What Funds were available in Western Scotland?

Since 1988, Western Scotland has received funding under Objective 2. From January 2000, some parts of the region were fully eligible for Objective 2 due to their urban problems or declining traditional industries. A lower level of funding was available to other parts of the region through an Objective 2 Transition budget. SEP Ltd managed both these Objective 2 Funds.

URBAN II is a European Union Community Initiative Fund that focused on a limited number of target areas across Europe. In Scotland between 2000 and 2006, URBAN II operated in the Clyde Urban Waterfront Regeneration Zone, covering the two linked but distinct communities of Clydebank South in West Dunbartonshire, and Port Glasgow in Inverclyde.

Organisations in the region were also likely to access Objective 3 funding. This was managed by the Scottish ESF Objective 3 Partnership.

The £1,000m ERDF and ESF invested in the region since 1988 supported a wide range of projects. Some have been large-scale projects like the Glasgow Science Centre and the Clyde Auditorium - aptly nicknamed the 'Armadillo' by Glaswegians - and the not so big, such as City Centre Representatives.

You can find details of the various Programmes administered by SEP Ltd since 1988 and the types of projects that have been funded within each by visiting the link to ‘it All Adds Up’