- Volume 2 (2014), Issue 1
- Vol. 2 (2014), No. 1
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- Pages 55 - 57
- pp. 55 - 57
Finding Match Funding for Youth Unemployment Projects – Scotland’s Priority 5: Strategic Skills Pipeline
The introduction of new Priority 5 half way through the programme period is part of the Scottish response to youth unemployment in a time of financial crisis when match funding is difficult to find. Priority 5 is implemented by Community Planning Partnerships and is an implementation structure that gives a strategic push to funding but also creates incentives for different partners to take a more joined-up approach to projects that combat youth unemployment.