European Structural and Investment Funds

  • Update on Phase 2 Applications

    17th August 2018 by

    Phase 2 Strategic Intervention approvals have reached almost £170 million since its launch earlier this year. Over £50 million in Operation approvals have also been made. This is good progress, although since almost half of the programme remains to be committed towards new or extending existing operations, lead partners are encouraged to submit proposals for...

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  • Lead Partner event slides and Q&A published – June 2018

    17th July 2018 by

    The slides for our lead partner event held in June 2018 have now been published and can be viewed below. Questions and answers from the day have also been published. Continue to follow our blog and read our newsletter for details on the next lead partner event and the 2018 annual event. If you have...

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  • Update for Lead Partners: Eumis issue resolved

    9th July 2018 by

    The issue with uploading ESF results on EUMIS has now been resolved. For any Lead Partners who have tried to upload results and couldn’t, can you please upload your participants results.

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  • European Structural Funds Summer Newsletter

    31st May 2018 by

    Welcome to the European Structural Funds Summer newsletter. In this edition you can read our regular topics including important dates to note, website updates and team updates on Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth as well as articles on Europe Day and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Important Dates Lead Partner Event 19 June 2018, 10:30-16:00...

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  • GDPR  – a change to data protection law

    24th May 2018 by

    The General Data Protection Regulations comes into force on May 25, 2018, giving individuals more control over their personal data, and ensuring that organisations collect and process that information properly and securely. To find out more about GDPR, visit the Information Commissioner’s website.

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  • Second round of Aspiring Communities Fund open for applications

    9th April 2018 by

    The second round of Aspiring Communities Fund for projects in the Highlands and Islands area only is now open for applications. Funding information and all documents can be found here https://beta.gov.scot/policies/regeneration/social-inclusion-and-poverty-reduction/ The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 1 June 2018. If you have any queries please contact the ACF mailbox aspiringcommunities@gov.scot and a...

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  • Lead Partner Event – February 2018

    20th March 2018 by

    Due to the weather on 28 February our lead partner event was cancelled. A copy of the slides and notes from the lead partner event have been issued to all who signed up to attend. For those of you interested you can view the slides and corresponding notes here. Lead Partner Event – 28 Feb...

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  • European Structural Funds Spring Newsletter

    1st March 2018 by

    Welcome to the European Structural Funds newsletter. In this edition you can read our regular topics including important dates to note, updates on Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth as well as: Website and guidance updates An introduction to Noah the project lover EU procurement thresholds EU exit We’d welcome lead partner contributions to the newsletter....

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  • Phase 2 call for applications – 2018 – Managing Authority Approval Panels – January 2018

    1st February 2018 by

    CALL FOR 2018 SUBMISSIONS Lead Partners are invited to submit both new applications and extension requests. Growth teams will be in touch with all lead partners to discuss timescales for these and MA Approval Panels will run throughout 2018. All lead partners are strongly encouraged to submit applications as early as possible in order to...

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  • August Lead Partner events Evaluation published

    22nd December 2017 by

    The full evaluation for our lead partner events held in August has now been published on the European Structural and Investment Funds webpages. You can read the evaluation itself below or you can download the full report, with the feedback we received, from our European Structural and Investment Funds events evaluations page. Purpose The purpose of these events is to bring together...

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