A taste of things to come – Preparation for the New Strategy Jo Laverick – Executive Director
Background • Allocation of €539.6m (£473m) for NELEP 2014-20 • €13m (£11m) rural EAFRD funding - tourism, market towns and business support. (LEADER) • €157m (£132m) allocated to County Durham as a Transition Region • Additional €9m (£7.7m) for County Durham as part of the Youth Employment Initiative • Proposed investments are aligned to EU thematic objectives; Innovation, ICT, SME, Low Carbon, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Transport, Employability, Social Inclusion and Skills
Focus : Funds to support the EU 2020 Strategy – smart, sustainable and inclusive growth 1. Innovation and R&D 2. ICT: Improving access; quality and usage 3. SMEs: Improving competitiveness, incl. in the agricultural and aquaculture sectors 4. Shift to low carbon economy 5. Climate change adaptation and risk management 6. Environmental protection & resource efficiency 7. Sustainable transport and unblocking key networks 8. Employment and labour mobility 9. Social inclusion and fighting poverty 10.Education, skills and lifelong learning 11.Improving institutional capacity for efficient public administration (‘Technical Assistance’)
Process • National Programme with strong role for North East LEP • LEP Strategies on spend proposals submitted to Government in Jan 2014 • Negotiation with Government Jan to April 2014 • Member State Partnership Contract to EU Commission May 2014 • 6 month negotiation • Spend Jan15 at the earliest
Opportunities • Transition Region – Durham money for Durham, initially • Durham Programme and CDEP recognised as part of Governance and decision making process • Greater flexibility over spending than non Transition areas • 40% match funding required.
Durham Planned Activities split of ERDF / ESF funding aligned against EU Thematic Objectives Thematic % of % of Objective Activities Amount (£) Prog ERDF / ESF Innovation Business Support and Capital Development 1. Innovation 20,000,000 14.9% 23.3% Digital Durham 2. ICT 4,000,000 3.0% 4.7% Full package of support to Durham businesses from pre start to start up and growth, including social enterprise development, range of capital schemes and infrastructure development, Access to Finance (JEREMIE) and Opt Ins with UKTI, MAS and Growth Accelerator 3. SME 38,440,000 28.7% 44.7% Business Energy Efficiency Programme, development of Renewable Energy Village, Energy efficiency measures utilising retrofit 4. Low activities on public and private assets Carbon 12,060,000 9.0% 14.0% 5. Climate Flood mitigation at key employment sites Change 4,000,000 3.0% 4.7% 6. Energy Efficiency - 0.0% Sustainable Transport schemes including East 7. Durham Railway Station, Durham City Urban Sustainable Traffic Control, Durham Transport Development Transport 7,500,000 5.6% 8.7% ERDF sub total 86,000,000 64%
% of % of Thematic Progra ERDF / Objective Activities Amount (£) mme ESF 8. YEI, Employment and Brokerage Support and Employability NEETS 12,900,000 9.6% 26.9% Big Lottery Opt In, CLLD, promoting social 9. Social inclusion activities including developing 8.7% Inclusion volunteering opportunities 11,720,000 24.4% Graduate Support, Mixed Apprenticeship Packages, Work based learning programme, Business Education Engagement and 10. Skills Business & School Engagement 23,380,000 17.4% 48.7% ESF sub total 48,000,000 36% Total (ERDF and ESF) 134,000,000
County Durham EU Investments: Approach and Asks •Partnership approach County Durham Thematic Workstreams •Established EU •Innovation Workstreams to develop •Digital Demand areas of activity aligned to •Business Support priorities •Pre & Start Up Enterprise •Infrastructure •Agreed Investment Plan to •Energy/Sustainability illustrate Durham priorities, •Volunteering areas of activity, proportions •Education & Business Links of resources, measures of •Youth Employment success and outputs •Access to Finance •Apprenticeships aligned to EU priorities, •Higher Level Skills through the CDEP •Social inclusion
Some Points to Consider… • LEADER is an approach. • It isn’t a generic grant scheme: need to think about economic development • Support is needed for communities to engage with it. • LEADER: Not to duplicate main EU programme, but look for alignment • Jobs and growth, jobs and growth, jobs and growth… • Concentrate on what is special, and delivers jobs and growth • Not easy to deliver as individual organisation or small business but still has potential for creative thinking through a partnership approach.
Info and Contacts NELEP: North East Strategic Economic Plan (More & Better Jobs): http://www.nelep.co.uk/media/5080/draft-north-east-strategic-economic-plan.pdf Durham draft EU Investment Plan: http://content.durham.gov.uk/PDFRepository/EUNarrativev10February2014.pdf VONNE: Voluntary Sector Support www.vonne.org.uk Volunteering & Social Inclusion Work stream: Jo Laverick, Durham Community Action: Joanna.Laverick@durhamrcc.org.uk County Durham Economic Partnership - contact: Heather Orton, DCC, RED Technical guidance: BIS The Development and Delivery of European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies, Supplementary Guidance July 2013 East Durham LEADER: Louise Johnson, East Durham LEADER Manager, Louise.Johnson@eastdurhamleader.org.uk
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