EU Funding- Part 2

Jim Millard

European Structural Funds

EU Funding

Part 1 (Andrew Brown)

• Introduction to funds

• EU Marine and Maritime Policies, Themes and Priorities

Part 2 (Jim)

• Progress under the Common Strategic Framework

• Programme development and accessing funding

Progress

• Regulations and Budget agreed by Council• Scrutiny by European Parliament – 11/12 March• Trilogue meetings towards co-decision• Framework fairly clear

BUT• No firm numbers yet• Commission preparing ‘subordinate’ / implementing

Regulations

Programming

• EU 2020 – smart, sustainable, inclusive growth

• Common Strategic Framework

• Partnership Agreement

• Operational Programmes

EU Funding - Glossary

Common Strategic Framework - CSFPartnership Agreement - PA

Funds - ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF

European Territorial Cooperation - ETC

Anorak

Strategic Approach

• Concentration - Thematic Objectives– Smart - Innovation, ICT, Business Development,

– Sustainable - Low Carbon, Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental Protection, Sustainable transport,

– Inclusive - employment, social inclusion, skills, institutional capacity building.

• Alignment– ERDF

– ESF

– EAFRD

– EMFF

• Sequencing– Cohesion – Structural Funds

– HORIZON

– LIFE

– European Territorial Cooperation

Cooperation Programmes

• Western Scotland / Northern Ireland / Ireland (Border Counties)

• Atlantic Area• North Sea• Northern Periphery (H&I, northern Finland, Sweden and Norway,

Faroes, Iceland, Greenland)• North West Europe

• Blue Growth• Sea Basin Strategies

Sea Basin Strategies

Connections to European Territorial Cooperation

• Atlantic

• North Sea

• Arctic

Challenges

• Influencing programme development to reflect Scottish priorities

• Attracting and supporting stakeholders

• Developing project pipeline

• Disseminating good practice