Scottish Government

Commission's proposals

Overall proposals

The Commission's proposals for future Structural Funds were originally outlined in February 2004 and can be found in the Third Report on Economic and Social Cohesion.

More detailed proposals were presented through the Structural and Cohesion Fund regulation proposals on 14 July 2004.

Community Strategic Guidelines

In early July, the Commission published its draft of the Community Strategic Guidelines for comment from partners before a final version is presented to the Council for agreement. The Guidelines are the high-level strategic priorities for EU regional policy which are proposed by the Commission but agreed by the Member States through the Council. They set the key priorities which Member States and ultimately, programmes, should address at a general level.

Update on negotiations post 2006

UK proposals

Implications for Scotland

Programme preparations

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