Scotland Europa Networking Scotland in Europe Luca Polizzi Senior Executive Research, Innovation and Lifelong Learning UNIONCAMERE Piedmont 12 November 07 Brussels Office
Who we are Subsidiary of Scottish Enterprise Membership organisation Scotland House Management
Scottish Enterprise Wholly owned subsidiary, established in 1992 Part of International Operations Directorate Dedicated EU intelligence and funding resource for the Network
Scotland Europa Promote Scotland’s interests Approximately 60 members - Specialist Groups on Research, Education and Training, Environment & Energy and ‘e-Group’ Policy analysis, interpretation and briefings on EU policy developments & funding Regional Interests & networking
Scotland House Home to 20 organisations Conference / seminar facilities Hot- desking space Single Focal Point for Scottish Interests
Monitoring / Intelligence Identifying Issues Expert interpretation Identify contacts Building Alliances Influencing
Policy Into Practice Pro-active strategic service to promote Scottish strengths Linked initiatives - papers, roundtables, Benchmarking, exchange of best practice, funding
Project Into Practice Pro-active strategic service to promote Scottish participation to EU programmes Projects development, partnership brokerage International Cooperation outside Europe
Supporting the Government Education Strategy Study in Scotland = increase the number of student (toady up to = 370 per year) Distance learning (UHI) Developing of partnerships and collaborations with overseas institution Developing of campuses abroad and other in country delivery Skill Strategy (eSkills, HE, FE, VET)
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