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Jan Gilder; Michelle Depper-Westwood; Alison Ogilvie; Marc Fleetham. ERDF Workshop KTP Conference 9 th & 10 th December 2010. What do you know about ERDF?. Pain in ****? Time consuming Complicated Claims Audit Clawback Admin heavy. KTP. cKTP.
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Jan Gilder;Michelle Depper-Westwood; Alison Ogilvie; Marc Fleetham ERDF Workshop KTP Conference 9th & 10th December 2010
What do you know about ERDF? • Pain in ****? • Time consuming • Complicated • Claims • Audit • Clawback • Admin heavy
cKTP • Advantage West Midlands drive to treble the amount of KTP activity across the West Midlands. • From a base of having 70 active partnerships a target of 210 agreed • Embed KT capabilities within regional HEI’s who are not currently engaged
Why University of Wolverhampton? EU Funding
Lessons Learnt • University of Wolverhampton took the lead: • Leading regional HEI – KTP • Respected track record working with ERDF • Obtaining regional HEI Partners buy-in: • Set achievable KTP growth targets with each institution • Shared internal systems, processes and methodology • Provision of on-going support/training/workshops for; employer facing HEI staff; academics; finance team; personnel staff etc • Raising regional awareness of KTP through: • Complimentary working with governmental/professional business facing bodies: • Business Link/Chambers of Commerce/Innovation Advisory Service • Business Networking Groups/Clubs • Regional Market Development Manager: working with each partner to co-ordinate a regional wide KTP marketing plan
Project Structure ERDF TSB • ERDF only eligible costs: • Time sheeted Academic costs, • Time sheeted support staff costs, • AWM audited overheads • TSB & ERDF eligiblecosts: • Associate employment cost, • Associate non-employment costs • Non ERDF eligible costs: • 46% overheads, • £21k notional academic cost Company Contribution • MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT BUDGETS
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University of Wolverhampton KTP Staffing Structure KTP Advisors 70% Project Accountant Michelle Depper-Westwood Business Link West Midlands 100% Emma Howitt Regional KTP Marketing Manager Alison Ogilvie Project Management Support Finance 100% Monitoring Officers on Timesheets 100% 100% 100% Secretarial and Project Support – Drawn from Business Solutions on timesheets Business Development – Drawn from Business Solutions and Academics on Timesheets
Behind the Scenes… • Collaboration Agreements • Partner Meetings • ERDF Classic KTP Funding Guidance • Capacity Building Events • Claim structure and procedure – financial & outputs
UK ERDF allocation €9.4 billion
Thank you for listening…. Contact details: Email: Jan.gilder@wlv.ac.uk mdwestwood@wlv.ac.uk Alison.ogilvie@wlv.ac.uk m.j.fleetham@wlv.ac.uk