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ERDF and INTERREG funding

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Matt Jones Dominic Munro-McCarthy June 22nd 2015

ERDF and Interreg funding

ERDF Minimum total project value £1m (500k ERDF). Intervention rate: 50% Interreg projects Project value £2m to £5m (£100,000 to £500,000 per partner). Intervention rate: 50% to 69% Revenue (plus some small scale capital for demonstration or testing purposes) 3-5 year project duration Match funding public/private cash, time, contribution in kind

EU funding: Cross Border Cooperation

Smart Green Inclusive Growth

PRIORITIES

Research, technical & social Innovation Low Carbon Climate Change Resource Efficiency Research, technical & social Innovation Low Carbon Climate Change Green Transport

Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation. Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy. Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion.

Green priorities

Ecosystems & natural heritage Eco Innovation Resource Efficient Economies Adaption & Resilience to Climate change Green Mobility

Ecosystems & natural heritage

Specific objectives Activities Outputs

TOURISM: Realise the potential of

the common natural and cultural assets to deliver innovative and sustainable growth (France / England)  Proof of concept/validation  Demonstration / tests  Implementation  Increase tourism/spend  Job creation  Quality of life  Education / training

ECOSYSTEMS: Enhance and

protect the coastal and transitional water ecosystems (France/England)  Research and scoping studies  Joint Analysis  Pilot projects  Benefits for public health  Economic benefits  Business

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 Prevention

ECOSYSTEMS: Develop new

methods for the long term sustainable mgt .of ecoystems Protecting against climate change and protext (North Sea)  Developing techniques  Prediction & monitoring techniques  Demonstration  Mobilising stakeholders  Protected and improved biodiversity  Restoring damaged areas  Environmental mgt and land use plans

Eco Innovation / low carbon economy

Types of actions Specific objectives Activities Outputs Increase the development and

uptake of existing or new low

carbon technologies and services and processes (France/England) (2 Seas) (North Sea) (North West EU)  Implementation of strategies  Develop  Adopt  Prepare for investment  Investments  New solutions (methods/tools/serv ices ) established Reduce GHG emissions though

cooperation on the implementation of [green]

protection strategies (North West EU)  Delivering  Testing and developing  Initiating  Promoting  Innovative approaches  Synergies  New strategies  Implementations  Stakeholders benefiting

Resource efficient economy

Specific objectives Activities Outputs Strengthen the efficient use of natural

resources and materials through the

adoption of new solutions for a greener economy (2 Seas)  Formulate  Establish  Adopt  Invest  Decreased use of natural resources  Policy makers/economic actors as beneficiaries

To optimise (re)use of material and natural resources through international

cooperation (North West EU)  Implementing  Designing  Analysis Tools  Collaborative approaches for usefulness of waste  Industrial ecology practices  Solutions implemented and tested  Innovative uses

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 Enterprises Supported

Adaption/Resilience to climate change

Specific objectives Activities Outputs Improve the adaption capacity of public and private actors: to better coordinate their climate change adaption actions for stronger resilience (2 Seas)  Develop new flood prevention techniques  Predict/monitor change  Demonstrate adaption measures  Formulated common strategies  Common awareness campaigns  Joint measures to reduce impact  Joint measures addressing biodiversity  Better emergency plans Demonstrate new and/or improved methods: for improving the climate resilience

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(North Sea Region)  Develop new flood prevention techniques  Predict/monitor change  Demonstrate adaption measures  Results to promote widespread investment / take up / transfer to other regions

Green mobility

Specific objectives Activities Outputs

Innovation for improved transport and logistical solutions: with potential to

move large volumes of freight away from long distance road transportation (North Sea)  Demonstration  Tackling organisational, technical, operational and political barriers  Practical solutions  Reduced dependency

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 Integrated logistics

Stimulate the take up and application of green transport solutions: for

regional freight and personal transport (North Sea)  Tackling organisational, technical, operational and political barriers  Integrated ticketing and traffic info systems  Car sharing services  Strategies

Reduce GHG emissions:

through international cooperation

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solutions in transport systems (North West EU)  Pilots and demonstrations  Testing and demonstrating  Engaging with transport

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 Implemented low carbon solutions  New systems  Operators supported

CBC = Cross Border Cooperation

Source: Paula Maclachlan (Interreg N.W.E. facilitator)

Building Bridges

EU Growth Programme

• New programme period 2014-2020
• ERDF, (European Regional Development Fund)
• ESF(European Social Fund)
• EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural

Development)

• Collectively worth c.£80 million (requiring match)
• Managed nationally by DCLG and DEFRA
• Managed strategically by local partners
• Funds “notionally allocated” to LEP areas
• The programme is target-driven

EAFRD/ERDF Differences

Building Bridges

EAFRD ERDF Individual businesses can directly apply for funding Applicants are usually public sector, universities/colleges, business intermediaries, voluntary/social

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precluded from applying (have to pass state aid tests, non-profit rule, act in public similar way) Can benefit just one business Must have wide benefit to SMEs Can just be one applicant Usually partnership projects Can support primary and secondary agriculture Supports agri tech (not agriculture) as one

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Revenue and/or capital Predominantly revenue (this time around) Rural areas and hub towns Rural and urban (all areas) – national programme, money notionally split into LEP areas

ERDF priorities

Strengthening research, technological development and innovation Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs Supporting the shift towards a low carbon economy Climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management

Building Bridges

ERDF Projects Key points to consider

• Predominantly REVENUE funding
• Project must not duplicate existing activity, i.e.

must be additional

• Must provide value for money
• Clear example of partnership working
• Clear evidence of demand and need
• 50% maximum intervention rate
• Match can be public/private cash, time,

contribution in kind (land, resources etc)

ERDF outputs (not an exhaustive list)

• No of enterprises supported
• Employment increase in supported enterprises
• No of enterprises cooperating with research entities
• Infrastructure site development including green

infrastructure (ha)

• Private investment matching public support to

enterprises

• Estimated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions
• No of companies supported with business resource

efficiency

ERDF results

• Increase in SME productivity
• Increase in SME jobs created
• Increase in business start-ups
• Increased number of “actively innovating” businesses,

bring new products to market

• Further embedding innovation and building greater value

chain connections (smart specialisation)

• Increase in companies deploying low carbon practices,

processes, services or products

Supporting the shift towards a low carbon economy (£8m)

• Building the market in low carbon environmental

technologies, goods and services through a range of financial instruments

• Increasing energy efficiency and decentralised energy

production

• Increasing innovation in and adoption of low carbon

technologies linked to existing strengths and natural assets

• promoting low-carbon strategies, in particular for urban

areas, including the promotion of sustainable transport and energy solutions

Climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management (£2m)

• Its use will be carefully targeted and will focus on areas

where there is significant need to stimulate economic development that might otherwise be inhibited by flood risk.

What you’ll need to demonstrate…

Projects be demand led and need evidence Genuinely innovative and additional Clear and concise Added Value Cost effective Exit strategy Match funding

Need Project Fund

Advantages

Test and trial new ways of delivering services Opportunity to engage universities, private sector and public sector in a joined up way Gain comparative perspectives from cooperation with partners Receive external funding from EU sources at a time when internal budgets are constrained

Disadvantages

Application process 6-7 months (2 stage) application process. Capacity needed Retrospective financial claims (6 months in arrears) Administration and record management

Here to help…

ERDF Matt Jones

Matt.Jones@Suffolk.gov.uk

INTERREG Dominic Munro-McCarthy

Dominic.Munro-McCarthy@Suffolk.gov.uk

Advice and guidance Project development support Signposting Claims management Partner searches