EU Structural Funds in Scotland

Author: Iain Thom

PDF Published: Wednesday 10 Apr 2019 (SB 19-19)

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- Executive Summary
- What are structural funds?
- Brexit's impact on structural funding
  - UK Shared Prosperity Fund
- Why do we have EU structural funding?
  - Cohesion policy
  - Structural funds in Scotland since 1989
- How the current programme works (2014-2020)
  - 1. Role of the EU
    
    Setting a framework and strategy
    
    Setting high-level objectives
    
    Funding distribution (to regions via Member States)
  - 2. Role of the UK Government
    
    Defining high-level outcomes
    
    Funding distribution within the UK
  - 3. Role of the Scottish Government
    
    Identifying priorities
    
    Funding distribution (to strategic interventions)
  - 4. Role of Lead Partners
    
    Managing strategic interventions
    
    How much funding has gone to projects?
  - 5. Role of Delivery agents & organisations
    
    Project delivery
    
    Current projects and activity
- ETC funding
- LEADER funding
  - Funding model
- Is current structural funding effective?
- What role has the Scottish Parliament played?
- Post-Brexit questions
  - How should funding be distributed?
  - What barriers do projects face?
  - Is the structure right?
  - How to "simplify" the programmes?
  - Future funding: recommendations, risks & opportunities
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Flowchart describing process of structural fund decision making

Image: Figure 1: process of structural fund decisions

Image: Figure 2: the family of ESI funds

Map of Scotland showing NUTS2 regions for structural funding purposes

Image: Map 1: structural fund eligibility

Image: Figure 3: structural funding per capita 2014-2020, by regions of the UK

Image: Figure 4: EU objectives mapped to Scottish strategic interventions

Image: Figure 5: top ten Lead Partners by budget

Image: Map 2: ETC funding in Scotland, by region

Image: Figure 6: extract of EU survey on barriers projects face

Image: Figure 7: extract of EU survey on simplifications

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