ABSTRACT
Until 1996 Strathclyde was a local government region located in southwestern Scotland and was home to approximately 2.2 million people, almost half the population of Scotland. Strathclyde European Partnership was established in 1989. The Strathclyde region has received funding from several of the Community initiatives, designed to target specific problem areas, and these include RECHAR I and II, RENAVAL, URBAN and RESIDER II. At its heart lies the Programme Executive, a public sector company limited by guarantee, and a feature unique to the Strathclyde area until 1994. Following local government reorganisation in Scotland in 1996, the new local authorities in the Strathclyde area, with the exception of Argyll and Bute, are required jointly to take over responsibility for structure planning. The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan Committee is the vehicle through which structure planning will take place in future.
