The Future of Structural Funds Tony McGale and Susan Tamburrini European Structural Funds Division

EU Cohesion Policy To support Europe 2020 – boost jobs and growth (but smart and sustainable ones!) Fewer investment priorities but clear, focused objectives Support for local delivery models Simplification Harmonisation across funds – new Common Strategic Framework

Thematic concentration Strengthening research, technological development and innovation Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies Enhancing competitiveness of SMEs, the agricultural sector (for EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF) Supporting the shift to a low-carbon economy in all sectors Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning Enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration

Common Strategic Framework funds: Delivering Europe 2020 ICT access and use Competitiveness of SMEs, ag and fish sectors R&D&ILow carbon economyClimate change adaptation Environment and resource efficiency Sust. transport Employment and labour mobility Social inclusionEducation, skills, LLcapacity building

Scottish perspective Fit with GES – especially around SMEs, R&D, low carbon and employability and social inclusion Development of what works now Match funding scarcity Overlap between EU funds Quickest and biggest impact of funds

Learning from current programmes N+2 and match funding Overlap between EU Funds Increasingly strategic – SDBs and CPPs and P5 and other useful acronyms Fastest impact on economic recovery…? All of this +CSF = real focus on alignment and integration between funds

Common Strategic Framework funds: Delivering Europe 2020 ICT access and use Competitiveness of SMEs, ag and fish sectors R&D&ILow carbon economyClimate change adaptation Environment and resource efficiency Sust. transport Employment and labour mobility Social inclusionEducation, skills, LLcapacity building EAFRD ESF ERDF EMFF EAFRD EMFF

Integrated approach? Innovation, R&D education and training resource efficiency and low carbon ecosystems and biodiversity social inclusion and local development Climate change and adaptation Business creation, support and growth

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