Partnership agreement: Delivery of Structural Funds, Rural Development Funds and Maritime Fisheries Funds in England. Informal consultation document, March 2012

EU policies for cohesion, rural development, maritime and fisheries each play a significant role in supporting sustainable, environmental, social and economic restructuring across the EU. The current funding period will close at the end of 2013 and the next period will begin in 2014, subject to completion of negotiations on the EU budget.

The purpose of this consultation, published by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 28 March 2012, is to elicit views on how the new round of structural funds can best be used to develop and maintain economic growth. Deadline for responses: 27 April 2012.

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• Primary Source

United Kingdom: BIS: Consultations http://bis.gov.uk/Consultations

ESO: Background information: Commission proposes one programming tool for all structural funds http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-proposes-one-programming-tool-for-all-structural-funds/

United Kingdom: BIS: Press Release, 28.3.12: Government launches informal consultation on future of EU Structural Funds http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=423928&NewsAreaID=2

United Kingdom: BIS: Partnership agreement: Delivery of Structural Funds, Rural Development Funds and Maritime Fisheries Funds in England. Informal consultation document. Government response to the Informal Consultation, July 2012 http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/economic-development/docs/p/12-942-partnership-agreement-structural-funds-consultation-response.pdf

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