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4. Agenda
14:00 Introduction
Patrick Douglas-Early
Communications and Engagement Manager
14:00-14:10 Overview
Hilary Pearce
Head of Managing Authority
14:10-14:20 Keynote address
Ivan McKee MSP
Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
14:20-14:35
Spotlight on…
Smart Growth
Robin Clarke
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
14:35-14:50
Spotlight on…
Sustainable Growth
Stephen Birrell
Scottish Cities Alliance
14:50-15:05
Spotlight on…
Inclusive Growth
Adam Dunkerley
Fife Council
15:05-15:20 Post-2020
Karen McAvenue
Head of Future Funding Design and Implementation
15:20 Final remarks Hilary Pearce
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6. Drawing to a close
• December 2020 is an auspicious time:
End of current ESIF programmes (though with +3 to complete)
End of Scotland’s and rUK’s Managing Authorities’ engagement with
ESIF over many decades
To acknowledge and celebrate our achievements
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7. The big picture
• Despite challenges of current programmes and uncertainty over replacement
funding, overarching aims of 2014-20 programmes unquestionably
worthwhile:
strengthening economic cohesion
reducing regional disparities
investing in people and communities.
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8. I’ve seen it myself…
• Projects run by Action for Children,
Barnardo’s and The Prince’s Trust.
• Training and opportunities for young
people from challenging backgrounds.
• Skills in demand during the COVID-19
pandemic.
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9. Only a snapshot
• A vast range of excellent projects under each of the priority axes.
• With 43 Lead Partners and numerous delivery bodies, the programmes
have encouraged cooperation.
• Innovative projects would not otherwise have happened.
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10. Despite challenges/uncertainties…
• We know that the programmes have achieved really positive outcomes for
thousands of individuals and communities across Scotland.
• Only possible thanks to your commitment, work and dedication to making
these projects happen.
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14. Smart Growth
Priority One
1b - Promoting business investment in
R&I, developing links and synergies
between enterprises, research and
development centres and the higher
education sector…
Priority Three
3d - Supporting the capacity of SMEs to
grow in regional, national and
international markets, and to engage in
innovation processes
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15. Priority One - Innovation
Innovation Operation Approvals
Operation GIA ERDF Gross
Innovation Service 1,434,982 1,434,982 2,869,964
Northern Innovation Hub 1,200,000 1,200,000 2,400,000
UHI - ILEX 2,500,587 3,750,881 6,251,468
Total 5,035,569 6,385,863 11,521,432
Priority Three – Business Competitiveness
Business Competitiveness Operation Approvals
Operation GIA ERDF Gross
Business Support Programmes 5,747,002 3,831,335 9,578,337
Construction of Life Science Unit 2,290,152 1,526,768 3,816,920
Orkney Research Campus 2,220,000 1,480,000 3,700,000
Cromarty Firth Port Authority – Land
Reclamation and New Quayside
3,450,000 2,300,000 5,750,000
Redevelopment of Rothesay Pavilion 1,583,403 1,055,602 2,639,005
SRUC - Rural Veterinary Hub 2,716,400 4,074,600 6,791,000
Total 18,006,957 14,268,305 32,275,262
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20. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
Scottish Cities Alliance (SCA)
• Partnership of the 7 Scottish Cities and Scottish Government.
• Supports delivery of the Scottish Government’s ‘Agenda for Cities’.
• Collaborative working to maximise economic potential and investment.
8th City programme contribution to Sustainable Growth
Presentation to ESIF Lead Partners event, 9th December 2020
‘Scotland’s 8th City – the Smart City’ Strategic Intervention (SI)
• All seven cities working together to expand Smart City capabilities.
• Covers 2 ESIF areas: H&I and LUPS.
• Glasgow City Council is Lead Partner
• 8th City Programme vision: Cities become more attractive, liveable
and resilient through the use of data and digital technology.
• Collaborative: sharing assets, resources and knowledge to create
Smart City solutions that are open, scalable, replicable, and
Interoperable.
• Programme budget = c.£50m - comprised ERDF (£20.1m) and match
funding (£29+m, including Cities Investment Fund of £500k).
• Almost 50 projects over Phase 1 and 2. Activity to September 2022.
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21. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
The Scotland's 8th City - The Smart City SI supports the Policy Action of ‘Ensuring our
communities are healthy and sustainable’. The 8th City SI has these strategic aims:
a. Use new technologies and data to improve sustainability, resilience and service efficiency across Scottish cities
b. Deliver priorities through innovation, integration of service delivery and improved community engagement
c. Address urban challenges including issues such as air quality, energy use in buildings, transport, light and waste
d. Develop data platforms for 'data driven' solutions to respond to specific challenges facing Scottish cities
8th City programme centred on Data and Digital Technology.
Addresses Operational Programme (OP) priorities for Smart Growth (‘integrated city management’)
and Sustainable Growth (‘… lowering emissions and carbon impact … and lowering the level of
resources required to produce goods and services … thus lowering the impact on the environment’).
Intervention Field: 058. Research and innovation infrastructure (public).
Outputs: PO11 - ‘Innovative Services in cities’ and PO12 - ‘Datasets open for innovation’.
Approaches: Pilots and trials; enabling/climate-ready infrastructure; collaboration/info sharing.
Smart City = Integration of data and digital technologies into a strategic approach to sustainability,
citizen well-being and economic development.
Strategic Aims
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22. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
Programme overview: 10 thematic ‘clusters’
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23. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
Intelligent Street Lighting:
Networks in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth use LEDs,
sensors, wireless transmitters and open standard Central
Management System (CMS) to support sensors collecting data
(sound, air quality, footfall); lighting levels react to sensors/CMS,
reducing energy costs by <70% and ongoing maintenance.
Smart Infrastructure / IoT
Edinburgh and Inverness using ISL assets to deliver Internet of
Things (IoT) networks to monitor city issues such as: air quality,
parking, congestion, gulley flooding risk.
Integrated City Management / Lowering Emissions and Carbon Impact
Smart Services - Energy:
Stirling project collects data via energy monitoring assets and
captures on central management platform - the Energy Hub -
centralising over 1,500 data streams, 100+ Sensors, and 7 data
sources across 30 council buildings. Hub dashboard monitors and
tracks energy demand, carbon emissions, renewables performance
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24. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
Smart Services – Waste:
Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth, and Stirling
projects have enhanced their waste management services.
The Smart Waste Operation includes elements such as:
- Smart public bins / optimised waste infrastructure.
- Use of sensors / RFID / Internet of Things (IoT).
- Assessment of data to support efficient delivery.
- Dynamic routing and scheduling.
Smart Infrastructure – Water:
The Glasgow ‘Smart Canal’ project has integrated predictive
weather and sensor technology on a 250 year old canal; this
triggers a lowering of the canal water level to create 55,000m3
capacity to absorb anticipated rainfall and surface water run-off.
Addressing flood risk has unlocked 110 hectares across North
Glasgow for investment, regeneration and development, enabling
development of 3000 energy efficient new homes – as envisioned
in the North Glasgow Strategic Development Framework (2020).
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25. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
Smart Mobility:
Aberdeen and Stirling have delivered traffic management
infrastructure. Aberdeen has introduced CCTV and video
analytics at key sites Stirling has developed its journey-time
monitoring system with the expansion of cyclist monitoring
and the addition of pedestrian counters. Data helps prevent
congestion by managing traffic flows more efficiently.
Inverness has also invested in a range of urban transport
monitoring projects – including a scalable and flexible
wireless mesh infrastructure to support future digital city
services and Intelligent Transport Systems solutions.
Dundee is exploring new opportunities for increased use of
shared vehicles and low carbon travel. The Dundee Mobility
Innovation Living Lab (MILL) has been used to test the 8th
City ShareMORE (Shared Mobility and Resource Efficiency)
projects - commissioned to deliver solutions for fleet
sharing, car club use, smart parking, community minibuses,
active travel, and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) approaches.
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26. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
Open Data:
Data platforms developed in Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness,
Perth, and Stirling – complementing existing platforms for
Edinburgh and Glasgow.
175 x Open Datasets delivered and recorded on EUMIS.
Data Analytics work in Glasgow included ‘data matching’
project that increased incomes of thousands of residents -
with over £250,000 in additional benefits being paid to low
income families. Automatic payment process freed up 3 FTE
staff to do other work (saving £82,000 staff costs).
Glasgow introduced ‘Design with Data’ toolkit and design-
led approach for problem solving - www.designfordata.org
Data Cluster currently linking with work on proposed Carbon
Scenario Tool (ECCI/CEC) to support national work on
measuring climate impact and targets.
Mobile Working:
Projects in Glasgow and Perth make better use of technology
to create a connected, flexible and enabled workforce.
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27. ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme
Strategic Intervention: Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City
8th City Operations (Phase 1 & Phase 2)
Almost 50 projects across ten Operations. Must include evidence of collaborative ‘value’.
Europe 2020
Programme Outcomes
Cities (collectively) become more liveable and
resilient through the use of data and digital technology
Scottish Government
National Performance Framework
Project and Programme Outputs
Innovative Services in Cities Developed: 133 (120 LUPS; 13 H&I).
Data sets opened for innovation: 433 (384 LUPS; 49 H&I).
20152022+
MEASUREMENT
InternalExternal
Project / Operation Outcomes
Expand Smart City capabilities and deliver city priorities through innovation across
cities, integration of service delivery, and improved community engagement.
Performance Measurement Framework
Project
evaluations
Project Closure
Reports
Progress against ‘Smart
City Maturity Levels’
Case
studies
Hackathon /
Event reports
Smart City Strategies
(Open Data, etc.)
Smart City decision-
making / governance
Assets/IP
sharing
Media
coverage
Themed
Webinars
Project
Briefings
Blogs /
articles
8th City
Updates
Outputs
recorded
Showcase
events
Smart City
awards
Monitoring and reporting
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32. KEY CHALLENGES – Inclusive Growth
Target
support for
our most
deprived
areas:
“Mid-Fife”
Community
Engagement
Develop
capacity of
third sector
Physical
health and
disabilities
Health and
Disabilities
Mental
Health as a
barrier to
employment
Young
People in
negative /
unknown
destination
Youth
Employment
Those falling
out of initial
positive
transitions
In-work
Poverty
Supporting
growth in key
industry
sectors
Develop a
well qualified
workforce
35. PHASE 1 (Apr 2015- Mar 2019)
•Training and specialist support- adults with physical health conditions and disability issues
•Pan Fife support, for stages 1-5 on the employability pathway
Capability Scotland –
Progress Fife
•Area specific to adults in Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly – area of significant deprivation / need
•Training, upskilling and stage 4 job brokerage support
DEAP –
Fife Regeneration & Outreach
•Pan Fife activity, specifically focusing on adults at stage 3 and 4 providing training, upskilling
and job brokerage activity
•Referral destination from other partners for specific training and job opportunities
Fife Council –
Keyworker & Job Brokerage
•Pan Fife activity supporting those with physical disabilities and health conditions
•Five state support, including skills training, employer support for supported jobs
Fife Council –
Supported Employment Service
•Partnership provision with APEX Scotland, Fife Voluntary Action and FC 16+ Keyworkers
•Support for Care Experienced and 16-24 year olds in negative destinations, Stages 1-3,
delivering community engagement, barrier removal and training
Fife Council –
Opportunities For All
•Consortium of 9 third sector partners, delivering community engagement, barrier removal,
upskilling and job brokerage for adults in Fife’s most deprived areas.
•Specific focus on SIMD Employment deprived 15% areas
Fife ETC
•Area specific support in Lochgelly/Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth
•Stage 1-3 engagement, barrier removal and training support for Lone Parents
•Provision evolved to include “Family” support through PSI
Fife Gingerbread –
Making it Work Lone Parents
•Pan-Fife activity specifically focused on those whose mental health is barrier to employment
•Nationally recognised Placement and support model, supporting individuals and employers to
develop roles, with flexibilities to allow the person to work even with a condition.
Fife IPS –
Individual Placement & Support
36. PERFORMANCE 2015-2019
April 2015 – March 2019 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 Total
Registrations 3351 2569 1844 1917 9681
Employment 909 1101 772 863 3645
68.1% of our beneficiaries in phase 1 came from “Mid-Fife” locations. 63.7% of jobs in phase 1 were achieved by people from “Mid-Fife”
37. THIRD SECTOR CAPACITY BUILDING
• Established a quarterly
forum of employability
providers, expanded to
include public/private
providers
• Introduction of annual
Know Your Network Event
bringing frontline workers
together for wider
networking and learning
• Increase from 30% of
delivery in 2013 to over
65% by 2017
• Fife ETC delivers single
largest programme on the
Pathway
•Support for organisations to
move location to better target
need
•Strategic support to re-focus,
refresh board/organisation
structure
•Investment in advance
payments to support cashflow
during early delays with claims
• Published best practice
guidelines
• Implemented self-
assessment health
check for Pathway
providers
• Now been rolled out to
all Council funded
partners
Governance
Strategic
Investment
Employability
Forum
Employability
Pathway
38. PHASE 2 (Apr 2019- Mar 2022)
•Pan Fife services specifically for those with health and disability issues, specialist support for
those with Asperger’s Syndrome and those on the autistic spectrum.
•Five stage support service to address health barriers and engage with employers to develop
flexibilities
Fife Council SES–
Positive Pathways
•Partnership provision with APEX Scotland, Fife Voluntary Action and FC 16+ Keyworkers
•Support for 16-24 year olds in negative destinations, Stages 1-3, delivering community
engagement, barrier removal and training.
•Specific service for Care Experienced
Fife Council –
Opportunities For All
•Revised provision for those with mental health as a medium to high barrier to work
•Linked to the findings from “Delivering Differently” findings, providing CRT and a variety of
supports for those seeking employment while battling mental health issues
•Includes IPS provision and aftercare from Phase 1
Fife Employment Access
Trust –
Journey to Work (inc. IPS)
•Revised consortium of 7 third sector partners, delivering community engagement, barrier
removal, upskilling and job brokerage for adults in Fife’s most deprived areas.
•Specific focus on “Mid-Fife”
•Includes pilot activity for “in-work” support. Supporting those who have entered employment
through pathway activity to sustain and progress in their employment
Fife ETC –
Including “In-Work”
Support
•Area specific support for Communities in “Mid-Fife”
•Stage 1-3 engagement, barrier removal and training support for Lone Parents
•Provision has expanded as the blueprint for an Intensive Family Support Service, delivered as
part of Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal’s Integrated Regional Employability
and Skills (IRES) Programme.
Fife Gingerbread –
Making it Work Lone
Parents
39. PERFORMANCE 2019-2022
69% of Registrations from “Mid-Fife” locations. 63% jobs achieved by people from “Mid-Fife”
April 2019 – November 2020 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total
Registrations 2484 1258 3742
Jobs 671 320 991
40. PERFORMANCE 2015-2022
Phase 1 Phase 2
Project Total
Activity 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Total 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total
Registrations 3351 2569 1844 1917 9681 2484 1258 3742 13423
Jobs 909 1101 772 863 3645 671 320 991 4636
27% 43% 42% 45% 38% 27% 25% 26% 35%
• Phase 1 – Significant registration figures in the first 2 years
• Jobs took longer to come through due to nature of clients – those with multiple
barriers, targeting those with health (particularly mental health) and disability
issues, lone parents, young people in negative destinations and those living in
Fife’s most deprived areas.
• Although registrations slowed, jobs were consistent
• 38% of registrations entering employment was a huge achievement. Previous
ESF programme recorded 24% accessing employment (with a wider focus on job
ready)
• 45% entry rate in final year showed that those registering in proceeding years
were benefitting from longer term, more intensive interventions before they
progressed
• Massive effort from delivery partners to support those into work before the end
of their activity
41. PERFORMANCE 2015-2022
Phase 1 Phase 2
Project Total
Activity 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Total 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total
Registrations 3351 2569 1844 1917 9681 2484 1258 3742 13423
Jobs 909 1101 772 863 3645 671 320 991 4636
27% 43% 42% 45% 38% 27% 25% 26% 35%
• Phase 2 – Transfer of active/live beneficiaries to new set of providers.
• Targeting less registrations, but more intensive support for those from
disadvantaged families, with health and disability issues and young people
• Expanded capacity of provision for mental health specific activity
• Provision for training/upskilling and job brokerage targeted at engaging those
particularly in the “mid-Fife” area.
• Registrations were higher than expected in 2019-20, but jobs were significantly
down. Back to level seen in 2016.
• 2020 has been dramatically effected by Covid-19 and the limitations to
programme delivery.
• Registrations have been down, but not as low as would have feared in March
• Jobs are miles down on where we would have targeted, but again, huge
achievement to support these clients into jobs during this uncertainty in the
labour market.
42. IMPACT
Between April 2015 and March 2019
the MIW lone parents alone:
• Engaged 810 lone parents, with
1232 children living at home
• Empowered lone parents and
achieved 360 positive outcomes
• Supported 253 households with
£306,868 of identified debt
• Secured £250,812 through income
maximisation activities (i.e.
financial gain)
Highlights:
Continued best practice, learning
from Sheffield Hallam evaluation
and refined the delivery model.
Continued the partnership approach
to focus on Stages 1-3 as part of
the OFP Pathway.
Outcome Star data shows the
impact of the work, moving away
from simply counting hard outcome
numbers
43. IMPACT
Creation of strong third sector
partnership
Developed shared training to solidify
staff knowledge across all partners
Exceeding targets to demonstrate the
third sector can take prominent role
within employability
Diversification of delivery to adapt to
the changing needs of the client group
Creating internal management
information to evidence gaps in
provision; geography, protected
characteristics, inclusivity and
inequality and invested in specific
additional provision where required
Devised and implemented “In work
support” programme to address in-
work poverty
Developed new partnership with CARF
to respond to issues regarding
financial inclusion
Introduced another partner to support
those experiencing Homelessness
(Frontline Fife)
Added further specialisms within our
teams including but not limited to:
experience working with offenders,
trauma, managing of substance usage
and health & wellbeing
Created drop in facilities within high
level SIMD areas
Focused our efforts across mid fife
Created a participatory action research
group where we trained volunteers to
lead focus sessions to influence
planning of appropriate delivery
44. IMPACT
In 2018 Fife IPS achieved an
“Exemplary” rating in the
external fidelity review
Overall 55% of all those who
engaged in IPS progressed into
paid work.
At our best in this period 63% of
clients achieved a job outcome
and 48% were in sustained
employment
Adapted provision to respond to Covid:
• Devised training course and developed
online to ensure clients could continue
to progress
• Provided new platforms for
engagement which can now be used
with people who would/could not leave
the house before
• Continue to secure job outcomes and
sustained jobs. Not one client has lost
job due to Covid at this time
• Large percentage of people have
continued and developed new digital
skills to continue
47. Scotland published its plans for our share of the Shared Prosperity
Fund on 19 November
This covers replacements for the ERDF, the ESF, ETC and LEADER
Total request is for £183m per annum (£1.283 bn for full 7 year
replacement programme)
Scottish
Shared
Prosperity
Fund
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48. Scottish
Shared
Prosperity
Fund
Plan produced with the support of an expert Steering Group
Co-chaired by Professor David Bell of University of Stirling and
Professor John Bachtler of University of Strathclyde.
Outlines how we will seek to use the fund to address and reduce
economic and social disparity within and between places and people in
Scotland through a partnership approach
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49. Scottish
Shared
Prosperity
Fund
Four key themes: improving places, reducing poverty, increasing skills
and growing business and jobs.
Two horizontal themes – wellbeing and climate change
Decentralisation of funding is at the core of this approach, and we want
to ensure that decisions are made as closely as possible to the people,
businesses and communities who will be impacted.
Key delivery bodies = REPs across most of Scotland, HIE and SOSE
geographies used in north and south.
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50. UK Plans –
Shared
Prosperity
Fund
The UK Government has said that the Shared Prosperity Fund
(SPF) will not be operational until FY 2022/23
It will be worth up to £1.5 billion per annum across the UK
Understand it is likely will replace at least the ERDF, the ESF and
ETC Programmes
It will be split into 2 funds:
a fund to target places most in need across the UK (broadly the
ERDF replacement) and
a fund to support people most in need (broadly the ESF
replacement)
In Scotland, regional bodies are likely to be the vehicle to deliver
most of the SPF with DWP set to deliver the ESF replacement
funding (probably across the UK)
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51. UK Plans –
Additional
Funding
To bridge the gap until the SPF is developed and operational, a
one year programme provisionally entitled the Community
Renewal Fund (CRF) will operate from April 2021
This is worth £220m for one year across the whole of the UK
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52. UK Plans –
Other Funds
Levelling Up :
4 year £4 billion for England to invest in local
infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and
their communities and will support economic recovery
£0.8 billion consequentials split across Scotland,Wales
and Northern Ireland
Support for LongTerm Unemployed :
3-year long £2.9 billion Restart programme to provide
intensive and tailored support to over 1 million
unemployed people and help them find work
Consequentials tbc
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53. Internal
Market Bill
Lords removed the FinancialAssistance Clauses from the Internal
Market Bill on 23 Nov
Bill now sent back to Commons
Ping pong
If they stay out, then UKG’s plans for the SPF will need to be
rethought.
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54. Timeline
Dec 2020- Jan 2021 January 2021 Spring 2021 Summer 2021 Autumn 2021 April 2022
Additional
Funding
(Community
Renewal
Fund)
Development work
on the prospectus
for the fund – set to
include SG officials
and Ministers
Prospectus
published
Fund launched and operational until March 2022
UK Shared
Prosperity
Fund
Development work on the fund Not
clear if this is to involve SG or not
UK National
Investment
Framework
published
Further development work on the
fund Not clear if this is to involve SG
or not
UK Shared
prosperity
Fund starts
Scottish
Shared
Prosperity
Fund
Development work on the fund Next steps depend on UK decisions and the Internal Market Bill
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55. NextSteps
We will continue to develop our own plans further.
Continue to stress to the UK Government that we require full
engagement in the development of the replacement programmes
Continue to stress that Scotland’s share of the funding must be fully
devolved.
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