Originally Posted by
Klatar
E.g. for wales:
Driving business, research, innovation and renewable energy
£370m of EU funds invested, which includes:
Business Wales and Social Business Wales schemes
Innovation and Enterprise Campus at Aberystwyth University
SMART schemes
Menai Science Park (M-SParc) in Anglesey
CUBRIC II (Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre)
Advanced Engineering and Materials Research Institute (AEMRI) in Port Talbot
Wales Business Fund
Deep Green in Anglesey and WaveSub in Pembrokeshire
Attractor Destinations
Superfast Broadband Business Exploitation
Supporting people into work and raising skills
£245m of EU funds invested, which includes:
REACT III
Active Inclusion
Communities 4 Work
Bridges into Work 2 in South East Wales
Parents Childcare and Employment
Healthy Working Wales
Workways+ in South West Wales
Apprenticeships
Welsh Financial Services Graduate Programme
Agile Nation 2
Working Skills for Adults in South East Wales
Growing Workforces through Learning and Development (Gwlad) in South West Wales
Materials and Manufacturing Education Training and Learning (METaL 2)
KESS II (Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships)
Skills for Industry II
Upskilling@work
ION Leadership (Leading Business Growth)
Supporting young people
£95m of EU funds invested, which includes:
Jobs Growth Wales
Traineeships
STEM Cymru
Communities4Work under 25s
Progress for Success
TRAC 11-24 in North Wales
Inspire 2 Achieve in South East Wales
The EU will never give you diectly money. They will invest the money into projects they believe will help people. IT could be the new train station, it could be education, could be renovation of streets and bridges and so on. You might have used it without even knowing it was mostly funded by EU.
That's the main problem: the EU don't pay you money so you can buy your new smartphone. They invest into infrastructure and so on to keep firms in your area, attract investments and so on.