alignment, collabora*on and inclusiveness • Allowing shared learning between Sco$sh ci*es – achieving scale, bigger market for roll out of solu*ons, increasing aerac*veness of Sco$sh ci*es as partners • Encourage concentra*on of funding at Sco$sh, UK and EU level around major, common priori*es • Investment planning process allows longer term, strategic mapping of appropriate opportuni*es against key projects and ambi*ons