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Maximising Opportunities for Influence and Funding At European Level Thursday 13 th March 2014

Maximising Opportunities for Influence and Funding At European Level Thursday 13 th March 2014. Thursday 13 th March 2014. Welcome from Chair Cllr Tom Beattie, Leader, Corby Borough Council. Maximising Opportunities for Influence and Funding a t European Level. Richard Woods.

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  1. Maximising Opportunities for Influence and Funding At European LevelThursday 13th March 2014 Thursday 13th March 2014

  2. Welcome from Chair Cllr Tom Beattie, Leader, Corby Borough Council

  3. Maximising Opportunities for Influence and Funding at European Level Richard Woods

  4. Presentation • Positions • Process key developments • People • Funding opportunities

  5. NEP Brussels Office • Why Brussels & Why Europe? • Importance of EU Funding

  6. NEP Brussels Office • Location in the heart of the EU quarter • 2 Full Time Staff • NEP Brussels team acts as a direct link between partners, the European institutions, Brussels-based interest groups, European regions and networks.

  7. Role of the NEP EI Office • Partnership Development - maximising European partnerships and project opportunities in the County • Inward Investment and Trade Promotion • Influencing future European funding important to the County of which Structural Funds will be worth around £47 mln from 2014-2020.

  8. Success stories • Winner of most Enterprising Place in Britain 2012 by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills • Trade analysts, Experian rated Northampton as the ‘best environment for business success’ in the UK in 2014 • Over £2.2 million worth of European funding secured to date for the County.

  9. Why Brussels? • Heart of the EU, ‘representations’by regions, companies, networks and NGOs • Profile the County’s key sectors of excellence in Brussels to the key EU institutions • Building project partners for County projects.

  10. Importance of EU Funding • Structural Funds worth some €55m to Northamptonshire until 2020 • Horizon 2020 is the world’s single largest public research fund worth €80bn until 2020 • EU funds often allow larger scale projects to occur than through national funds. • European funding often applies to areas where internationalisation is likely to occur.

  11. Our key messages • Centrality of Location • Pro-Growth Economy • Highly Entrepreneurial • World-Class Businesses • New and Emerging Growth Sectors • Serious Investment Propositions • Delivery Capacity and Capability

  12. ESIF for Northamptonshire ESIF Priority 1: Strengthening Innovation Rationale • Evidence; poor overall levels of innovation and ICT adoption, low levels of investment in R&D • Need to strengthen innovation system by increasing technology transfer, promoting networking and setting the framework Focus • Priority Sectors Activities • Smart specialisation collaborative research between enterprises, universities/research institutions, and public institutions • Commercialisation and enterprise of new products and business processes • Brokerage assistance to help businesses seeking innovation and ICT support to select appropriate providers

  13. ESIF Priority 2: Driving SME Competitiveness & Entrepreneurship Rationale • Northamptonshire is dominated by SMEs and the survival rates of those SMEs falls significantly after the third year • The ability of SMEs to grow within the Northamptonshire economy is a critical issue Focus • Growth Sectors • Entrepreneurship – more high growth businesses Activities • Northamptonshire Growth Hub • Targeted: Entrepreneurship Programme • Finance for Business Programme

  14. ESIF Priority 3: Creating the Conditions for Sustainable & Equitable Growth Rationale • Reduce energy demand and increase resource efficiency • Address economic disparities within Northamptonshire and open up Focus • SMEs – high energy users • Areas of deprivation • Priority groups – lone parents, ex offenders, disabled etc. Activities • Energy Efficiency for SMEs • Local Investment Fund

  15. ESIF Priority 4: Providing a Responsive & Adaptable Workforce for the Future • Rationale • Northamptonshire is losing competitive edge by lack of investment in skills at all levels • Employment levels high but need to focus on hardest to help client groups • Focus • Key sectors • High level skills • Priority groups • Activities • Key sector skills • Youth support programme

  16. Open positions in 2014 751 Members of the European Parliament President of the European Commission 28 Commissioners President of the European Council (1 December 2014) President of the European Parliament Permanent President of Eurozone Political Group leaders

  17. European Commission • 28 new Commissioners and their cabinets (advisory teams) • President of the Commission will be nominated by the Council, then elected by the EP • Re-structuring of General Directorates? • The current Commission will continue its work until November, when the new Commissioners will take up their posts • TCommissioners will appoint their new (Cabinets) by mid October.

  18. New European Parliament 2014-2019 • Current EP: 766 MEPs (754 + 12 for Croatia which joined in 2013) • After the 2014 elections: reduced to 751 MEPs • First plenary will take place in the first week of July 2014 • High turn-over rate of MEPs expected: only 1/3 MEPS likely to stay. • Five Members of the European Parliament representing the East Midlands

  19. 8th EP elections • Election Day: between 22 and 25 May 2014 • The official election result: after poll closes in last MS on Sunday 25 May 2014. (Source : European Parliament)

  20. Impact for the region • Rationale for mainstream structural funds diminishing • Policy focus of all current and future EU priorities will reflect the Europe 2020 agenda : • Productivity, employment growth, economic recovery • New programmes beginning that will impact local economic development e.g CAP, and ERDF/ESF

  21. EUROPE 2020SMART, SUSTAINABLE and INCLUSIVE Growth 5keytargets... • Employment • 75% of 20-64 year olds to be employed • R&D • 3% of the EU’s GDP to be invested in R&D • ClimateChangeandenergysustainability • Greenhouse gas emissions 20-30% lower • than 1990 • 20% of energy from renewables • 20% increase in energy efficiency • Education • Reducing the rates of early school leaving • below 10% • At least 40% of 30-34 year olds • completing third level education • Fightingpovertyandsocialexclusion • at least 20 million fewer people in or atrisk of poverty and social exclusion.

  22. Next generation of EU Programmes 2014-2020

  23. OverviewofEUfundingprogrammes2014-2020 • StructuralFunds  providing support for geographical areas within EU in terms of economic development and social inclusion i.e. ESIF. • Trans-NationalFunds -encouraging organisationsand individuals to work together from across Europe. • Latter funds directly managedby the European Commission and are competitive.

  24. Types of EU Funding

  25. Horizon 2020 • Horizon 2020 will include all research and innovation funding presently included in the Seventh Framework Programme • Three three different priorities: Excellence in the science base - high-level research in Europe Industrial leadership and competitive framework - major investment in key technologies, greater access to capital and support for SMEs. Societal challenges. demographic change and well-being; food security, sustainable agriculture, secure, clean and efficient energy; smart, green and integrated transport; resource efficiency

  26. Regional Horizon 2020 opportunities • Transport • Rail:promotion of modal shift • Road:increasingefficiency,cleanengines,roadsafety • Logistics: supplychainsynergies,commonplatforms • IntelligentTransportSystems: sharinginformation, traffic management solutions.

  27. Regional Opportunities • Allowing companies to access funding for technological research and brining new applications to market • Supporting capacity building at the local level and providing access to cross-border science networks • Promoting existing clusters of excellence in the region.

  28. COSME • Strengthening the competitiveness and sustainability of European enterprises • Encouraging entrepreneurship and promoting SMEs • Access to finance for SMEs through dedicated financial instruments • Main target audience: SMEs, Entrepreneurs, regional and national Business Support administrations • Budget: € 2.5 billion from 2014 to 2020

  29. Regional Opportunities • Link regional clusters to pan-European Strategic Cluster Partnerships e.g. Northamptonshire’s High Performance Technology Cluster • Reinforce business network cooperation and support new value chains • Eligible applicants would be existing SMEs; future entrepreneurs as well as young people looking to establish a business

  30. Connecting Europe Facility • 3 strands: • Transport - c.€31.7bn • Broadband & digital - c.€9.2bn • Energy - c.€9.1bn • Targeting investments in key infrastructures to help create jobs and boost competitiveness • Provides finance for energy, transport and broadband & digital projects which link /complete networks, corridors and infrastructures • Leverage more funding from other private and publicinvestors.

  31. TEN-T TEN-T funding is is largely driven by the Member States UK projects proposals are usually submitted by the Department for Transport, Highways Agency or Network Rail Projects must be mature, fully funded and provide European value Address Key priorities: pinch points; utilizing capacity; improving traffic flows and bottlenecks.

  32. TEN-T network Includes: A14 Felixstowe –Harwich London Gateway /Tilbury A1(M), M25,

  33. LIFE+ Three core areas: Nature and Biodiversity Environment Policy and Governance Information and Communication Activities and outcomes: Improved knowledge base and application Mitigation strategies at local, regional and national level Development / demonstration of new technologies

  34. Erasmus + • New programme for education, training, youth and sport • Supports: • Learningopportunities for individuals including study and training, traineeships, teaching and professional development, volunteering • Institutionalcooperation between educational institutions, youth organisations, businesses, local and regional authorities and NGOs to encourage good practice and promote employability, creativity and entrepreneurship • Creation of 400 knowledge alliances and sector skills alliances between higher education institutions, training providers and businesses to promote creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship by offering new learning opportunities and qualifications.

  35. Opportunities for collaborative activity in the region Based on a sector specific approach: e.g. Transport, HPT, Energy and Food and Drink Increasing competitiveness Investing in innovation & R&D Investing & supporting SMEs Collaboration across clusters/LEPs and networks Larger scale strategic high impact projects Cross-border projects involving European regions Build on existing organisational capacity Complementing existing ERDF & ESF allocations across the region

  36. Contact details Richard Woods Head of European Investment Richard.Woods@northamptonshireep.co.uk

  37. The Future of EU Structural Funds in the East Midlands Andrew Pritchard Director of Policy & Infrastructure

  38. Localisation of EU funding • Establishment of a national ‘EU Growth Programme’ • LEPs to develop EU investment strategies (January 2014) • Each LEP to be given a ‘notional allocation’ of EU funding to prioritise • Payments to be made centrally • Notional allocations will be reviewed against performance from 2017 onwards

  39. “Show me the money” • EU Growth Programme = €6.2 billion • UK Local Growth Fund = £2 billion

  40. In and around the EM D2N2: €249.7 GLLEP: €133.5 LLEP: €126.3 NEP: €55.0 SEMLEP: €88.3 GC&GP: €75.5

  41. Emerging UK Priorities • Innovation • SME Competitiveness • ICT • 60% + of ERDF • Climate Change • Environment • Sustainable Transport • No Minimum spend • Employment • Skills • Social Inclusion • 80% + of ESF • Low Carbon Economy • 20% + of ERDF

  42. Minimum 20% of combined ESF/ERDF on ‘social inclusion’ Gender equality, equal opportunities & non-discrimination Sustainable development Also…

  43. Key Outcomes “It’s the economy, stupid” • More Jobs • Less Worklessness

  44. Spend under the current ERDF Programme has been slow Too many small projects - difficult to see a strategic impact Original operational programme did not fully meet local needs - e.g. Broadband Current Experience

  45. 1 region replaced by 7 LEPs – 4 overlapping Pressure for early spend on projects that will deliver clear outcomes LEP notional allocations to be reviewed in 2017- under-performance could be penalised Future Challenges

  46. EMC Technical Assistance Project • Raise awareness and understanding of new processes • Highlight strategic opportunities for growth in the East Midlands based on evidence • Highlight opportunities for collaborative activity that will generate strategic scale projects

  47. Economic Analysis Potential Interventions Delivery Challenges & Opportunities Next Steps Meeting Need/Realising Opportunity

  48. National Economic Context

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