Transcript Rural Development Programme for England 2014 – 2020

Rural Development Programme for
England 2014 – 2020
European Funding Network (EFN)
Roundtable
Wednesday 16th July 2014
Friends House, Euston
Rural Development Programme (RDP)
CAP
2014-2020
Pillar 2 RDP
Pillar 1
sCMO
Direct
payments
Greening
New land
management
schemes
Growth
scheme
Farming and
Forestry
Productivity
Including EIP
LEADER
Pillar 2:
• 87% or £3.1bn on the environment
• 5% or £177m on Growth
• 4% or £138m on LEADER
• 4% or £141m on Farming and Forestry Productivity
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RDPE Socio-economic Schemes
Farming and Forestry Productivity
Increase productivity and enhance the
competitiveness of farming and
forestry industries.
LEADER
Support jobs and growth in rural areas
EAFRD Growth Programme
Support growth in the rural economy
National scheme
Locally led schemes
- Managing Authority
sets out what is
possible
- LEPs / LAGs decide
what is done in
local area
 Scheme offers to be locally consistent
 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Local Action Groups (LAGs)
to communicate within areas to ensure aligned offer across LEADER
and Growth Programme
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Farming and Forestry Productivity
Advice, training and support
Business Start up support
for young farmers and
other farm businesses
Training & Knowledge
Exchange,
Demonstration Farms
Advisory Services
Physical Capital Grants
Cooperation
Integrated
Regional and
National Projects
European
Innovation
Partnership:
collaborative
groups to translate
research at farm
level
Resource Management and Efficiency
(water and energy including bioenergy, flood
mitigation
Soil, Air and Water Quality
(including ammonia, nutrient management and
pesticides)
Animal Productivity, Health and Welfare
Arable and Horticultural Productivity
Forestry
(including wood-fuel and venison supply chain)
Adding Value
(storage, processing, supply chain development)
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LEADER in the next RDPE
Overview:
• £138m LEADER budget
• Envisage 70% of funding directly supporting
the rural economy
Transition:
• Over £2.6m given in transition/preparatory
support
• 86 prospective areas
• Aim to have all groups in place by 1st January 2015
Delivering:
• Support for increasing farm productivity
• Support for rural tourism
• Provision of rural services
• Support for cultural and heritage activity
• Support for increasing forestry productivity
• Support for micro and small enterprises and farm diversification
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EAFRD Growth Programme
Overview:
 £177m Growth Scheme budget – supporting delivery of jobs and growth
 Locally driven investment – funding allocated to 37 LEP areas, to be delivered
in line with their local ESIF strategies
Policy priorities:

Knowledge and Skills – rural SME training, mentoring, networking

Support for SMEs – capital grants and business advice

Broadband – infrastructure investments in the final 5-10% areas

Renewables – infrastructure investments

Tourism – support for DMOs, capital grants
Delivery routes:
Defra as the Managing Authority will offer a framework containing a variety of
options for delivering the RD Growth Scheme:
 Small grant schemes – eg. capital support for small / micro businesses
 Large grant schemes – eg. Broadband; medium-sized agri-food businesses
 Procurement – eg. Training provision; Destination Management
Organisations.
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