More than 100 delegates from 24 countries participated in a conference organised by EPRC and Strathclyde European Partnership to discuss the strategic planning for Structural Funds in 2007-2013.
Taking place at Hampden Park Football Stadium on 27-28 June, the aim of the Conference was to take stock of how different countries and regions are preparing their National Strategic Reference Frameworks and the next generation of Structural Funds programmes with respect to their strategic objectives and priorities, as well as future management and delivery arrangements.
The Conference involved senior officials from the Member States, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as European institutions. A keynote speech by Graham Meadows, Director-General of DG Regio, set out the ambitions for Cohesion policy over the 2007-2013 period.
The conference was organised to mark the tenth anniversary of the IQ-Net network . IQ-Net (Improving the Quality of Programme Management through Exchange of Experience) brings together programme management authorities and secretariats from 13 Member States and is managed by the European Policies Research Centre at the University of Strathclyde. The conference was sponsored by Strathclyde European Partnership , The Department of Trade and Industry , The Scottish Executive , Highland & Islands Enterprise , West of Scotland European Consortium and Glasgow City Council .