ERDF and INTERREG funding opportunities
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ERDF and INTERREG funding opportunities Matt Jones Dominic Munro-McCarthy June 22 nd 2015
Transcript of ERDF and INTERREG funding opportunities
ERDF and
INTERREG
funding
opportunities
Matt Jones
Dominic Munro-McCarthy
June 22nd 2015
ERDF and Interreg funding ERDF
Minimum total project value £1m
(500k ERDF). Intervention rate: 50%
Interreg projects
Project value £2m to £5m
(£100,000 to £500,000 per partner).
Intervention rate: 50% to 69%
Revenue (plus some small scale capital for
demonstration or testing purposes)
3-5 year project duration
Match funding public/private cash, time,
contribution in kind
EU funding: Cross Border Cooperation
Smart Green Inclusive Growth
PRIORITIES
Research, technical
& social Innovation
Low Carbon
Climate Change
Resource Efficiency
Research, technical
& social Innovation
Low Carbon
Climate Change
Green Transport
Smart growth:
developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation.
Sustainable growth:
promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive
economy.
Inclusive growth:
fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial
cohesion.
Green priorities
Ecosystems & natural
heritage Eco Innovation
Resource Efficient
Economies
Adaption
& Resilience
to Climate change
Green Mobility
Ecosystems & natural heritage
Specific objectives Activities Outputs
TOURISM: Realise the potential of
the common natural and cultural
assets to deliver innovative and
sustainable growth
(France / England)
Proof of
concept/validation
Demonstration / tests
Implementation
Increase
tourism/spend
Job creation
Quality of life
Education / training
ECOSYSTEMS: Enhance and
protect the coastal and transitional
water ecosystems
(France/England)
Research and
scoping studies
Joint Analysis
Pilot projects
Benefits for public
health
Economic benefits
Business
opportunities
Prevention
ECOSYSTEMS: Develop new
methods for the long term
sustainable mgt .of ecoystems
Protecting against climate change
and protext
(North Sea)
Developing
techniques
Prediction &
monitoring techniques
Demonstration
Mobilising
stakeholders
Protected and
improved
biodiversity
Restoring damaged
areas
Environmental mgt
and land use plans
Eco Innovation / low carbon economy
Types of actions
Specific objectives Activities Outputs
Increase the development and
uptake of existing or new low
carbon technologies and services
and processes
(France/England)
(2 Seas) (North Sea) (North West
EU)
Implementation of
strategies
Develop
Adopt
Prepare for investment
Investments
New solutions
(methods/tools/serv
ices ) established
Reduce GHG emissions though
cooperation on the
implementation of [green]
protection strategies
(North West EU)
Delivering
Testing and developing
Initiating
Promoting
Innovative approaches
Synergies
New strategies
Implementations
Stakeholders
benefiting
Resource efficient economy
Specific objectives Activities Outputs
Strengthen the efficient use of natural
resources and materials through the
adoption of new solutions for a greener
economy
(2 Seas)
Formulate
Establish
Adopt
Invest
Decreased use of
natural resources
Policy
makers/economic
actors as
beneficiaries
To optimise (re)use of material and
natural resources through international
cooperation
(North West EU)
Implementing
Designing
Analysis Tools
Collaborative
approaches for
usefulness of
waste
Industrial ecology
practices
Solutions
implemented and
tested
Innovative uses
of waste
Enterprises
Supported
Adaption/Resilience to climate change
Specific objectives Activities Outputs
Improve the adaption
capacity of public and private
actors: to better coordinate
their climate change adaption
actions for stronger resilience
(2 Seas)
Develop new flood
prevention
techniques
Predict/monitor
change
Demonstrate
adaption measures
Formulated common
strategies
Common awareness
campaigns
Joint measures to reduce
impact
Joint measures
addressing biodiversity
Better emergency plans
Demonstrate new and/or
improved methods: for
improving the climate resilience
of target sites
(North Sea Region)
Develop new flood
prevention
techniques
Predict/monitor
change
Demonstrate
adaption measures
Results to promote
widespread investment /
take up / transfer to other
regions
Green mobility
Specific objectives Activities Outputs
Innovation for improved
transport and logistical
solutions: with potential to
move large volumes of freight
away from long distance road
transportation (North Sea)
Demonstration
Tackling organisational,
technical, operational
and political barriers
Practical solutions
Reduced dependency
on road transport
Integrated logistics
Stimulate the take up and
application of green
transport solutions: for
regional freight and personal
transport (North Sea)
Tackling organisational,
technical, operational
and political barriers
Integrated ticketing
and traffic info
systems
Car sharing services
Strategies
Reduce GHG emissions: through international cooperation
on transnational low carbon
solutions in transport systems
(North West EU)
Pilots and
demonstrations
Testing and
demonstrating
Engaging with transport
operators
Implemented low
carbon solutions
New systems
Operators supported
CBC = Cross Border Cooperation
Source: Paula Maclachlan (Interreg N.W.E. facilitator)
Building Bridges
EU Growth Programme
•New programme period 2014-2020
•ERDF, (European Regional Development Fund)
• ESF(European Social Fund)
• EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development)
• Collectively worth c.£80 million (requiring match)
•Managed nationally by DCLG and DEFRA
•Managed strategically by local partners
•Funds “notionally allocated” to LEP areas
•The programme is target-driven
EAFRD/ERDF Differences
Building Bridges
EAFRD ERDF
Individual businesses can directly
apply for funding
Applicants are usually public sector,
universities/colleges, business
intermediaries, voluntary/social
enterprises. But, businesses are not
precluded from applying (have to pass
state aid tests, non-profit rule, act in public
similar way)
Can benefit just one business Must have wide benefit to SMEs
Can just be one applicant Usually partnership projects
Can support primary and
secondary agriculture
Supports agri tech (not agriculture) as one
of the key growth sectors
Revenue and/or capital Predominantly revenue (this time around)
Rural areas and hub towns Rural and urban (all areas) – national
programme, money notionally split into
LEP areas
ERDF priorities
Strengthening research,
technological development and
innovation
Enhancing the competitiveness of
SMEs
Supporting the shift towards a low
carbon economy
Climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management
Building Bridges
ERDF Projects
Key points to consider
• Predominantly REVENUE funding
• Project must not duplicate existing activity, i.e.
must be additional
• Must provide value for money
• Clear example of partnership working
• Clear evidence of demand and need
• 50% maximum intervention rate
• Match can be public/private cash, time,
contribution in kind (land, resources etc)
ERDF outputs (not an exhaustive
list)
• No of enterprises supported
• Employment increase in supported enterprises
• No of enterprises cooperating with research entities
• Infrastructure site development including green
infrastructure (ha)
• Private investment matching public support to
enterprises
• Estimated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions
• No of companies supported with business resource
efficiency
ERDF results
• Increase in SME productivity
• Increase in SME jobs created
• Increase in business start-ups
• Increased number of “actively innovating” businesses,
bring new products to market
• Further embedding innovation and building greater value
chain connections (smart specialisation)
• Increase in companies deploying low carbon practices,
processes, services or products
Supporting the shift towards a low
carbon economy (£8m)
• Building the market in low carbon environmental
technologies, goods and services through a range of
financial instruments
• Increasing energy efficiency and decentralised energy
production
• Increasing innovation in and adoption of low carbon
technologies linked to existing strengths and natural
assets
• promoting low-carbon strategies, in particular for urban
areas, including the promotion of sustainable transport
and energy solutions
Climate change adaptation, risk
prevention and management (£2m)
• Its use will be carefully targeted and will focus on areas
where there is significant need to stimulate economic
development that might otherwise be inhibited by flood
risk.
What you’ll need to demonstrate…
Projects be demand led and
need evidence
Genuinely innovative and
additional
Clear and concise
Added Value
Cost effective
Exit strategy
Match funding
Need Project Fund
Advantages Test and trial new ways of delivering services
Opportunity to engage universities, private sector and public sector in
a joined up way
Gain comparative perspectives from cooperation with partners
Receive external funding from EU sources at a time when internal
budgets are constrained
Disadvantages Application process 6-7 months (2 stage) application process.
Capacity needed
Retrospective financial claims (6 months in arrears)
Administration and record management
Here to help…
ERDF
Matt Jones
INTERREG
Dominic Munro-McCarthy
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Project development
support Signposting
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