About the partnership

Funding

The Partnership was established as a pilot project in 2000 by Aberdeenshire Council and the North Sea Commission, with initial funding from the European Community Initiative PESCA.

In May 2002, funding for a further three years of the Partnership was obtained from the European Regional Development Fund under the Interreg IIIB Programme for the North Sea, a community initiative concerning transnational co-operation on spatial development. Matched funding is provided by the participants.