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D2N2 Technical Assistance Workshop ESF open calls specifications November 2019

Richard Kirkland ESIF Co-ordinator

This project is part-funded by the European Social Fund as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England

D2N2 ESF open calls

What’s on offer? Investment Priority 1.2

• Intensive support for young people with

additional needs who are NEET Investment Priority 1.4

• Health and Social Care Workforce

Development Programme Investment Priority 2.1

• Fuller Working Lives

D2N2 ESF open calls

What’s left? Investment Priority 1.1

• Healthy Work - £4m

Investment Priority 1.4 – live now!!

• Active Inclusion - £4.5m

Investment Priority 2.1

• STEM Skills - £1m
• Leadership and Management for SMEs -

£1.8m

Purpose of the Event

• To give information on the current ESF calls in D2N2
• To give information on the D2N2 priorities for the

calls – Vision 2030 - http://www.d2n2lep.org/SEP

• To give information on the application process and

support available to potential applicant organisations

• To explain the governance and partnership

arrangements involved in managing and delivering ESF programmes

• To give an opportunity to seek further clarification

and network / support delivery partnerships

ESIF and revised SEP – Vision 2030

• What are the current and emerging

employment and skills priorities across D2N2?

• Changes to national and local economy

require us to look again at D2N2 Strategic Economic Plan and implications for ESIF procurement

Why review the SEP?

• Changes to the D2N2 economy
• Productivity
• Innovation
• Inclusivity
• Changes to the potential future economic trajectory
• BREXIT
• Changes to regional and national Government policy
• Industrial Strategy
• A ‘Local Industrial Strategy’ – agreed in 2020
• Midlands Engine
• Shared Prosperity Fund / Stronger Town Fund

The D2N2 LEP

Area: 4,784 sq. km 12 Population: 2,196,100 5 Working age population: 1,358,100 5 GVA: £45.4bn 9 Exports (goods): £11.7bn 4 Local Authorities: 19 3

SEP refresh

Key issues - productivity

 Out of 38 LEPs D2N2 4th largest population and 5th

largest workforce outside London. However 9th largest economy – raising business productivity is the challenge

 D2N2 has earnings deficit. Too many people in

lower paid jobs (some 30% of people earn less than the Living Wage) and not enough in higher paid jobs

 Little growth in working-age population by

• 2030. D2N2 working age population will rise by 1%

between now and 2039

 To be internationally-competitive economy, maintain

high levels of employment need to find ways to produce much more output with the existing workforce

 Need to enable our workers at all levels to move up

the skills escalator into more productive, better- paid jobs and future proof the skills they need for the jobs of tomorrow.

SEP refresh

Key issues – inclusion

 Future success depends on how effective we are at

managing the transition to a higher-value

• economy. Engaging businesses and

communities will be critical, by providing

• pportunities and raising skills levels and

recognising that local economies are starting from different positions

 Some parts of D2N2 particularly disadvantaged

• workplace earnings range from 118% of the

England average in Derby, to 65% in Mansfield

 Marked gap between the most prosperous

parts of the D2N2 area and those facing the biggest economic challenges (ranging from GVA per head of £27.6k in Nottingham, £27.3k in Derbyshire Dales to £14.4k in Gedling and £16k in Erewash)

Diverse Performance

Jobs Growth and Workforce Growth

Jobs Growth Workplace Growth

State of the Nation:

Social Mobility Report 2017

 Social Mobility Index assesses the education,

employability and housing prospects of people living in England’s 324 LAs.

 Half the local authority areas in the East Midlands are

social mobility cold spots.

 D2N2 has high proportion of cold spots

⚫ Newark and Sherwood – 2nd in England ⚫ Ashfield – 8th ⚫ Derby – 9th ⚫ Mansfield 10th ⚫ Nottingham – 13th ⚫ South Derbyshire – 14th ⚫ Amber Valley – 23rd ⚫ Bolsover – 39th ⚫ Chesterfield – 40th

Some places vulnerable to

• ccupational changes more

than others…

21% of jobs at risk in urban Britain (3.6m)

Not just in terms of demand for jobs, but supply of skills

Aldershot Barnsley Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bradford Brighton Bristol Cambridge Derby Doncaster Gloucester Hull Ipswich London Mansfield Northampton Oxford Peterborough Reading Slough Sunderland Wakefield Warrington Worthing York

40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Share of pupils achieving 9-4 pass in Maths and English GCSEs, 2017 (%) Share of jobs at risk of being displaced by 2030, (%)

Occupations Profile

Skills Challenge

• 72,000 businesses in D2N2, employing nearly 1 million
• 82% had 9 or fewer employees
• Growth has been fastest among micros and micro

businesses have a larger share outside the cities

• Reduction in larger firms, in line with long-term national

trend

• Relatively low rates of workers in high skill roles
• Level of qualifications held by D2N2 residents lower

than UK average

• Jobs with low/no qualifications expected to decline

from 20% to 14% of the workforce

• Job growth expected to be concentrated in higher level

roles, half of which expected to be in professional roles

Vision and Targets

By 2030, D2N2 will have a transformed high-value economy, prosperous, healthy and inclusive, and one

• f the most productive

in Europe. The spark in the engine that powers UK growth.

Targets - by 2030, we will; Now?

1

Be in top quarter of productive local economies in Europe 137 / 236

2

Increase the overall value of economy to £70bn with £9bn being added as a result of plan

Now £45.4bn Trend £61bn

3

Enjoy prosperity levels in the top quarter of all LEP areas 27 / 38

4

Raise real wages and narrow inequality through a rise in median weekly earnings of at least 40% across D2N2 with wage disparities within D2N2 narrowed

Median £408

Earnings range: Mansfield £301, Derby £500

5

Maintain a high and stable employment rate maintained with a workforce of some 1 million people

Workforce of

931,000

6

Reduce the gap in economic activity levels between places in D2N2

Nottm 60.9% Broxtowe 83.5%

7

Eliminate the gap in workforce qualifications between the UK and D2N2 D2N2 32% UK 37.9%

Themes and Priorities

THEME PRODUCTIVE & GROWING BUSINESSES SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FUTURE (PEOPLE) QUALITY OF PLACE Investment Priorities (1) Business Productivity (5) Future Workforce: (9) Infrastructure (2) Business Growth (6) Inclusive Workforce (10) High Speed 2 Growth (3) Business Support (7) Planning for future skills needs (11) Place Making & Marketing INNOVATION Investment Priorities (4) Support innovation led sector growth and productivity (8) Skilled and Productive Workforce (12) Connectivity

INCLUSIVE GROWTH

SEP 8 Key Actions

3 Key Skills Actions

 Careers Inspiration for our Future Workforce by

inspiring young people to make well informed choices about their education, training and careers in the future economy.

 Inclusion and Progression in the Labour Market by

delivering joined up targeted support to get people who are seeking employment (but who have multiple, complex or deep barriers to getting a job) into sustainable employment. Support individuals career progression through raising their skills levels to meet the changing requirements of business

Skills for the Future

Future Workforce Equip people of all ages (particularly young people) with the knowledge and skills required to make informed career choices to access employment and provide businesses with a strong pool of talent Careers Enterprise Company CEC second wave of Careers Hubs Primary Fund

 Increase the sector’s understanding of the impact of career-related

learning activities on primary children Future ESF

 Careers and Employability Hub  Wellbeing Support for those who are NEET

Skills for the Future

Inclusive Workforce Support individuals who are furthest away from the labour market to re-engage and move towards and into productive work. To support those in work to move up the skills escalator to more productive, better paid jobs of the future Future ESF

 Healthy Work – overcoming health barriers to find work  Construction skills for the unemployed  Digital skills for the unemployed  Progression into Food and Drink manufacturing sector  Active Inclusion programme  Health and Social Care workforce development programme

Skills for the Future

Skilled and Productive Workforce Enable businesses to find the talent they need, equip their workforce with the skills of the future Future ESF

 Digital skills for the employed  STEM skills in D2N2 – female, under represented groups,

high level skills focus

 Fuller Working Live (Health and Wellbeing)  Leadership and Management Training for SMEs  D2N2 Skills Access Hub

Skills for the Future

Planning for future skills needs Build an intelligent, evidence-based local skills ecosystem that is capable of matching the skills of the population with the needs of business Skills Advisory Panel

 Local partnerships to strengthen local leadership of the skills system by

having a greater understanding of current and future skills needs and labour market challenges

 Enhanced link between public, private sector employers, LAs, FE / HE  Development of analytical toolkit to carry out local skills analysis,

identify skills and employment needs and priorities, inform provision, improve productivity through a more responsive skills system

 SAPs and data analysis will support LIS and LEP review  Future employment and skills commissioning – ESF Reserve Fund?

Vision 2030 D2N2 Priority Sectors

11 priority sectors

 3 innovation led sectors with combination of high

gross value added, high growth prospects and able to exploit sector deals in Industrial Strategy

 Transport Engineering and Manufacturing  Food and Drink Manufacturing  Life Sciences

Vision 2030 D2N2 Priority Sectors

8 sectors, which are important to the economy (www.d2n2lep.org/sep)

 Creative and Digital  Visitor Economy  Logistics and E-Commerce  Construction  Extractive Industries  Retail  Health and Social Care  Profession and Business Services

ESF 2014-2020 Open call High Level Business Process Inception to Funding Agreement

Develop Full Application Applicant Funding Agreeme nt Managing Authority

Full Technical Appraisal

Strategic Fit against LEP Priorities D2N2 LEP Local Annual Implementation Plan (Including Local Priorities and Scale/Timing of calls) Call Specification Published

Core Delivery Principles ‘What good looks like’

 Impact and Scale  Delivery Readiness  Added Value  Local Value  Quality, Performance and Efficiency  Strategic Partnerships and Co-ordination of

Market Engagement

 Flexibility and Responsiveness

Alignment with D2N2 Growth Hub

 Growth Hub coherence mechanism for employer facing

services delivered by professional business advisers providing bespoke diagnostic and growth packages for employers. Applicants will say how proposals will:

 Develop close working relationships with the GH,

receive and provide business referrals

 explore opportunities to align MI with the GH CRM

system, adhering to the GDPR

 ensure open and regular communication with the GH

provider

 establish partnership arrangements with current and

future ERDF / ESF programmes aimed at supporting businesses and business skills-based programmes.

Consortia and Partnerships

• Applications encouraged from consortia / partnerships

to ensure scope and reach into communities

• Application must be submitted by lead organisation

using ECLAIMS IT system on behalf of the partnership

• Lead applicant must have financial capacity to meet

the required Due Diligence criteria.

• On funding award lead organisation will be the lead

Grant Recipient accountable for delivery of overall ESF project

Cross Cutting Themes

 Equality and Sustainable Development  Cross cutting themes integral to project design and

development

 Aligned to Public Sector Equality Duty Act (Equality Act

2010)

 Must have gender and equal opportunities policy and

implementation plan submitted at full application

 Also submit sustainable development policy and

implementation plan

 Cross cutting theme guidance for ESF

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads /system/uploads/attachment_data/file/731312/ESF_Cross_ Cutting_Themes_guidance.pdf

Intensive support for young people with additional needs who are NEET

Intensive support for NEETS - Basics

• Total ESF available - £494,784
• Minimum project value £150,000 of ESF
• Applicants will need to have eligible match at 50%
• Activity focused on beneficiaries within D2N2

 All ESF projects to be completed by 31.12.2023 with final

claim by February 2024.

 Single stage application via ECLAIMS IT system  submit new ECLAIMS access requests as early in the

application process as possible by sending an email to

 E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@DWP.GOV.UK  Call closes midnight 27 November 2019

Intensive support for NEETS - Basics

Overall Outputs 732 - Participants (Male 384, Female 348) 442 - Unemployed including LTU 290 – Inactive 112 - ethnic minorities 135 - with disabilities 175 – without basic skills 59 – living in a single adult household with dependent children

Intensive support for NEETS

Objectives

 Provide access to additional apprenticeship /

traineeships - improving recruitment and engagement with employers

 Engage marginalised 15-18 year olds – gang

members, care leavers, lone parents, LLD

 Address basic skills needs to progress into

apprenticeships, traineeships, employment

 Provide work experience / pre employment for 18-24 to

progress to apprenticeships and (self) employment

 Support young lone parents to address barriers to

participation and move into (self) employment

Intensive support for NEETS

Local priorities

 Focus on D2N1  Support 16 to 24 year olds (NEET & at risk of NEET)

from vulnerable groups – carers, care leavers, young

• ffenders, LDD, at risk of involvement, traveller

communities, focus on mental health and wellbeing

 Aligns with SEP key action 4 of SEP – careers

inspiration for future workforce by inspiring young people to make well informed choices about their education, training and careers

State of the Nation:

Social Mobility Report 2017

 Social Mobility Index assesses the education,

employability and housing prospects of people living in England’s 324 LAs.

 Half the local authority areas in the East Midlands are

social mobility cold spots.

 D2N2 has high proportion of cold spots

⚫ Newark and Sherwood – 2nd in England ⚫ Ashfield – 8th ⚫ Derby – 9th ⚫ Mansfield 10th ⚫ Nottingham – 13th ⚫ South Derbyshire – 14th ⚫ Amber Valley – 23rd ⚫ Bolsover – 39th ⚫ Chesterfield – 40th

Intensive support for NEETS

Local priorities

 Ageing - fewer young people joining labour market  Employer focus – SMEs supported to address their

skills/ workforce challenges by inclusive recruitment

 Individual focus – too many young people not realising

potential – lack of work readiness, employability skills, careers particularly those living in areas of deprivation

 EET – 4 interactions with employers reduce chances of

being NEET by 86% and earn 22% more

 Priority to work with business to raise aspirations of

future workforce by enhancing employability and careers skills

Intensive support for NEETS

Local priorities

 Adding value to local NEET landscape i.e DTS – D2N1

/ YEI Nottingham City

 Successful applicant to work with 4 local authority

Stakeholder Managers to ensure added value activities and develop coordinated referral pathways and avoid duplication with existing / future programmes

 Labour Force Survey suggests focus on addressing

significant barriers to participation for those with health, home/family, caring issues including mental health and wellbeing support

Intensive support for NEETS

Activities

 Brokering opportunities with employers to take on

NEET young people and matching people to vacancies particularly in sector priorities

 In work employment support – retention / progression  Work experience / placements that develop skills and

track record of individuals

 Enterprise skills as route out of unemployment  CEIAG to support transition into EET  Increasing take up of traineeships/ apprenticeships  Focus on tackling multiple barriers / complex needs

from marginalised / vulnerable groups

Health and Social Care Programme

Health and Social Care Basics

• Total ESF available - £1,814,046
• Minimum project value £453,512 of ESF
• Applicants will need to have eligible match at 50%
• Activity focused on beneficiaries within D2N2

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All ESF projects to be completed by 31.12.2023 with final claim by February 2024.

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Single stage application via ECLAIMS IT system

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submit new ECLAIMS access requests as early in the application process as possible by sending an email to

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E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@DWP.GOV.UK

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Call closes Midnight 30 December 2019

Health and Social Care Basics

Overall Outputs 1207 - Participants (Male 729, Female 478) 576 - Unemployed including LTU 631 – Inactive 211 – over 50 217 - ethnic minorities 317 - with disabilities

Health and Social Care

Objectives

 Intensive tailored support for people with multiple and

complex barriers to address these issues and move closer to or into labour market

 Intensive tailored support to engage marginalised

individuals and support them to reengage in education/ training / employment

Health and Social Care

Local Priorities

 H&SC sector is one of D2N2’s key skills and employment sectors

because of it’s scale and potential to grow

 Important for inclusive growth by providing entry level jobs with

progression potential to highly skilled roles

 Training and support to unemployed / inactive to get employment

in H&SC sector

 Supports Key Action 5 of SEP – Inclusion and progression within

the labour market by joining up targeted support to get people who are seeking employment (but who have multiple, complex or deep barriers to getting a job) into sustainable employment

 Support individual career progression through raising skill levels to

meet changing requirements of the business

Health and Social Care

Local Economic Context

 Ageing workforce issues  Productive firms demand more highly skilled workers.

Aim to support productivity enhancements within a sector with a complex landscape

 Sector recruitment difficulties. Employers across D2N2

within H&SC footprint reporting real difficulties in recruitment which could be exacerbated by Brexit

 Focus on employer engagement and support in

inclusivity agenda

Health and Social Care

Local context

 Increasing firms’ productivity in H&SC and improving skills supply

support aggregate productivity improvement and inclusive growth by supporting higher wages at lower end of the labour market

 Highly diverse sector. Many job opportunities but challenges in

terms of recruitment, retention and progression

 Because of demographics sector will expand  Assistive technology increasingly important to support people with

care needs

 Counter image of sector as low wage / low skill  Existing workforce development system is fragmented and poor

integration with wider employability systems

Health and Social Care

Local context

 Barriers to crossover and progression pathways between

workforce in health and social care

 Expectation that successful applicants will work with partners in

this space – DWP Disability Confident, Fuller Working Lives, Timewise, etc

 Work with Growth Hub to support engagement with employers in

sector and how they can recruit and train individuals with health related barriers to employment

 Successful applicant to work with 4 local authority Stakeholder

Managers to ensure added value activities and develop coordinated referral pathways and avoid duplication with existing / future programmes

Health and Social Care

Activities

 Develop coordinated awareness of careers in H&SC –

‘improving image’ of careers particularly social care

 Personal 1-2-1 support to progress individuals closer to

• pportunities in sector

 Addressing employment barriers linked to socioeconomic

isolation e.g. rural issues

 Improving access to placements, w/e, in work development  Access to support to gain entry level roles and progression  Demonstrate employer led / employer influenced design and

delivery

Fuller Working Lives

Fuller Working Lives Basics

• Total ESF available - £1,000,000
• Minimum project value £250,000 of ESF
• Applicants will need to have eligible match at 50%
• Activity focused on beneficiaries within D2N2
• All ESF projects to be completed by 31.12.2023 with

final claim by February 2024.

• Single stage application via ECLAIMS IT system
• submit new ECLAIMS access requests as early in the

application process as possible by sending an email to

• E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@DWP.GOV.UK
• Call closes midnight 10 December 2019

Fuller Working Lives Basics

Overall Outputs 1021 - Participants (Male 528, Female 493) 166 – over 50 107 - ethnic minorities 106 - with disabilities 51 - single adult household with dependent children 186 - Basic skills

Fuller Working Lives

Objectives

 Address basic skills needs of employed people in SMEs / micros  Improve capacity of SMEs / micros and support growth  Increase skill levels of employed people to the next level up to

encourage progression

 Higher levels skills will drive business growth and improve

productivity

 Increase number of people with technical / job specific skills

particularly at level 3 and into higher / advanced apprenticeships

 More participants to gain qual or unit of qual  Increase skill levels of employed women to encourage

progression and help address gender employment / wage gap

Fuller Working Lives

Local Priorities

 Ageing workforce  D2N2 skills profile needs raising / addressing geographic

disparities to increase growth and productivity

 Addressing recruitment difficulties by growing existing workforce  Work with employers regarding their role in inclusion agenda  Support SMEs and employees to tackle health and wellbeing

issues

 Support SMEs to support older workers to stay in employment  Allow for individual to retrain / upskill to stay in employment  Support SEP Key Action 5 – Inclusion and Progression in the

workforce

Fuller Working Lives

Local Priorities

 Improving Lives reported that 1 in 3 working age people have long

term health condition which puts participation in work at risk – mental health being a cause or additional factor

 Sickness absence cost employers £9bn a year  People with disabilities more likely to be in pt / entry level jobs  Support SMEs to realise full potential of this workforce by

supporting their retention and progression in employment

 Support SMEs to understand benefits of working longer and

developing multigenerational workforce

 Programme to expand on existing good practice in health settings

to tackle employee health and wellbeing issues to support sustained employment

Fuller Working Lives

Types of activity

 Increasing number of people with multiple barriers to gain higher

level skills to progress in employment / increase wages

 Supporting those in priority groups in work to progress by

acquisition of higher level skills

 Increased L+M in SMEs in relation to workforce wellbeing  Support SME workforce planning with specific focus on skills /

training analysis and workplace solutions to support older workers

 Working with employees to develop mid life career reviews

including IAG and progression support

 Addressing basic skills needs of employed 50+ people

Eligible Expenditure

• Expenditure is informed by project eligibility
• Important to understand the limitations of

ESF and avoid incurring costs that are

• utside the scope of ESF and the

Agreement/Contract

• Errors arising from the Compliance areas –

publicity, procurement, cross cutting themes – can also lead to clawback and repayment of grant

Participant Eligibility

Key Points

• Residency – legally resident in UK and able to take up

employment in an EU member state

• Any participant with reasonable access to a project (in England)

is eligible; YEI have geographic restrictions

• If under 18, where NEET or at risk of becoming NEET, separate

proof of right to work, or residence is not essential, though referral is required.

• Age – no upper age limit but people are expected to be active in

the employment market.

• ESF purpose – to support people move closer to employment

and increase skill levels of the current workforce

ESF Eligibility of Expenditure

• ESF is a revenue fund – i.e. it is for running costs only
• The Beneficiary Rule
• Grant funded project sponsors and their partners

(beneficiaries) are required to calculate expenditure on an “actual cost”. Volunteer time, where approved, counts as “in kind”

• That is the real cost incurred based on documents of equal

probative value to an invoice e.g. timesheets for staff costs

• Only procured services can utilise market rates
• All project expenditure by category and volume should be

provided at the application stage supported by granular budget

Eligibility of Project Costs

• All costs should be those approved in the

Application and the Funding Agreement

• Expenditure headings forecast against

annual profile of spend

• Outputs and targets forecast similarly
• Any expenditure outside the agreed

headings is ineligible

ESF Eligible Expenditure

Staff Costs

• Includes employers National Insurance and Superannuation
• costs. Other costs can include taxable incentives that normally

form the contract of employment linked to pay and pension

• contributions. Actual salary costs relate to time spent on the ESF
• activity. Sickness and maternity pay can be claimed if in line with

the organisation’s policy or replacement staff costs if pay is not being claimed. Claims should deduct SSP if reclaiming from HMRC.

Staff Training

• if specialist knowledge is required for that individual. Applications

should note where such staff costs may be required and have prior permission.

ESF Expenditure Categories

Participant Costs and Allowances

• For employed participants, wages and allowances paid by their

employer can be paid for the time spent on ESF activity. Wages include Employers NIC and superannuation costs. Replacement costs incurred through replacing staff on ESF activities eligible, but not both

• Daily travel costs (actual cost per day)
• External courses plus travel, board and lodging if appropriate
• Costs for child care or other dependants (net weekly or hourly

excluding any contributions from participants)

• No limit for allowances but must be pre-approved by Managing
• Authority. Remember HMRC implications

ESF Eligible Expenditure

• Premises – rent, rates, heat, light, services charges

associated with the premises being used for project purposes

• Rent, lease and depreciation of buildings being used for

project purposes

• Hire & Lease of equipment
• Costs equate to period used for ESF activity
• Finance leases ineligible as property is owned at end of period –

such agreements are treated as depreciated assets

• Operating leases – eligible but must show cost is representative

to area and cost effective i.e. if full cost closely matches that of purchase then ineligible (ESF not capital fund)

ESF Expenditure Categories

• Small items of equipment are permitted
• Where these are non-capital such as stationery, repairs and not

capital items which can be used by your organisation for more than a year, e.g. plant and machinery. No single item must cost more than £1,000 but there is no upper limit as to the quantity of small items

• Fees may be eligible
• Independent consultants to work on the project activities or
• evaluations. Accounting and audit costs can be claimed if

required by the Managing Authority. Bank transaction costs are eligible but not debt interest e.g. overdraft charges

ESF Expenditure Categories

• Marketing and publicity costs can be included here plus

anything not covered by the other cost categories where it clearly relates to delivery of the ESF project

• The use of petty cash is permitted but no more than for

£50 in any one compliant ESF transaction. Full receipts and petty cash records maintained.

• REMEMBER ESF projects cannot “make money” –

sometimes called revenue but not by the Programme. If a project generates income, the amount is deducted from the claim value and can lead to grant clawback

Match Funding – Direct Model

MATCH FUNDER 2 MATCH FUNDER 1

ESF Grant

Intervention Rate

Match Funding Categories

• Concept of matching funding
• Use of cash resources – actual
• e.g. staff, resources
• Use of “donated” resources – in kind
• e.g. volunteer time (with DWP approval)
• See www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/sashe
• ccupation tables for notional wage rates

per work role

ESIF Subcommittee Observations

• What will be the impact on the productivity levels within the firms supported

and how will it be measured

• What is the sustainability of the project offer? What will happen when ERDF

support ends?

• How will support link to the Growth hub?
• Set out the anticipated uplift on the productivity levels within the supported

firms and any evidence to support this forecast

• How will the applicant track productivity improvements in delivery and

evaluate productivity impact?

• Show linkages to local and national strategic priorities
• More information on how outputs would be monitored and tracked to ensure

they are achieved

ESIF Subcommittee Observations

• Should detail how they plan to cover all areas of D2N2
• Applicant to demonstrate how the proposed activities will lead to an increase

in GVA and how it will ensure the target outputs are achieved

• Set out how they will ensure benefits accrue to beneficiary firms in the supply

chain

• Efforts should be made to improve VFM through increasing the employment

created target and clarity provided on where and how the jobs will be created

Any Questions?

This project is part-funded by the European Social Fund as part of the 2014- 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England