Building Better Opportunities

European Funds for Liverpool City Region 2014-20

2nd April 2015

Andy Churchill

• Voluntary and Community Sector Co-ordinator for the North West

• Information, Representation and Strategy

Supporting partnership working

• Funded by Technical Assistance from ESF and ERDF

• Funding from Liverpool LEP and Manchester New Economy

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Decision levels European Commission

Regulations Finance Partnership Principles

Member State - UK Government Partnership Operational Programmes

LEP and Local Partners - Liverpool City Region Working together Delivering change

EconomicSocialand TerritorialCohesion

EconomicSocialand TerritorialCohesion

Europe 2020

Smart Sustainable Inclusive

The Regulations

Eleven Themes Innovation ICT SME competitiveness Low Carbon Climate Change Environment and Resource Efficiency Sustainable Transport Employment Social Inclusion Skills (Institutional Capacity)

Liverpool City Region

Extensive experience of EU Funds since 1994 delivery approaches and partnerships

Major economy, one of 8 core cities Last 20 years strengthened (EU funding) Combined Authority Population Less skilled population Fewer businesses

Opportunities related to the strength of VCS in the City Region

Portfolios

ERDF ESF

Blue Green 25 3

Business 32 8

Innovation 26.5 5

Inclusive 3 61.7

Place/Connect 25 0

112.5 77.7

Inclusive Economy Tackling youth unemployment (NEETS) including Youth

Employment Initiative Getting our people back to work Social growth and connectivity Employer engagement, including apprenticeships Skills for growth

LCR long tradition social innovation, strong social ent sector LCR Employment and Skills Board Investigate appropriate use of CLLD in a few areas Track record delivery via VCS, new opportunities social

innovation, health & well being, local services agendas

LCR priorities

Produce more More enterprises More jobs Local people into jobs

NW Finance (June 2013)

Area £m €m GDP € p head

Cheshire 122 142.2 119 157

G Manchester 357 415.6 98 155

Cumbria 78 91.4 89 182 Tr

Lancashire 229 266.3 85 182 Tr

Liverpool 191 221.9 80 147 Tr

£million at 0.86/1.16 (but now is 0.73p)

Youth Employment Initiative

Only a few areas (Liverpool, parts of NE, Birmingham, London...) Extra £21m for 2014 and 2015 for NEETs in Liverpool City

Region £21m YEI plus £21m ESF plus £14m Match

Lottery FundingArea All EU ESF Lottery

G Manchester 356 7 7

Cheshire 122 5.5 5.5

Lancashire 229 7.5 5

Cumbria 78 1.7 1.1

Liverpool 191 2.5 1.7

£million

Applying for Funds

On your own With other organisations

Calls Opt Ins

Skills Funding Agency (April??) Dept for Work and Pensions Big Lottery (8th June?)

Opt In

£ thousands

Accelerator 150 ERDF

MAS 300 ERDF

UK TI 350 ERDF

SFA 24,000 ESF

DWP 5,000 ESF

Lottery 2,500 ESF

The Calls for England

Purdah 20-27 March (plus 31st)

124 Calls £1 billion pounds (£939,045,000)

4 Calls for Liverpool, £93m (ie 10% of all calls) £51m ESF £12m Enterprise £15m Innovation £15m Low Carbon

Plus £0.2 MAS, £0.4 UKTI, £0.150 Growth Accelerator www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds

March Calls £mArea LowC Innov SME SFBB ESF All

Cheshire 2.2 4.1 6.3

M’ter 18.9 13.5 32.4

Cumbria 1.0 4.0 6.0 1.5 12.5

Lancashire 3.0 3.0 1.0 7.0

Liverpool 15.0 15.3 12.0 50.8 93.0

ERDF ex-Opt Ins £kArea MAS UKTI GA All

Cheshire 450 750 250 1,450

M’ter 750 3,000 3,750

Cumbria 1,000 1,000 2,000

Lancashire 2,000 1,200 2,000 5,200

Liverpool 200 400 150 750

Deadlines England - Stage 1

6th May SFBB 8 for £26m 6th May MAS, UKTI, GA 3 for £50m 20th May Low Carbon 18 for £91m 22nd May ESF 18 for £235m 27th May Research and Innovation 34 for 205m 29th May SME 33 for 243m

Headlines

500k minimum ERDF 100k minimum for ESF BUT - preference for large, strategic, partnership bids Apply online - 10 day wait so register now Make sure the LEP knows you are bidding

Angela.Woodward@LiverpoolLEP.org

Eleven Themes Innovation ICT SME competitiveness Low Carbon Climate Change Environment and Resource Efficiency Sustainable Transport Employment Social Inclusion Skills (Institutional Capacity)

Low Carbon - L’pool

PA4 Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy 4b Energy efficiency/renewable energy in enterprises 4c Energy efficiency/smart energy mgt/renewables for

public buildings & housing 4e Low carbon strategies all types, esp urban areas 4f R&D in adoption of Low C technologies

Blue/Green Portfolio Only those needing an early decision (expect total less than

£15m) Must be genuinely collaborative Cover all Liverpool City Region

Research & Innovation- L’pool PA1 Promoting Research & Innovation

1a Enhancing R&I 1b Promoting Business Investment in R&I

Innovation Portfolio especially Liverpool Knowledge Quarter and Daresbury LCR 12 strands, 4 sectors

Health & Well Being Sustainable Growth Advanced Manufacturing Creative Content & Digital Capabilities

£10.25m Consortia - 1 bid per focal sector £5m Capital projects - demonstrate must start now

Small & Medium Enterprises- L’pool

PA3 Enhancing competitiveness of SMEs 3a Increase entrepreneurship, particularly in areas with low

levels of enterprise activity & amongst under-represented groups. £6m

3c Increase growth capacity £6m Complement (not duplicate) Business Growth Service Integrate with single point of access to Growth Hub Business startup programme, 36 months post start-up, business

mentors, engagement services to specific groups, including women, social enterprises, high growth support

Comprehensive City-wide consortia Start with no charge, progressively introduce commercial charges

ESF- L’pool

PA1 Inclusive Labour Markets 1.1 Access to employment for jobseekers & inactive people 1.3 Sustainable integration into labour market of young people

YEI 1.2 Sustainable integration into labour market of young people

Minimum £100k ESF Provide own match YEI to complete by end July 2018, others by end December 2018 Cover the whole of Liverpool City Region YEI definition NEETs, living Liverpool CR, aged 15-24. Likely 15-29.

ESF £mESF YEI All

SFA 11.8 3.5 15.3

DWP 2.1 - 2.1

Lottery 2.5 - 2.5

Calls 34.9 19.1 54.0

51.3 22.6 73.9

Calls now £50.8m due to lower exchange rate

SFA expected ESF £mESF YEI

Employability/job related training 2.0 1.95

Digital & functional skills 1.3 1.3

Skills show 0.3

Responsive skills fund 6.0

Apprenticeship promo 0.3 0.3

Community Grants 1.3

Labour market intelligence 0.3

IAG info 0.4

ESF Calls - 1ESF YEI

Coaching & mentoring - 8w unemp 4.2 4.2

IAG 1.5 1.5

ILM 6 mo 1.4 1.4

ILM 12 mo 1.8 1.8

At risk of NEET 0.6

Flex integrated support - adults 10.0

Support YP detached from services 2.0 2.0

ESF Calls - 2ESF YEI

Long term intensive mentoring1.4 1.4

Support YP into enterprise 1.3 1.3

Travel support - YP 1.7 1.7

Travel support - all 0.9

HE 4.2

6 months temp jobs YP 3.8 3.8

Two Stage Process (logasnet) Stage 1 (gateway)

Eligible Applicant Eligible expenditure and activity Fits with ERDF Programme, and the call

Stage 2 (core) Strategic fit Value for money Management & control Deliverability Procurement/tendering State Aid

Non public sector financial checks

Governance

Liverpool CR LEP and sub-committees, E&S Board - no VCSE reps European Commission says if LEP level sub-committees, then

must have partners fully involved, as in the Regulations New sub-committee (of National Cttee)

VCSE Reps nominated by Network for Europe through VS6 (was Merseyside ChangeUp), including CVSs and other infrastructure organisations)

“Liverpool City Region Local EU Sub-Committee” Two VCSE Reps (out of seventeen)

Also new Technical Group “EU Partnership Group” One VCSE rep out of eleven

Liverpool City Region LocalEU Sub-Committee

VCSE Reps Tony Okotie (LCVS), Rosie Jolly (SEN) LEP (Chair) Private Sector x 3 Local Authority x 3 Employment and Skills x 1 HE Sector x1 FE Sector x 1 Local Transport Body x 1 Local Growth Team (DCLG) x 1 Environmental x 1 Rural x 1 TUC x 1

EU Partnership Group

VCSE Rep Andy Churchill Local Authority (with link to Regen Directors) x 3 Chamber of Commerce HE Sector Skills Transport DCLG ESTA LEP

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