- Volume 2 (2014), Issue 2
- Vol. 2 (2014), No. 2
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- Pages 183 - 189
- pp. 183 - 189
Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Development of European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies in England
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.