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VSNW Annual Conference
12 November 2013
Presenting: Angeliki Stogia
Chair: John Hacking
Workshop aims
• European Structural funds in the North West
• 2007-2013 current opportunities to access
• An overview of emerging priorities for EU funds in the new
programme
• Discussion:
– Reflecting on priorities and areas where VCS can be involved
– Delivering the new programmes in the future: your role in the
programmes
– What type of support do you need?
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
ERDF supports regional development though actions such as business
innovation and support and regeneration. It finances investment to
create sustainable jobs, infrastructure linked to research and
innovation, environment, communications, energy and transport and
financial instruments (capital risk funds, local development funds) that
support regional and local development
•Priority 1: Stimulating Enterprise and Supporting growth in target
sectors and markets
•Priority 2: Exploiting innovation and knowledge
•Priority 3: Creating the conditions for sustainable growth
•Priority 4: Growing and accessing employment
Accessing ERDF
Through the department of Communities and Local
Government
• Minimum ERDF levels of funding
• Projects are subject to a two stage application process:
– Stage 1: Outline Application - deliverability test and outline
assessment
– Stage 2: Full application - detailed technical appraisal
• LEP endorsement is required
• All money committed*
European Social Fund
ESF aims to improve employment opportunities in the European
Union by providing financial support towards the running costs
of vocational training schemes, guidance and counselling
projects, job creation measures and other steps to improve the
employability and skills of both employed and unemployed
people
• Priority 1: Extending Employment Opportunities: to increase
employment and to reduce unemployment and inactivity
• Priority 2: Developing a Skilled and Adaptable Workforce:
reducing the number of people without basic skills, developing
managers and workers in small enterprises
Accessing ESF
ESF is accessed through Co-financing organisations
• Co-financing means channelling ESF and the required match
funding to providers in a single stream
• Organisations which do this are called Co-financing
organisations
Accessing ESF in the North West
There are three Co-financing organisation in the North West:
• Skills Funding Agency aims to improve the employability and
skills of employed and unemployed people by supporting education
and vocational training schemes and learning
**awaiting information on mop-up rounds**
• Jobcentre Plus/DWP supports disadvantaged people claiming
incapacity benefit or Income Support through voluntary
participation in the work programme and provides targeted support
to tackle workessness in families with multiple problems
• National Offender Management Service (NOMS) aims to
enhance the employability prospects of offenders by bridging the
existing gaps between offenders and mainstream education, skills
and employment services before, during and after release from
custody
European Social Fund: Small Grants
Community Grants - Helping people access the labour market
• Supporting a range of activities aim at assisting the
disadvantaged or excluded to move closer to the labour
market, focusing on individuals who have difficulty accessing
ESF or mainstream provision outcomes
• Based on progression, activities include first contact
engagement, confidence building, help with basic skills, taster
work experience, training, advice, counselling, jobsearch
• Grants up to £12K* accessed through simplified application
arrangements, available to voluntary sector groups. Grants
accessed through Community Grants Coordinating Bodies
• *Awaiting results of recent tendering process – rounds for
projects starting in the new year limit increased to £15K*
European Funding ESF & ERDF
• Current Programme 2007-13
– ESF National
– ERDF regional
• Next Programme 2014-20
– Single English Pot (hides the wiring)
– Maximum devolution to LEP level
• but LEPs can link to each other
– Key Themes
2014 – 2020
Decision levels
• European Commission
– Regulations
– Finance
– Partnership Principles
• Member State
– Partnership
– Operational Programmes
• Local Partners
– Working together
– Delivering change
The draft
Regulations
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General Regulations
ESF
ERDF
Cohesion Fund
European Grouping for Territorial
Cohesion
• Economic
• Social
• and Territorial
• Cohesion
Europe 2020
• Smart
• Sustainable
• Inclusive
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Eleven Themes
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Innovation
ICT
SME competitiveness
Low Carbon
Climate Change
Environment and Resource Efficiency
Sustainable Transport
Employment
Social Inclusion
Skills
(Institutional Capacity)
ERDF minimum allocations
At least 60% (transition) or 80% (More Developed) on:
• Innovation
• ICT
• SME
• Low Carbon
At least 15% (transition) or 20% (more developed) on:
• Low Carbon
European Social Fund
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Minimum 40% in transition regions, 52% in developed
Minimum 20% for social inclusion
Greater emphasis on Youth Unemployment
Better involvement of social partners, local authorities, NGOs
Simplification, improve accessibility of funding especially for
small beneficiaries
• More lump sums & standard costs, lighter admin
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BIS Guidance to LEPs July
• Supplementary Guidance
– Annexes • Match
• Opt In
• Financial Instruments
• Community Led Local Development
• Social Innovation
• Background Analysis
– Ten Themes
• Opt In Prospectuses
– 6 Organisations [2 added later, perhaps more...]
Opt - in
“opt-in model” developed to allow LEPs and partners to join
with national organisations/ programmes to deliver key
priorities. By opting-in to a service offer from a national
organisation/ programme, a LEP commits part of it ESI Funds
allocation to the programme
More “opt-in” offers
Second wave of opt-in offers include:
• DWP/JCP – Promoting employment and supporting labour
mobility, also covers Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty
• Prince’s Trust – ICT, SME Competitiveness; Low Carbon;
Promoting Employment; Promoting Social Inclusion; Education
& Skills
• Arts Council
What is Community Led Local
Development (CLLD)?
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Modelled on previous Leader approaches (RDPE)
An optional tool for territorial development
Focussed on sub-regional areas (10-150,000 population)
Driven by local communities
Multi-sectoral (public, private and civil society)
Integrated approach single or multi-fund options possible e.g.
ESF + ERDF; Leader + ESF + ERDF; EMFF + ESF etc.
What is CLLD?
• CLLD will be focused on the specific needs and
opportunities of a particular area, usually much smaller
than the average Local Enterprise Partnership, and typically
through small local community projects.
• CLLD could be related to a particular theme, such as urban
mobility, local energy plans or labour market issues, or to a
particular target group, such as young people or migrants.
It can be used across urban, rural and coastal areas.
• CLLD is a model that would be particularly useful in
situations where there are specific small geographic areas
with high levels of need that require a more targeted
approach. It would combine well with other local
community-led interventions.
What is Social Innovation?
• The development and implementation of new ideas
(products, services and models) to meet social needs and
create new social relationships or collaborations. It
represents new responses to pressing social demands,
which affect the process of social interactions. It is aimed at
improving human well-being
• Social innovations are innovations that are social in both
their ends and their means. They are innovations that are
not only good for society but also enhance individuals’
capacity to act
What is Social Innovation?
• Social innovation is the process of finding and
implementing new ways to tackle major problems that
affect society as a whole or specific groups
• Draws on the determination and knowledge of local
communities, of ‘not-for-profits’, or of social entrepreneurs,
alongside businesses, individuals and researchers
• Seeks to deliver better social outcomes by drawing on their
collective resources of time, skills, networks and
relationships, often using new technologies, to build scale
and spread change
England timetable so far
• BIS (Business, Innovation and Skills) leading
– Then DWP (ESF) and DCLG (ERDF)
• 3.5 people seconded (1 HE, 1.5 LA, 1 VCS)
– Sandra Turner, NCVO, SImon Nokes p/t Manchester
• BIS Roadshows November and December 2012
• BIS Letter to LEPs 7th Feb 13
• BIS Initial Guidance to LEPs 17th April
• Indicative Allocation to LEPS 27 June
• BIS Supplementary Guidance to LEPs 19 July
• Deadline for LEP Strategies 7 Oct
England timetable next steps
• 7 Oct deadline for LEPs draft Strategies
• 8-16 Oct BIS analyses strategies
– Themes, Eligibility, Outputs and Results, Mng Agent,
Local
• 6 Nov Shadow Growth Board Meets, endorses responses
• 7 Nov - local growth team feeds back to each LEP
• Nov-Dec LEPs revise and refine proposals
• Jan ‘14 - Final LEP Strategies to BIS
• UK Government submit England proposals to European
Commission
• Negotiations with Commission, revisions to LEP plans
• Programmes start – later in 2014 (autumn?)
Cheshire and Warrington
Cheshire and Warrington: Four Priorities
Cumbria: Four Priorities
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Maximising Growth in the Specialist Manufacturing Sector
Maximising Opportunities from Nuclear and Energy
Niche High Value Added Tourism & the visitor Economy
Developing the Value of and Growth in the Food &Drink
Sector
(LEP proposes making use of all ten EU thematic priorities in
support of our growth proposals)
Greater Manchester: Six Strands
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Competitive Places
Science, Innovation and Knowledge Economy
Competitive Business
Low Carbon
Skills, Employment and Inclusion
Supporting Reform
Lancashire: Six Strands
• Investing in Strategic Infrastructure, Development and
Environmental Resilience
• Boosting Business Growth and Innovation
• Promoting Growth sectors and Supply Chains
• Encouraging Inward Investment and Marketing
• Driving the Skills for Growth
• Creating Opportunities for Disadvantaged
Communities/Groups
Liverpool City Region: Five Portofolios
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Blue/Green Economy
Business Economy
Innovation Economy
Inclusive Economy
Place & Connectivity
Social Inclusion
The Europe 2020 strategy has a target of promoting social
inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty, by
aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty
and social exclusion
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Cheshire and Warrington £11m
Cumbria £7.5m
Greater Manchester £46m
Lancashire £18m
Liverpool City Region £20m
Next Steps
• Response from BIS after 6th November
• Consultations in November and December
• Work up the details
– Good practice
– Volumes, costings and detailed working
– Opt Ins negotiation, local control, and match
– Governance
Glimpse into the future: DWP/JCP
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Community Work Placements – part of the Help to Work
support. Designed for JSA and Universal Credit (full
conditionality) claimants who have completed the Work
Programme and whose key barrier preventing them from
moving into work, is either insufficient recent work history or a
lack of motivation
Launched 24 October, tenders due back on 5 Dec 2013
Part-funded by the European Social Fund, under DWP’s cofinancing agreements
Preferred Bidders announced on 3 March 2014
Going live starting from April 2014
Open to Employment Related Support Services (ERSS)
Framework providers
Key Messages
• Smart – Sustainable – Inclusive
• ESF, ERDF, EAFRD, EMFF working together
• Simplification – focus on outputs and results
– Flat Rates, Lump Sums, Proportionality
– Opt-ins
• Place-based solutions, transition areas, city regions
– Community Led Local Development
– Joint actions – result based approach
– Social Innovation
What do you think?
• Feedback session:
– Reflecting on priorities and areas where VCS can be involved
– Delivering the new programmes in the future: your role in the
programmes
– What type of support do you need?
Eleven Themes
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Innovation
ICT
SME competitiveness
Low Carbon
Climate Change
Environment and Resource Efficiency
Sustainable Transport
Employment
Social Inclusion
Skills
(Admin Capacity)
European Structural Investment Fund 2014-20
High Level Business Process
Local Enterprise Partnership
Investment Plan
Project Implementation
Routes into the Programme
Opt-In
Negotiated
procedure
with Opt-In
organisations
Open Call
Seeks ideas to
deliver against
strategy
LEP Defined
Activity
Commissioned
investments /
direct bids etc.
Assess
Strategic Fit
Monitor
Performance
against Strategy
Confirm
strategic
fit
Instruction to
Invest
Applicant
Develop
Full
Application
Write Initial
Application
Managing Authority
Selection
into the
Programme
Funding
Agreement
Facilitation to
complete full
Application
Form
Funding
Agreement
Technical
Appraisal
Project Delivery
Project
Close
Contract
Management&
Monitoring
Closure
Reporting – All data on IT system – Reports drawn off as required
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