SCOTTISH INNOVATIVE ACTIONS PROGRAMME 20042006

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SCOTTISH INNOVATIVE ACTIONS PROGRAMME 20042006
Programme outline information for project sponsor
use.
When making presentations and in publications all
project sponsors as a condition of their contract
are obliged to meet European guidelines. When
making presentations on Programme projects and
outcomes, we would like all sponsors to, where
possible, include some basic facts about the
genesis of their project and the Scottish
Innovative Actions Programme. The slides in this
presentations give you the basic facts and images
that you can use.
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SEP Ltd

• SEP Ltd is the Programme Management Executive
  that works on behalf of the Scottish Executive
  and a large partnership of organisations to
  implement European Structural Funds Programmes
  and other EU funded projects in Western Scotland
  and Scotland
• Programme experience
• Objective 2 - ERDF ESF since 1988
• Community Initiatives RENAVAL, RECHAR, URBAN,
  RESIDER, EQUAL
• RIS, RIS, Innovative Actions
• Sharing this experience with
• Range 19 projects with Poland, Lithuania,
  Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania,
  Croatia

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Scottish Innovative Actions Programme

• 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2006
• Total budget - 6 million (50 of which from the
  European Regional Development Fund)
• Large scale, Scotland wide pilot studies, higher
  risk projects evaluation/dissemination
  activities
• 20 Studies/projects not eligible through
  mainstream
• Different implementation arrangements from
  mainstream Structural Funds Programmes

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Project partners

• Scottish Executive
• Scottish Enterprise
• Highlands Islands Enterprise
• Universities Scotland
• University of Glasgow
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Intellectual Assets Centre Ltd
• Targeting Innovation
• Electronics Scotland
• Scottish Chambers of Commerce

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Programme Photography Samples

• You are free to use the Programme photographic
  library images. Here are some samples.
• Contact Aileen McLaughlan on 0141 572 4433 if you
  would like additional images.

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Key learning points June 06

• Strengths
• Partnership - High level of commitment and
  engagement from public, research and private
  sectors
• Community of Practice
• Limitations are good!
• Time
• Money
• Early learning from some of projects already
• influencing policy and practice in Scotland

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The Future

• Evaluation
• Capturing and disseminating learning from all
  pilot projects
• Discussion with key stakeholders on how learning
  will be used to influence future policy and
  delivery in Scotland and create a legacy
• Mainstream learning into national funded
  programmes and projects and also new Structural
  Funds Programmes in Scotland
• EU networking activities
• Study visits to and from other EU regions
• Communications
• Monthly electronic Programme update
• Programme of events and seminars to promote
  projects and disseminate learning from Scotland
  and from across EU network
• Innovation conference event planned for February
  2007

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Where possible and relevant, please include the
contact details for the programme manager and the
web site address.

• Ken Gordon, Programme Manager
• Tel [phone]
• email ken.gordon_at_wsep.co.uk
• www.scottishinnovativeactions.co.uk