Abstract
In England the new Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) were given a unique opportunity to shape EU investment in their local areas; they were given the task of producing European Structural and Investment Funds strategies to help ensure EU investment meets local need. However, while this appears to be a case of localism in action, the LEPs faced a number of constraints. These challenges include LEPs' relative infancy, a lack of capacity, centralisation and uncertainty about funding arrangements.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 183-189 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | European Structural and Investment Funds Journal |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |