East Midlands ERDF Competitiveness Programme 20072013 Stuart Creedy Head of European Programmes

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East Midlands ERDF Competitiveness
Programme2007-2013 Stuart Creedy Head of
European Programmes
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Changes from the Previous Programme

• Less funding for the 2007-13 Programme
• Shift in focus to Lisbon
• Set within the framework of the Regional Economic
  Strategy (RES)
• No imposed map but a requirement to achieve
  greater impact and concentration
• Mono-funded Programme, i.e. no European Social
  Fund (ESF) activity
• Administered by RDAs not GOs.

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Financial Allocation

• East Midlands ERDF allocation 268.5m (approx
  190m) - full programme value (inc. match
  funding) 537m (approx 380m)

Sterling values are approximate, based on an
exchange rate of 0.71
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Programme Governance Structure
Programme Monitoring Committee (PMC)
Performance Management Group (PMG)
Priority Axis 1 Sub-Group
Priority Axis 2 Sub-Group
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Programme Monitoring Committee

• Membership
• GOEM (chair)
• Local Authority Representation and East Midlands
  Regional Assembly
• emda and Regional and Thematic Partners
  (Innovation, Business, Universities, Third
  Sector)
• Cross-Cutting Theme Representatives
• European Commission, BERR, CLG

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Who can apply?

• Public Sector
• Private (not for profit) and
• Third Sector organisations.
• ERDF is not paid directly to profit-distributing
  private sector organisations or for an
  organisations own benefit.

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Route to Market

• The Implementing Provisions allow for three
  different routes to market for ERDF activity
• Open bidding
• Limited bidding and
• Non-competitive selection e.g. grants/commissionin
  g.

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Priority Axis 1Innovation and sustainable
business practice
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Priority Axis 1 Strands and Indicative Actions

• Supporting Knowledge and Technology Transfer,
  Innovation and RD
• Innovation Support for Business
• Creating the Environment for Innovation and
• Resource Efficiency.

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Priority Axis 1 Innovation Call for Activity

• Up to 25m ERDF 2008/10
• Intervention/Grant rate will not normally exceed
  40
• All Lisbon expenditure
• All PA1 Strands and Indicative Actions considered
• 81 EOIs received by 18 April deadline
• 58 invited to submit full application (53.3m
  ERDF).

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Priority Axis 1 (cont.)

• Innovation Support for Key Sectors (iNets)
• Separate provision agreed by PMC
• 11m ERDF over the next three years
• High Quality Employment Floorspace Fund
• 35m IAGF previously announced includes 10m
  additional provision from ERDF

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Priority Axis 1 (cont.)

• Resource Efficiency Business Support
• 5m to support businesses to achieve greater
  efficiency in their use of resources.
• JESSICA - Joint European Support for Sustainable
  Investment in City Areas

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Priority Axis 2Sustainable economic and
enterprise activity in disadvantaged communities
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Target Districts
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Indicative Allocations

• Between 2.2m - 7.3m to each of the Districts
  (2007/10)
• Partners have produced a Plan that clearly
  outlines local ERDF priorities/objectives
• Process for selection of funded activity
• Governance Lead Partners and process for local
  engagement
• Grouped allocations

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Priority Axis 2Regionally Managed Activity

• Up to 20 of allocation (11m)
• Additional targeted Business Start Up support
• Additional Community Development Finance
  Institution (CDFI) provision and
• Additional Selective Finance for Investment in
  England (SFIE) provision with increased grant
  limits.

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Complementarity between ERDF and ESF

• ERDF
• Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
• Enterprise and Business Support
• Sustainable development, production and
  consumption

• ESF
• Tackling worklessness
• Skills
• Training

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Programme Information

• East Midlands ERDF website
• Primary source for Programme Information and
  Guidance
• Key information includes
• Strategy and Documentation
• Applying for Funding
• Governance and Meeting Papers
• Project Management
• www.eastmidlandserdf.org.uk