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Overview of European Funding. Jane Locke EU Projects Manager. Europe 2020. New programme period 2014-20 Smart, sustainable, inclusive economic growth Previous programmes about economic equality across Europe - cohesion
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Overview of European Funding Jane Locke EU Projects Manager
Europe 2020 • New programme period 2014-20 • Smart, sustainable, inclusive economic growth • Previous programmes about economic equality across Europe - cohesion • New programme will be about promoting European economies as competitors on a world stage - growth
EU Programmes • National programmes • Structural (ERDF and ESF) and rural (EAFRD) • Cross border • FCE and 2 Seas • Transnational • North Sea and North West Europe • Europe-wide • Horizon2020, Erasmus + etc
National £40M ERDF £40M ESF £13M EAFRD £250M FCE £139m 2 SEAS £115M North Sea £279M NWE RDPE LEADER Programme likely to be £10M? 4
EUSIF – Priorities and Funding £81 Million ESF/ERDF to be divided between priority themes: Education and skills - £20M SME competitiveness - £16M Innovation – £11M Social Inclusion - £9M Low Carbon Economy - £8M Employment and labour mobility - £7M £6M will be spent on these themes through a Community Led Local Development approach in urban and rural areas
EU SIF – Priorities and Funding £13M EAFRD aimed at 4 priorities in rural areas: Building knowledge and skills in rural areas; Funding new and developing non-agricultural, micro, small and medium sized rural business; Funding small scale renewable and broadband Investments in rural areas; and Support for tourism activities in rural areas.
RDPE Programme • Successfully completing the Leader programme • Roll out Leader approach to 2 new local action groups in Norfolk • Using new flexibility to add ERDF and ESF funds to rural funds for holistic approach • Using new flexibility to use Leader approach in Norwich and Great Yarmouth
Role of Economic Development • Able to help with: • Identifying best funding opportunity • Help with identifying project partners internally and externally • Provide access to dedicated facilitators • Assistance to draft applications • Help to set up and run a project • Meanwhile – working on compliance systems across council
Contacts • Carolyn Reid – Interreg FCE • Karen Gibson –ETC Programmes (Interreg) • Jane Locke – National Programmes • Eliska Cheeseman – Rural Programmes • Eve Cronin – Skills Programmes • Karen Bailey – ERDF Facilitator