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ERDF and ESF Delivery supporting Regeneration through People

ERDF and ESF Delivery supporting Regeneration through People. Nigel Howells Head of Competitiveness South West RDA. ERDF Focus of Programme.

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ERDF and ESF Delivery supporting Regeneration through People

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  1. ERDF and ESF Delivery supporting Regeneration through People Nigel Howells Head of Competitiveness South West RDA www.southwestrda.org.uk

  2. ERDF Focus of Programme • Single Objective – to increase the prosperity of the region through supporting enterprises and individuals to develop ideas and plans which contribute to increased productivity and competitiveness • Three Priority Axes – • Innovation and Knowledge • Enterprise and Growth • Urban Enterprise

  3. Priority Axis One – Innovation and Knowledge • to increase the sales and productivity of companies through increasing the rate of innovation and the economic benefits of knowledge and product and process improvements • to increase the number of high value added, innovative new start businesses

  4. Priority Axis Two – Enterprise and Growth • Increase the proportion of businesses and employment in high value added new starts • Increase the quality of new starts through supporting high growth and high value added new starts • Increase the sales and productivity of businesses through the provision of high quality business support in areas including internationalisation and investment support

  5. Priority Axis Three – Urban Enterprise Aim • Find new approaches to addressing the region’s most deprived neighbourhoods through enterprise creation Objective • Increase the level of enterprise/social enterprise activity in the regions most deprived neighbourhoods

  6. Priority Axis Three - Strands • The creation of new/social enterprises within under-represented groups • Access to Finance • Business support services in the community • Enterprise opportunities from environmental improvements • Small scale infrastructure

  7. Links with ESF Delivery Priority Axis One - Extending Employment Opportunities • The objective is to increase employment and to reduce unemployment and inactivity across the South West

  8. Links with ESF Delivery Priority Axis Two – Developing a Skilled and Adaptable Workforce • Basic Skills • Level Two • Level Three (where justified) • Reducing gender segregation • Developing managers and workers in small enterprises

  9. Joined Up Working on the Ground ESF Co-financers • LSC (Skills Funding Agency) • DWP – through Jobcentre Plus • National Offender Management Service

  10. Joined Up Working on the Ground ERDF • South West RDA • SIF Partners – Bristol/Torbay/Plymouth

  11. Joined Up Working on the Ground Providers • The need to remember to identify what is right for the individual • Avoidance of target chasing

  12. Outcome • Jobs • Self Employment/Business Start Up • Social Enterprise Start Up • Incubation space

  13. Questions? • Nigel Howells • Head of Competitiveness • South West Regional Development Agency • Nigel.howells@southwestrda.org.uk

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