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The Regional Action Plan

Reflections and Lessons Programme Monitoring Committee Monday 15 December 2008 Alan Roff RAP Board Chair & Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Central Lancashire. The Regional Action Plan. What it was How it operated What it achieved What we learnt. The Regional Action Plan – What was it?.

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The Regional Action Plan

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  1. Reflections and LessonsProgramme Monitoring CommitteeMonday 15 December 2008Alan RoffRAP Board Chair &Deputy Vice-ChancellorUniversity of Central Lancashire

  2. The Regional Action Plan • What it was • How it operated • What it achieved • What we learnt

  3. The Regional Action Plan – What was it? CONTEXT: 2000-06 Objective 2 programme • Created following Mid Term Review 2003 • Key strategic partnership: NWDA and NWUA • New Challenges: • Achieving the RES • Greater Collaboration • Commissioning of Projects • Legacy

  4. The Regional Action Plan – What was it? How was it managed? • NWDA is the accountable body supported by two administrative teams: • NW Universities Association • M1.4 and M3.1 • Manchester Enterprises • Measures 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 & 3.2

  5. The Regional Action Plan – the targets:

  6. The Regional Action Plan Measure 1.1 Enterprise Development: • Activities undertaken: • Stimulate new entrepreneurial business start-ups and Spin-outs, including mentoring • Entrepreneurship development (including Graduate) • Innovation and product development for new start ups • Mentoring, management and human resource development • Projects: x2 • Graduate Entrepreneurship (UCLan) • New Enterprise Scholarship (University of Cumbria)

  7. The Regional Action Plan Measure 1.2 – Business Support: • Activities undertaken: • business counselling, advice, and consultancy • supply chain initiatives • technology transfer • Projects / Themes:

  8. The Regional Action Plan Measure 1.3 - Access to Finance: • Activities undertaken: • Venture capital Investment Fund • Access to Finance • Projects / Themes: • The Business Investment Scheme (BIS) • Stimulate a higher rate of business formation, survival and growth in the region by providing access to investment finance for entrepreneurial start-ups and SMEs • Create a regional market for private sector investment

  9. The Regional Action Plan Measure 1.4 Knowledge Transfer &Innovation: • Activities undertaken: • Knowledge Transfer • Innovation awareness • and support • Entrepreneurship • Competitiveness & Growth • Projects & Themes: 32 Projects

  10. The Regional Action Plan Measure 3.1 – Strategic Infrastructure (Knowledge Transfer) • Activities undertaken • Premises for knowledge transfer activities, linked to centres for innovation, and projects enabling SMEs/start-ups • Projects x 4: • ‘Media Factory’ (UCLan) – Creative Industries/ Incubator • Salford Innovation Factory (Salford CC) - Incubator • ‘Innospace’ (MMU) – Incubation facilities • ‘Innovation Factory’ (Uni. Bolton) – Innovation/ Prototype Development

  11. The Regional Action Plan Measure 3.2 - Maximising the NW’s Natural, Cultural and Heritage Assets • Activities undertaken: • Support for the Natural Economy - improvements to the quality of the region’s natural environment; • Tourism – support to the ‘Regional Gems’ and visitor experience • Projects / Themes: 11 projects e.g.

  12. Results generated to-date: £43.578m ERDF Grant (95.8%)

  13. Examples of ERDF Infrastructure Investment Media Factory: UCLan Thestate-of-the-art Media Factory project provides a specialist centre for the Digital & Creative Industries, including incubation facilities.

  14. Examples of ERDF Investment: The ‘Innospace’ Project Attached to MMU’s Business School, ‘Innospace’ provides incubation facilities for graduate start-up businesses.

  15. Examples of ERDF Infrastructure Investment Salford Innovation Forum The Salford Innovation Forumis a partnership project led by Salford City Council in conjunction with the University of Salford.

  16. Examples of ERDF Investment – supporting the Natural Economy Cleveleys Promenade In conjunction with wider DEFRA sea defence re-construction the project supported the re-design of the promenade.

  17. Regional Action Plan – What we Learnt: • Commission to achieve RES • Keep focus • Enforce partnership early • Enforce compliance early • Leave legacy

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