'Wales needs to be smarter with EU funding says MEP'

Here’s an interesting 9 mins from Welsh Tory MEP Kay Swinburne talking to the Europe and You website last month about the impact of Wales qualifying for new convergence funds and urging all those involved to fully capitalise on the new round of funds. She also talks about using the European Research Fund and European Social Funds alongside the Convergence Funds to make the money go further and work harder.

Kay also stresses the need to get business involved in design and delivery and spending of the new European Funds to have a longer term benefits for Wales and to get politicians and the Welsh European Funding Office to be bolder is making the case to the powers that be in Europe so we can be more flexible over what the money is spent on in Wales as they have done in Ireland for example.

Of course none of what Kay says is new or hasn’t been said before many times by others during the last two allocations of European money to Wales, but at least it being reported and maybe it will encourage others to voice their support for the ideas so those in charge actually make decisions that benefit communities up and down Wales rather than the usual suspects.

There link above also features a few other videos on Wales, European funding and EU issues affecting Wales if you're interested.Any source