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Consultation on the draft UK National Strategic Reference Framework for the EU Structural Funds from 2007 to 2013

On 28 February 2006 the Government launched a nationwide consultation on the UK's draft National Strategic Reference Framework. The National Strategic Reference Framework is a requirement of the new EU Regulations for the Structural and Cohesion Funds for 2007- 2013 and will establish the broad priorities for future Structural Funds Programmes in the UK.

The consultation document invited comments on two related issues: the UK Government’s proposals for distributing its Structural Funds allocations under the Competitiveness Objective; and administrative arrangements for delivering the Funds in the UK during the next budgetary cycle.

The consultation closed on 22 May 2006.

Download the consultation and related documents.