 The durability of European Regional Development Fund partnership and governance structures: a case study of the Scottish Highlands and IslandsHarvey Armstrong, Benito Giordano and Calum Macleod Environment and Planning C, 2015, vol. 33, issue 6, 1566-1584 Abstract: This paper explores the ways in which European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), operates in a multi-level governance framework in which stakeholders at sub-national, national and European levels work together in partnership to deliver the European funding. Focusing upon the case of the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland, the paper analyses the ways in which partnership and governance structures have evolved over successive ERDF programming periods between 2000–2006 and 2007–2013. In particular, the paper illustrates the ways in which the Highlands and Islands’ ERDF governance structures were built upon a ‘broad’ and ‘deep’ level of partnership amongst key stakeholders, especially in the 2000–2006 programme. For various reasons, including a significant reduction in its ERDF funding allocation, the level of partnership working was streamlined during the 2007–2013 programme. Importantly, however, the durability of the governance structures has been maintained. Keywords: European Regional Development Fund; multi-level governance; partnership; Highlands and Islands; Scotland (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:envirc:v:33:y:2015:i:6:p:1566-1584 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Environment and Planning C |
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