SCOTLAND'S largest city has been given its own dedicated office at the European Union headquarters in Brussels.
It will be used by a full-time official tasked with championing the case for Glasgow within the EU, as well as being a base for elected members from the region doing business in Brussels.
The opening of the office is also expected to be the first overseas engagement for Glasgow's new Lord Provost, Bob Winter, who was elected to the post less than a fortnight ago.
Mr Winter will attend the ceremony at Eurocities House in Brussels on June 6. The move coincides with the establishment of the Western Scotland European Forum, which will lobby on behalf of the area on European issues such as economic and social development, procurement, guidelines and transport.
It follows the winding-up of the West of Scotland European Consortium and the new financial arrangements associated with the European Structural Funds for 2007-13.
The forum will include local authorities, health and education sectors, development agencies and transport bodies.
Scotland has been criticised in the past for "losing its voice" in Brussels.
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