the top ten delivery agents by value of structural funds committed

Image: Figure 6: top ten Delivery Agents by value of funds committed …

Pie chart of the types of organisations in receipt of Horizon 2020 funding

Image: Figure 7: Scottish sectors in receipt of Horizon 2020 funding …

Bar chart showing the value of Horizon 2020 funding by region of Scotland.

Image: Figure 8: value of Horizon 2020 funding by region of Scotland …

Flowchart infographic showing number of projects and participants in Erasmus+ in Scotland plus value of grants for 2014-17

Image: Figure 9: Erasmus+ funding in Scotland, 2014-17 …

Graph of the value of EIB loans to the UK by year, and as a percentage of total EIB loans

Image: Figure 10: EIB lending to UK projects …

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Image: Table 2: EU funding - what will happen after Brexit …

Image: EU Funding Programmes 2014-20 …

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Image: Figure 2: Common Agricultural Policy in Scotland 2014-2020 …

Image: Map 1: total Pillar 1 payments in Scotland for 2017 …

Image: Map 2: total Pillar 2 payments in Scotland for 2017 …

Image: Map 3: farm types by agricultural parish 2015 …

Image: Figure 3: CAP spending by agricultural region …

Image: Map 4: structural fund eligibility …

Image: Figure 4: process of structural fund decisions …

Image: Figure 5: who is drawing down structural funds? …

Image: Figure 6: top ten Delivery Agents by value of funds committed …

Image: Figure 7: Scottish sectors in receipt of Horizon 2020 funding …

Image: Figure 8: value of Horizon 2020 funding by region of Scotland …

Image: Figure 9: Erasmus+ funding in Scotland, 2014-17 …

Image: Figure 10: EIB lending to UK projects …

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