Overview of European
Funding
Jane Locke
EU Projects Manager
Europe 2020
• New programme period 2014-20
• Smart, sustainable, inclusive economic
growth
• Previous programmes about economic
equality across Europe - cohesion
• New programme will be about promoting
European economies as competitors on a
world stage - growth
EU Programmes
• National programmes
– Structural (ERDF and ESF) and rural
(EAFRD)
• Cross border
– FCE and 2 Seas
• Transnational
– North Sea and North West Europe
• Europe-wide
– Horizon2020, Erasmus + etc
National
£40M ERDF
£40M ESF
£13M EAFRD
£250M FCE
£139m 2 SEAS
£115M North Sea
£279M NWE
RDPE LEADER
Programme likely
to be £10M?
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Investment Priorities
Thematic Objective
Research & innovation
SIF
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FCE
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Interreg
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Access to ICT
Competitiveness of SMEs
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Promoting a low carbon economy
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Promoting climate change adaption
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Protecting the environment
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Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty
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Investing in education skills and lifelong learning
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Promoting sustainable transport
Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility
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EUSIF – Priorities and Funding
£81 Million ESF/ERDF to be divided between priority
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Education and skills - £20M
SME competitiveness - £16M
Innovation – £11M
Social Inclusion - £9M
Low Carbon Economy - £8M
Employment and labour mobility - £7M
£6M will be spent on these themes through a
Community Led Local Development approach in urban
and rural areas
EU SIF – Priorities and Funding
£13M EAFRD aimed at 4 priorities in rural areas:
• Building knowledge and skills in rural areas;
• Funding new and developing non-agricultural,
micro, small and medium sized rural business;
• Funding small scale renewable and broadband
Investments in rural areas; and
• Support for tourism activities in rural areas.
INTERREG
European Territorial Cooperation
• Maps
INTERREG
European Territorial Cooperation
RDPE Programme
• Successfully completing the Leader
programme
• Roll out Leader approach to 2 new local
action groups in Norfolk
• Using new flexibility to add ERDF and ESF
funds to rural funds for holistic approach
• Using new flexibility to use Leader
approach in Norwich and Great Yarmouth
Role of Economic Development
• Able to help with:
– Identifying best funding opportunity
– Help with identifying project partners internally
and externally
– Provide access to dedicated facilitators
– Assistance to draft applications
– Help to set up and run a project
• Meanwhile – working on compliance
systems across council
Contacts
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Carolyn Reid – Interreg FCE
Karen Gibson –ETC Programmes (Interreg)
Jane Locke – National Programmes
Eliska Cheeseman – Rural Programmes
Eve Cronin – Skills Programmes
Karen Bailey – ERDF Facilitator