2007-2013 Programmes : Strategic Delivery Bodies (SDB)
Strategic Delivery Bodies (SDBs) will be commissioned by the Managing Authority to deliver a handful of key strategic projects within several of the priorities that will make major contributions to the goals of the Programmes. The SDBs will receive funding from only part of these priorities - the rest will be available for competitive bidding.
As with all projects, Structural Funds will support activity that is both clearly additional to the existing activities of the SDBs and for which the SDBs are the only delivery agent. The bodies will set out their planned activity through three-year outcome agreements that will include annually-revised annual plans with financial and performance targets. Projects will be reviewed and monitored regularly.
For Lowlands and Uplands Scotland, the SDB will be Scottish Enterprise for part of Priority 1 of the ERDF Programme.
In addition, the Managing Authority will commission one of the Local Authorities in the South of Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders) to operate a global grant under Priority 4 of the ERDF Programme (Rural Development) for three years in the first instance. Only projects in the South of Scotland meeting the criteria for Priority 4 will be able to bid into this global grant pot. South of Scotland projects will consequently not have access to the competitive funding available under the rest of Priority 4.
Decisions on the funding for the SDBs have yet to be finalised and will be set out when the Programmes receive their final approval. However, it is anticipated that the bodies could receive approximately half of the funding available in the relevant priorities.
