HIE's international role

Date: 05 December 2008
Author: kenhieonly
Last updated: 12/02/2008 10:45:18
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Based in HIE's main office in Inverness, the international affairs team works to promote and develop the Highlands and Islands in a global context.

A key function of the team is to ensure that European funding, and other opportunities, are successfully secured and effectively distributed throughout the area. The work of the international affairs team to facilitate this function can be broadly considered in three categories:

Networking
Influencing
Securing EU funding

The international affairs team networks to influence, and influences to win funds and other benefits for the area.

The team also plays an important role in the provision of information on European policies, legislation, programmes and opportunities and is one of the European Commission's official Europe Direct information relays. Follow the menu links to find out more.

Key links

Networking A crucial element of the work of Highlands and Islands Enterprise's International affairs team is networking, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.Influencing Representing the HIE network, and the needs of the Highlands & Islands as a whole, the International affairs team works to influence various European policies, procedures and programmes.Securing European Funding One of the key functions of the International affairs team is to ensure that European funding is successfully secured and effectively distributed throughout the area.Europe Direct Highlands & Islands (EDHI) Europe Direct Highlands & Islands - one of the European Commission's official information relay networks.

Location location location - the Highlands and Islands at the leading edge of Europe This downloadable, short Powerpoint presentation makes, in an entertaining but graphic way, an important point about the Highlands and Islands and its location at the edge of the European continent.

This is a printable version of www.hie.co.uk/international-affairs.html

to view this page please visit the site and click HIE's international role on the menu.