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EU COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
FUNDS IN ENGLAND 2014-2020
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS
17 DECEMBER 2012
HMG’s OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY
 Present the Government’s latest thinking for an EU
Common Strategic Framework (CSF) Funds delivery
model and get feedback from you to inform its further
development
 Listen to your views
 Understand from you your plans and aspirations for how
to use the CSF Funds
2012 EU BUDGET (commitments)
€147.2 billion = 1.12% of EU gross national income
Citizens, freedom,
security and justice
1%
The EU as a global player:
Administration
including development aid
6%
6%
Natural
resources:
Agriculture &
environment
41%
Sustainable growth:
Jobs, competitiveness,
regional development
46%:
of which
STRUCTURAL FUNDS
36% (€53 bn)
‘ALLOCATED’ TO THE UK:
STRUCTURAL FUNDS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT & FISHERIES FUNDS
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (£2.8 bn 2007-2013 England)
 Innovation and knowledge based economy (incl commercialisation
of research and technology transfer)
 Stimulating enterprise and supporting SMEs
 Sustainable Development & low carbon technologies
 Building sustainable communities – incl regeneration
10 programmes in England managed by DCLG (previously RDAs)
EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND (£2.5 bn 2007-2013 for England)
 Helping unemployed and inactive people into work (especially
disadvantaged groups such as ex-offenders, young people NEET and
unskilled people)
 Improving workforce skills and redundancy support
1 English programme managed by DWP
‘ALLOCATED’ TO THE UK (continued):
STRUCTURAL FUNDS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT & FISHERIES FUNDS
EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(£3.7bn 2007-2013 for England)
Improving the environment and countryside; Improving the
competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sector ;
Quality of life in rural areas and diversification of the rural
economy. One English programme / DEFRA.
EUROPEAN FISHERIES FUND
(£40m for England in 2007-2013)
Smart, green fisheries (to address discards); aquaculture
businesses ; coastal communities dependent on fishing. 1 UK
programme / DEFRA.
CHANGING TIMES
- NEGOTIATIONS FOR 2014-2020  Economic landscape : recession & Eurozone crisis
 EU budget & Structural Funds in particular :
 Increased focus on driving the EU forward vs global
competitors : EU 2020 (external)
 Concentration of EU investment on top drivers
of EU growth and jobs & delivering UK National
Reform Programme
 More flexibility to align EU funds to increase
impact (regional, social, rural and fisheries)
 Streamlining red tape
WHAT’S HAPPENED SO FAR……
 Informal consultation (April 2012)
 Bespoke events for specific audiences eg. universities,
local authorities, voluntary sector, fund specific
management committees, etc (Spring-Autumn 2012)
 Development of an initial delivery model and
Ministerial discussion (November 2012)
 Road testing the approach (today!)
 Refining the model for formal consultation 2013
WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US SO FAR
 Preference for place based programmes with flexible
geographies
 Any approach must be responsive to local need and
national priorities
 Simplification of fund management
 Integrated programming, in particular in relation to
the Structural Funds (ERDF and ESF)
 Better co-ordination of match-funding & co-financing
across the public sector
GROWTH PROGRAMME THEMES
Top priorities
 Research, technological development and innovation – esp.
commercialisation
 Raising SME competitiveness – esp re exports
 Shift to low-carbon economy – esp energy efficiency &
renewable technologies
 Employment & skills (inc. social inclusion)
Other objectives
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Climate change adaptation, risk prevention & management
Environmental protection & resource efficiency
Sustainable transport and removing network bottlenecks
Access to & use of ICT
GROWTH PROGRAMME ORGANISING PRINCIPLES
Complex EU funds
packaged as a coherent
and consistent
programme
National and
local priorities
aligned
Variable
geographies
BETTER FOCUS
Local decision
making and drive
HIGHER IMPACT
A single set of
targets and
milestones across
England
INCREASED
GROWTH
EU regulatory
requirements met
and financial risk
minimised
Lower cost &
simplifies
administration
Common standards
and transparent
accountabilities
PROPOSED DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS
Growth Programme
(ERDF, ESF & EAFRD)
Rural
Development
Programme
(EAFRD)
Co-financing
Organisations
CSF Growth
Teams
LEPs / ITIs
Community Led Local
Development, including Leader
and FLAGs
Projects
Maritime
and
Fisheries
Programme
(EMFF)
GROWTH PROGRAMME
 An “EU Growth Programme” to be financed by ERDF and ESF with
a contribution from EAFRD
 A single “EU Growth Programme Board” incorporating a joint
Programme Managing Committee for ESF and ERDF
 LEPs to be the fundamental building blocks receiving a 7 year
notional allocation subject to periodic performance reviews
 LEPs to identify their preferred EU investment prospectus as part
of their wider growth strategy, for agreement by the Growth
Board. LEPs will not take on project delivery accountabilities,
however but retain a strategic oversight role in cooperation with
local partners.
 Government departmental teams to work as “CSF Area Growth
Teams” to support LEPs in their strategic role. All final funding
decisions to be dependant upon due diligence by fund Managing
Authorities.
 National co-financing initiatives to take account of local needs
 ‘ITIs’ may be an option in a limited number of places - where this
arrangement will deliver better value, higher impact results.
GROWTH PROGRAMME: A SIMPLER SYSTEM
 Greater alignment of eligibility rules for projects
across the country
 Improved and harmonised guidance to applicants
 Managing authority to ‘hide the wiring’ where projects
draw on more than one fund
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
 Securing environmental benefits
 Boosting the competitiveness and growth of agriculture
and forestry sector
 Strengthening rural communities
MARITIME AND FISHERIES PROGRAMME
 Smart, Green Fisheries
 tackle fish ‘discards’
 fisheries which are less
damaging to the marine
environment and support innovation
 Smart, Green Aquaculture
 Sustainable Development of Fisheries Areas
 reverse the decline of
communities
dependent on fishing
EU PRIORITIES
 Europe 2020: “smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”
 National Reform Programme
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Commercialise new technologies
Finance SMEs
Invest in low carbon power, infrastructure and new ‘green’ markets
Address NEETs & higher/intermediate skills gaps
 Common Strategic Framework
 Align CSF funds to improve coherence, impact, efficiency and
effectiveness
 Thematic Concentration
 80% ERDF for innovation, SMEs, low carbon (ICT?) - except Cornwall
(tbc)
 20% ESF &ERDF for social inclusion (tbc)
 Commission position paper for the UK – 6 December
IDEAS INTO REALITY : CSF NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS
Informal
consultation
Develop UK
CSF
negotiating
positions
EU Commission
tests &
launches
proposals
Develop UK EU
budget
negotiating
positions
Ministers
agree
domestic
delivery
Formal
consultation
Develop programmes
Identify, develop and test policy options
Go live
UK negotiates with other EU countries, European Parliament and
Commission
UK negotiates EU budget
EU - Eurozone crisis; downward pressure on EU budget; upward pressure on CSF funds to deliver results
UK – pressure to drive high impact growth; localism; city deals; CSR; ministerial change & elections
WHAT DO YOU THINK?!
Workshop Questions
Local priorities
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What are the four big things that would transform the economic and social
situation of your area?
Who do you need to collaborate with to achieve this? Other LEPs? Other
organisations?
What resources do you have to bring to the table?
Process/implementation
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How will the proposed delivery mechanism help you deliver your objectives?
Are there practical constraints in making this model work? If so, what can we
do to overcome this?
How can you help your LEPs to be in a position to engage in the process?