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Sustainable Growth Workshop Informing EU Structural & Investment Fund Proposals

Sustainable Growth Workshop Informing EU Structural & Investment Fund Proposals. Richard Hindle & Sam Cammiss. European Structural Funds 2014-2020. NELEP & European Structural and Investment Strategies. LEPs with partners to develop strategic framework for ‘notional allocation’ - €540m

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Sustainable Growth Workshop Informing EU Structural & Investment Fund Proposals

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  1. Sustainable Growth WorkshopInforming EU Structural & Investment Fund Proposals Richard Hindle & Sam Cammiss

  2. European Structural Funds 2014-2020

  3. NELEP & European Structural and Investment Strategies LEPs with partners to develop strategic framework for ‘notional allocation’ - €540m Alignment between funds (ERDF, ESF, elements of EARFD and align EMFF) Link to LEP Growth Plans and national programme Initial version due 7th Oct 2013, final Jan 2014 Funds available (poss.) mid/late 2014

  4. Europe 2020 priorities Europe 2020 sets out 11 objectives with 7 emphasised for UK NELEP – initial work suggests focus on: Innovation, R&D Access to Finance/SME support Low Carbon growth Skills and education Poverty reduction and inclusion

  5. NELEP approach

  6. Key messages for today Genuinely open opportunity for joined-up discussions to inform European funding This works sits within wider work to prepare for the European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies and Strategic Economic Plan Focus on jobs and growth element – UK Gov. line that existing commitments will reach many of the targets Natural cross-over with inclusive growth and smart specialisation elements but also distinct

  7. Sustainable Growth Study

  8. Context – NE LEP Sustainable Growth Study • Developing an evidence base informing the NE LEP’s EU Structural & Investment Fund Strategy (2014-20) • 1 of 3 siblings • Europe 2020 – ‘smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth’ • 4 Questions • What are the key areas of potential low carbon growth in the NELEP area? • What low-carbon growth opportunities/challenges are there for SMEs in the NELEP? • What support is required to enable SMEs to access these opportunities? • What infrastructure is required to maximise the opportunities from the low carbon economy?

  9. Purpose of Today • Introduction • Define terms for the discussion of ‘Sustainable Growth’ • Set the scene on EU Structural & Investment Funds • Review headline indicators of performance • Consider assets and opportunities • Discussion • What are the priorities for ‘Sustainable Growth’? • Where is support required – exploiting competitive advantage? • Where is support required – making the ‘sustainable’ transition? • How can SMEs be supported to address challenge and opportunity?

  10. Sustainable Growth • ‘Sustainable Growth’ in the Europe 2020 Programme • A more competitive low-carbon, resource efficient economy • Protecting the environment, reducing emissions, and preventing biodiversity loss • Developing new green technologies and production methods • Introducing efficient smart electricity grids • Harnessing EU-scale networks for competitive advantage • Improving the business environment, in particular for SMEs • Helping consumers make well-informed choices • Adopts the long-standing ‘20-20-20’ targets • 2 flagship initiatives • ‘Resource Efficient Europe’ • ‘Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era’

  11. EU Structural & Investment Funds • Thematic Objectives for the 2014-2020 Structural and Investment Funds:

  12. Smart Specialisation • Innovation Policy • Dominant in the Europe 2020 programme • Informed by predecessor ‘innovation system’ agendas • Presses for ‘embeddedness’, ‘connectivity’, and ‘relatedness’ in innovation strategy • Four Cs of Smart Specialisation • (Tough) Choices and Critical Mass • Competitive Advantage • Connectivity and Clusters • Collaborative Leadership (‘Quadruple Helix’) • Differentiation and the system view

  13. Outputs & Results • ERDF ‘Outputs’ and ‘Results’ • July 2013 guidance • Business performance, economic resilience, job creation • Impact (emissions) reduction, resource efficiency, LCEGS

  14. Approach & Structure • A complex set of inputs • Sector development – cleantech, low carbon, energy, etc • Sector transition & resilience – manufacturing, construction • Infrastructures – energy, transport, supply chains • Ecosystem services – environmental protection, adaptation, remediation • Key question – the positioning of ‘Sustainable Growth’ • Restricted to ‘Low Carbon’, ‘Climate Change’, ‘Resource Efficiency’, and ‘Sustainable Transport’ 2014-20 thematic objectives? • Relevance across the 2014-20 programme as a whole? • Several approaches to giving the NE ‘Sustainable Growth’ theme structure…

  15. Simple Performance Indicators – ‘LCEGS’

  16. Focal Points – Competitive Advantage

  17. Deeper Considerations • Maintaining competitiveness in key sectors (manufacturing, engineering, construction, services): • Resource efficiency • Regulatory (or supply chain) compliance • New products, new markets • Avoiding the costs of climate change: • Cost of non-adaptation to the North East – £600m/year (ClimateNE) • Updating critical ‘platforms’ in the North East economy: • Urban system: • Smart, distributed energy production • Energy performance of the built environment • Sustainable transport • Ecosystem services: • ‘Provisioning’ – products obtained from ecosystems • ‘Regulating’ – benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes • ‘Cultural’ – benefits for people and place

  18. For Discussion… • Develop a picture of priorities and potential, giving the ‘Sustainable Growth’ theme structure… • What should be the priorities for the ‘Sustainable Growth’ theme? • Key opportunities • Key challenges • …and its relationship with ‘Smart’ and ‘Inclusive’ growth

  19. For Discussion…in groups • (20mins) What support interventions are required to: • Exploit existing competitive advantage in Environmental, Low Carbon, or Renewable Energy sectors? • Support existing sectors to make the Low Carbon, Resource Efficient, Pro-Environmental transition? • Enable the NE to mitigate or adapt to Climate Change, Resource Depletion, and Environmental Damage? • (20mins) How should SME support interventions be focussed? • Target sectors? • Manner of engagement? • Nature of support? • Challenges facing support interventions?

  20. Wrap-Up & Next Steps • Review and reflect on today’s discussion • Feedback to this group • Follow-up of key issues • Reporting to inform NE LEP’s development of the EU Structural & Investment Fund proposals • Mesh with ‘Smart’ and ‘Inclusive’ themes • Report to UKGov – September 2013

  21. Contact Sam Cammiss Consultant SQW t. 0161 475 2115 e. scammiss@sqw.co.uk w. www.sqw.co.uk

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