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EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL
INVESTMENT FUND – SETTING
THE SCENE
Jo Lappin
The Funds
• ERDF – European Regional Development Fund
• ESF – European Social Fund
• EAFRD – European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development
Funding Available
Total ESIF Funding of €7.2BN, made up of:
• ERDF
€3.6BN (NEP £23.0m)
• ESF
€3.5BN (NEP £23.1m)
• EAFRD €221M (NEP £2.2m)
Governance
• National Operational Programmes
Built up from Local Enterprise Partnerships’
ESIF Strategies which set out local strategic
needs & priorities
• Growth Programme Board (Programme
Monitoring Committee)
Supported by LEP Area ESIF Sub Committees
ESIF Sub-Committee
• Calls - Provide advice to Managing Authority on
the local strategic focus of calls for projects
• Applications - Provide advice to Managing
Authority on local strategic fit of applications
Delivery Principles
• Strategic – making a strong contribution to the delivery
of the priorities within the SEP
• Concentrated – on those activities that are most
important to Northamptonshire, its people and its
economy
• Additional –providing assistance where activities would
not otherwise proceed or would do so on a smaller scale
or at a later date
• Catalytic – delivering exemplary projects that genuinely
drive forward Northamptonshire’s economy
• Ambitious – delivery pace to ensure early performance
to unlock the Performance Reserve
Delivery Principles
• Aligned – with strategic partners investment priorities to
maximise the availability of match funding and return on
investment
• Responsive – sufficiently flexible to respond to the changing
and emerging needs of the local economy; and guidance
from the European Commission and the Managing Authority
• Compliant – developed and delivered in line with all
regulatory requirements
• Cross Cutting – genuinely embeds the themes of
sustainable development and gender equality, equal
opportunities and non-discrimination in the commissioning
and delivery of activities
Challenges
• Compliance
Procurement
State Aid
Publicity
National Eligibility Rules
• Match Funding - must be available from the
outset; identified & secured by the applicant
during the application process
Eligibility Criteria
• Each fund has a different set of criteria for
applicant eligibility for example;
• ESF
SFA registered provider status
• ERDF
Direct and Indirect opportunities for Businesses to
respond to calls
ESIF Targets
ERDF:
• 1,200 enterprises supported
• 640 new enterprises supported
• 1,394 jobs created
ESF:
• 5,112 unemployed people supported
• 5,785 inactive people supported
• 4,742 employed people trained
• 1,428 young people trained
ERDF Allocation
Activity Total ESIF allocation Allocation to 2018
£m
£m
ERDF
TO1:Innovation
Northamptonshire Innovation Programme
4.9
2.5
TO2:ICT
SME Digital Improvement
1.5
0.75
TO3:SME Competitiveness
SME Competitiveness
5.0
2.5
International Trade
1.0
0.5
High Growth
1.0
0.5
Manufacturing Growth
1.0
0.5
Access to Finance Fund
4.0
N/A
12.0
4.0
SME Resource Efficiency
1.6
0.8
Low Carbon and Energy Revolving Fund
3.0
1.5
TO4 totals
4.6
2.3
23.0
11.5
TO3 totals
TO4:Low Carbon
ERDF total
ESF Allocation
ESF*
TO8:Employment and Labour Mobility
Support for the Unemployed
6.5
Northamptonshire NEET and young people
Support
TO8 totals
TO9:Social Inclusion
TO9 totals
TO10: Skills
0.3
6.5
Return to Work
Northamptonshire Community Grants
3.3
1.5
5.1
5.1
Workforce Skills Programme
Local Responsiveness Fund
3
0.3
1.8
3.0
11.5
Enterprise Skills Development
0.4
0.6
TO10 totals
11.5
4.1
ESF total
23.1
9.2
* ESF allocations by activity have only been determined for 2014-18.
EAFRD Allocation
EAFRD
Activity
Art 36 Tourism
Full Allocation
Allocation to 2018
Support for Quality Rural Tourism
0.15
0.25
Tourism Promotion
0.1
0.1
Art 36 totals
0.25
0.35
Art 20 business
Support for Increasing Rural Business Productivity
0.3
0.6
Business Support for Micro Businesses and SMEs
Grant Support for Micro Businesses and SMEs
Support for SMEs to grow
Energy Efficiency for SMEs
Art 20 totals
EAFRD total
0.3
0.15
0.45
0.25
0.3
0.15
0.25
0.15
1.9
1.0
2.2
1.25
APPLYING FOR FUNDING – THE
CALLS
Sajeeda Rose
Calls – Proposed Timetable
ERDF Calls
ERDF – National and Local Calls
4 Local Calls:
• PA1 Innovation (currently open)
• PA2 ICT
• PA3 SME Competitiveness (currently open)
• PA4 Low Carbon
3 National Calls all open:
• Manufacturing Growth
• High Growth
• International Trade
PA1 - Innovation
ERDF Operational Programme Priorities
• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1.1 - Increase investment in
research and innovation by small and medium
enterprises, particularly in sectors and technologies
identified through smart specialisation
• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1.2 - Increase the number of
SMEs engaged in knowledge exchange, collaborative
and contract research and innovation with research
institutions, public institutions or large enterprises in order
to help bring new products and processes to market
Local Innovation Priorities
• Support for smart specialisation collaborative
research between enterprises,
universities/research institutions, and public
institutions across a pan LEP geography
• Support for the commercialisation and enterprise
of new products and business processes
PA2 - ICT
ERDF Operational Programme Priorities
• The Digital Agenda for Europe includes the following goals:
The entire EU to be covered by broadband above 30 Mbps by
2020
50 % of the EU to subscribe to broadband above 100 Mbps by
2020
• The support provided through this specific objective will improve
ICT connections, so they are no longer a barrier to growth for
businesses and will help them to improve their productivity, growth
and create jobs, in turn increasing the percentage of businesses
which use superfast broadband.
Local ICT Priorities
• Encourage SMEs to take up the opportunities and
exploitation for commercialisation of ICT.
• Provide intensive support to target those
individuals and businesses that either live or trade
within Northamptonshire
PA 3 – SME Competitiveness
ERDF Operational Programme Priorities:
Investment priority 3a -Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by
facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the
creation of new firms, including through business incubators.
Specific objective - Increase entrepreneurship, particularly in areas with
low levels of enterprise activity and amongst under-represented groups
Investment priority 3c - Supporting the creation and the extension of
advanced capacities for products, services and development
Specific objective - Increase the growth capacity of SMEs
Investment priority 3d - Supporting the capacity of small and medium
sized enterprises to grow in regional, national and international markets
and to engage in innovation processes
Specific objective - Increase growth capability of SMEs
Local Competitiveness Priorities
• Targeted Entrepreneurship Programme to support
new start ups
• Extension of support for established companies
through the Northamptonshire Growth Hub;
• Sector specific support to address barriers to
growth for priority sectors – HPT, Logistics, Food
& Drink, Creative and Cultural Industries
SME Manufacturing Growth
ERDF Operational Programme Priorities
• 3c) supporting the creation and the extension of advanced
capacities for products, services and development
• 3d) Supporting the capacity of small and medium sized
enterprises to grow in regional, national and international
markets and to engage in innovation processes
Local ESIF Priorities
• Smart Specialisation - focussing pro-active public investment on key
SME market segments
• Stimulating manufacturers to innovate - to improve
competitiveness and drive business growth
• Growth support for rural based manufacturing businesses
• Supporting SME manufacturers to grow - create jobs/GVA and
expand into larger premises within the LEP area
High Growth SMEs
ERDF Operational Programme Priorities
• 3c) supporting the creation and the extension of advanced
capacities for products, services and development
• 3d) Supporting the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises
to grow in regional, national and international markets and to
engage in innovation processes
Local ESIF Priorities
• Raise awareness of growth opportunities within target sectors
• Identify and target growth potential companies
• Intensive Growth Coaching for growth potential companies
International Trade
ERDF Operational Programme Priorities
3d) Supporting the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises
to grow in regional, national and international markets and to
engage in innovation processes
Specific Local ESIF Priorities
• Stimulation activity - business engagement activity targeting
companies that could but currently don’t export stimulating them to
consider and pursue an internationalisation strategy as a mechanism
for growth
• Early Stage Coaching - provision of intensive support to work with
early stage companies supporting them with ‘export readiness’
• Additional advisory resource - specialising in key sectors that are
important to the local economy
PA 4 – Low Carbon
• Investment priority 4a - Promoting the production and distribution of energy
derived from renewable sources
• Investment priority 4b - Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy
use in enterprises
• Investment Priority 4c - Supporting energy efficiency, smart energy
management and renewable energy use in public infrastructure, including in
public buildings, and in the housing sector
• Investment Priority 4e - Promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of
territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable
multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures
• Investment Priority 4f - Promoting research and innovation in, and adoption
of, low-carbon technologies
Local Low Carbon Priorities
• Voucher schemes - to support SMEs to research and implement
practical resource use planning/energy efficiency improvements
• Energy efficiency in enterprises - including industrial
processes, designing out waste, recovery of ‘waste’ heat energy
and CHP
• Move to renewable and low carbon fuels - to generate heat
and power
• Structural retrofit - for energy efficiency of commercial buildings
• Non-domestic retrofit - demonstrator projects for whole building
solutions exemplifying technologies which are near-to-market
ESF Calls
• 3 Opt-in Partners:
1. SFA
2. DWP
3. Big-Lottery
SFA Calls
• Community Grants - Improving the employability and skills of
unemployed and economically inactive people through a Community
Grants Programme to deliver support for those groups furthest from the
labour market
• Local Responsiveness Fund - pilot new solutions to existing and
emerging skills issues especially within key sectors of growth
• Workforce Skills Programme - respond to local skills priorities
identified within the SEP and ESIF to meet the needs of employed adult
and young people in the local workforce by adding value to existing
provision
• Support for Young People and NEETs - The aim is to reduce the
number of young people, aged 14-18 in the Northamptonshire area
who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), or are at risk
of becoming NEET
DWP Calls
Overarching Package of support to target those
that out of work to enter into employment or
training. With a specific focus on:
• Support for the Unemployed (incorporating
support for Young People, Older Clients and
Vulnerable Adults)
• Support for Troubled Families
• Support for Carers
• Support for Self Employment
Big Lottery Calls
• Overcoming Barriers to Work - support long term
unemployed people and with complex needs to
overcome specific barriers to employment
• Improving Social and Economic Inclusion - improve
engagement of disadvantaged groups by targeting our
most deprived areas by developing a package of
sustainable support to residents to progress to
learning, employment and enterprise with wraparound
support
• Targeted Financial Inclusion - provide wraparound
support, targeting in particular those who will be
affected by the rollout of Universal Credit, to improve
financial inclusion and reducing debt, with clear
progression routes into skills and employment provision
EAFRD Priorities
Business Process
• Calls for Proposals
ESIF Funding Finder, all call templates, guidance & application forms available
at www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds
NB register as an applicant via LOGASnet
• Two Stage Process
Outline Application, assessed against gateway and core selection criteria and
local ESIF Strategy
Full Application, full technical appraisal against selection criteria, assessment
of strategic fit with Operational Programme & local ESIF Strategy
• Funding Agreement
Between applicant organisation and the Managing Authority
Effective date for expenditure normally date of approval
Retrospection: May go back to date project invited to submit a full application,
considered on case by case basis
Further Information
• ESIF Funding Finder – www.gov.uk/european-structuralinvestment-funds
• A number of documents are available on the website
www.gov.uk/government/publications:
– ERDF State Aid Law Requirements
– ERDF Eligibility Rules
– ESF Eligibility Rules
– ERDF/ESF Selection Criteria
– ERDF/ESF Branding and Publicity Requirements
– ESIF Logos and Publicity Templates
– ERDF / ESF Technical Assistance Guidance and timesheet example
– ERDF / ESF Outline Application Form and Guidance
– [Procurement Law]
• If there are issues accessing this guidance, email
[email protected]
Catalysing Better Business
Learning From Experience
Phoebe Edwards
www.emb-group.co.uk
Catalysing Better Business
Catalysing Growth - Vital Statistics
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Partnership project funded from the 2007-13 programme
Total project value £17.5m
£10.5m match from RGF projects and £7m ERDF
Project commenced in June 2013
Delivers in 3 LEP areas (NEP, LLEP and D2N2)
Co-investment support for eligible SMEs with significant
growth projects.
Catalysing Better Business
Chambers, Universities, LLEPs, Busnes Cymru, Others
Catalysing Growth – Rationale
Enhances existing RGF programmes by:
• increasing the overall funding pot, and
• more support to applicants to increase access to funding.
“The Scotch Egg Principle”
Catalysing Better Business
Catalysing Growth - Outputs/Impact
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Businesses assisted
Jobs created
Private sector funding leveraged
Businesses improving their performance
Catalysing Better Business
Catalysing Growth in Northamptonshire
• £2.33m
• Supporting job creation projects valued between £20,000
and £100,000
• Helping local SMEs grow faster
Catalysing Better Business
Introducing your new favourite word…
Compliant
Relates to any money you spend whether it’s match funding
or from the EU
• Anything you buy or procure
• Any publicity material
To avoid claw back, keep every piece of evidence and have
very organised files,these will be checked and checked and
checked and checked and checked and checked…
Catalysing Better Business
Successful Collaboration
• Clearly define and document roles and responsibilities
• Have a formal mechanism to oversee the project and
monitor performance
• Share best practice
• Continually review to ensure compliance
• Involve your CLG project officer
• …keep talking to each other!
Catalysing Better Business
Catalysing Better Business
The benefits of collaboration
• Economies of scale
• Centralisation of mandatory administrative processes
• Directs more resource to the front line
The downside is that it can increase risk so ensure you plan,
discuss, agree and document first so everyone clearly
understands their responsibilities.
Nick Bolton: Co-Founder, Electric Corby
Growing Corby
• 12 years into a 30
year journey
• Growing from 50,000
to 100,000 people by
2030’s
– Already at 64,000
• Top 5 fastest growing
places in the UK
• £250m of public
funding has leveraged
over £2billion of
private investment in
place making
20th Century Corby
21st Century Corby
The past
The present…
The near future…
New Cinema 2015
Northern Orbital
2015 completing
Midland Mainline
Electrification 2017
dual carriageway link
from M1 to heart of
Corby
Community Interest Company set up by private and public
sector
• Supporting economic growth; Developing jobs opportunities;
Building a better place
Doing this by…
• Promoting Corby as a future focused place to live and a first choice
location for inward investment, particularly from green, clean and
high performance technology sectors
• Delivering leading edge projects that have a direct and beneficial
impact on the working and living environment in Corby
• Leveraging major growth to offer a community scale proof of
concept location
Partnership
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
What it’s about…
Embedding and supporting an enterprising
culture into the Corby community and
raising the profile of the town as a location
for business investment… through;
• Working together
• Collaboration
• Creating a Sustainable Legacy
Working together
Growing Corby is a coordinating
project to secure a higher level of
service, support and impact for Corby
than the individual strands might
otherwise achieve
Collaboration
• Breadth of experience
• Depth of engagement with
stakeholders and communities
• Strength from combined skills mix
• One agency rarely has all the
required skills and experience
Sustainable legacy
• Developing partnerships and
approaches that can be carried
forward
• Delivering for the private sector…and
securing its support and commitment
• Establish Corby as a “partnering”
location
‘Growing Corby’ Programme
Market Insight and Intelligence
Research and reports for start-ups and established
businesses to access markets and improve performance
Start-Up and Growth Grants
Grant funding to support business growth plans
Invest in Corby
A cost-effective, competitive location for your business,
we offer the help you need to move and grow your
business in Corby, Northamptonshire
‘Growing Corby’ Programme 2
Internship Service
Skilled staff time for local start up and existing businesses to
develop and implement growth plans
Creativity & Innovation Coaching
Supporting businesses to grow through creativity and
innovation. Helping businesses to access new markets or launch
new products or services
Social Enterprise & Co-operative Coaching
Support for starting or growing a social or cooperative business
Budget - £1,114,528
Businesses assisted 244
People assisted to start business 115
Jobs created 161
GVA £580k
Businesses improving performance 78
Businesses created/attracted 75
Jobs Safeguarded 350
Delivery so far
• Outputs - over performing in most
• Results/outcomes on target to
overachieve
• Oversubscribed in Market Research,
Grants and big demand for social
enterprise coaching
• Various workshops, seminars, events
Marketing and PR
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Bespoke Website for project
Case Studies eg UR Tubes, Hair Geeks
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
CRM
Various events and workshops
Delivery issues
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Full scale delivery started 6/8 months late
Initial claims from some partners
Staffing at strand level and PMO
SLA signing – partners and CBC
Businesses spending/claiming grant
Successes
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Partners hit the ground running
Beneficiaries – rapid service take up
Marketing, promotion and PR
Collaboration - partners in the area
How it all works
• Partnership Board - quarterly
• Operational monthly partner meetings
• Performance monitoring/checks by
project leads and PMO
• Evaluation – Q2 2015
• Audit - Article 13 Visit Nov 2014
Lessons and Opportunities 1
• Clearly define and document roles and
responsibilities
• Have a formal mechanism to oversee the
project and monitor performance
• Share best practice
• Identifying and recruiting the right staff early
is a key success factor
• Continually review to ensure compliance
• Involve your CLG project officer
• …keep talking to each other!
Lessons and Opportunities 2
• Do not underestimate the task of compliance
• Relates to any money you spend whether it’s
match funding or from the EU
• Anything you buy or procure
• Any publicity material
• To avoid claw back, keep every piece of
evidence and have very organised files,
these will be checked and checked and checked
and checked and checked and checked…
Lessons and Opportunities 3
• Economies of scale
• Centralisation of mandatory administrative
processes
• Directs more resource to the front line
The downside is that it can increase risk so
ensure you plan, discuss, agree and document
first so everyone clearly understands their
responsibilities.
Lessons and Opportunities 3
• Partnership is tough and requires continuous
effort
• It’s worth it…
• You don’t have to be a Core City or large
authority to make it work. Collaboration
means you can punch above your weight
• Confidence and experience to engage with
more European funding opportunities
– Corby is now a partner in two EU projects, with
partners in Spain, France, Italy, Finland and
Romania, collectively worth over €8m
Thank you for listening
Find out more at www.growingcorby.co.uk and
www.electriccorby.co.uk