 It was a joint project between the governments of Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland, which is partly funded by the European Union's INTERREG IVA Programme.The funding from INTEREG was about €2 million.The ISLES project was announced at the meeting of Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism of Scotland Jim Mather and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources of Ireland Eamon Ryan in Glasgow on 7 June 2008.