European Structural and Investment Funds

• Updates to the Management and Control System guidance

  20th April 2020 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Last week the Managing Authority published our updated Management and Control System (MCS) guidance on the Scottish Government website. These changes were made following recommendations from the Audit Authority and feedback from Lead Partners.

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• What comes next?

  5th March 2020 by Patrick Douglas

  

  As we move towards the end of the current 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds programmes, Scottish Government Ministers, officials and stakeholders are considering what will replace them.

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• CASE STUDY: Jordan – Skills Development Scotland (European Social Fund)

  26th February 2020 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) Graduate Apprenticeships programme offers Scots the opportunity to work, get paid, and achieve a degree – even up to masters level.

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• Closing Phase 2: final MAAP meetings

  7th February 2020 by Patrick Douglas

  

  In February 2018 we announced the call for applications for the second phase of the ESF and ERDF programmes. In August 2019 we let Lead Partners know that this process would be concluding this year.

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• CASE STUDY: The Hub – Perth and Kinross Council (European Social Fund)

  24th January 2020 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Perth and Kinross Council’s Employability Pipeline programme provides support and advice about seeking jobs for adults, young people and those with a health condition living in Perth & Kinross.

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• CASE STUDY: Paterson Arran – Zero Waste Scotland (European Regional Development Fund)

  17th January 2020 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Zero Waste Scotland’s (ZWS) Resource Efficiency programme is a £33m project that provides advice and support services to businesses about what processes they can change to be more efficient, saving money and helping the environment in the process.

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• CASE STUDY: Dunnet Bay Distillers – Highlands and Islands Enterprise (European Regional Development Fund)

  26th November 2019 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s (HIE) Innovate Your Business programme provides support and services to businesses in the Highlands and Islands region.

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• CASE STUDY: Leanne – Work EastRen (European Social Fund)

  25th November 2019 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Work EastRen employability services is a project designed to help people aged 16+ in East Renfrewshire to get ready for, find and keep work.

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• Changes to National Rules: what’s retrospective?

  20th November 2019 by Patrick Douglas

  

  The revised National Rules on eligibility of expenditure were published on the Scottish Government’s European Structural Funds webpage on 23 September 2019.

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• Lead Partner event in October 2019

  4th November 2019 by Patrick Douglas

  

  Last month, the Managing Authority (MA) held its second Lead Partner event of the year following the event in Glasgow in February.

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