Transcript Key Sectors - East Midlands Councils

Maximising Opportunities for Influence
and Funding
At European Level
Thursday 13th March 2014
Thursday 13th March 2014
Welcome from Chair
Cllr Tom Beattie, Leader,
Corby Borough Council
Maximising Opportunities
for Influence and Funding
at European Level
Richard Woods
Presentation
• Positions
• Process
• People
key developments
• Funding opportunities
 NEP Brussels Office
 Why Brussels & Why Europe?
 Importance of EU Funding
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, Brusselsbased interest groups, European regions
and networks.
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.
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.
Why Brussels?
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Heart of the EU, ‘representations’
by regions, companies, networks and NGOs
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Profile the County’s key sectors of excellence in Brussels
to the key EU institutions
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Building project partners for County projects.
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.
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
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
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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
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
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The ability of SMEs to grow within the Northamptonshire economy is a critical issue
Focus
* Growth Sectors
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Entrepreneurship – more high growth businesses
Activities
* Northamptonshire Growth Hub
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Targeted: Entrepreneurship Programme
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Finance for Business Programme
ESIF Priority 3: Creating the Conditions for
Sustainable & Equitable Growth
Rationale
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Reduce energy demand and increase resource efficiency
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Address economic disparities within Northamptonshire and open up
Focus
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SMEs – high energy users
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Areas of deprivation
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Priority groups – lone parents, ex offenders, disabled etc.
Activities
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Energy Efficiency for SMEs
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Local Investment Fund
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
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
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.
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
* 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)
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
EUROPE 2020
SMART, SUSTAINABLE and INCLUSIVE Growth
5 key targets...
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Employment
* Education
75% of 20-64 year olds to be employed
* Reducing the rates of early school leaving
R&D
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below 10%
3% of the EU’s GDP to be invested in R&D* At least 40% of 30-34 year olds
Climate Change and energy sustainability *
completing third level education
Greenhouse gas emissions 20-30% lower* Fighting poverty and social exclusion
than 1990
at least 20 million fewer people
20% of energy from renewables
in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
20% increase in energy efficiency
Next generation of EU Programmes
2014-2020
Overview of EU funding programmes
2014-2020
Structural Funds providing support for geographical
areas within EU in terms of economic development and
social inclusion i.e. ESIF.
Trans-National Funds - encouraging organisations
and individuals to work together from across Europe.
Latter funds directly managed by the European
Commission and are competitive.
Types of EU Funding
Research and Innovation
€80bn
SME Competitiveness
€2.4bn
Infrastructure
€500 million
Lifelong Learning
€14.6bn
Environment
€3.2bn
Excellent Science/ Competitive
Industries/Better Society
Entrepreneurship, cluster development
and internationalisation
Energy/ Transport/ Broadband/ Digital
Networks
Education, training, youth and sport
Supporting environmental and nature
conservation projects in the EU
Horizon 2020
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Horizon 2020 will include all research and innovation funding
presently included in the Seventh Framework Programme
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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
Regional Horizon 2020 opportunities
* Transport
* Rail: promotion of modal shift
* Road: increasing efficiency, clean engines, road safety
* Logistics: supply chain synergies, common platforms
* Intelligent Transport Systems: sharing information, traffic
management solutions.
Regional Opportunities
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Allowing companies to access funding for technological
research and brining new applications to market
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Supporting capacity building at the local level and
providing access to cross-border science networks
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Promoting existing clusters of excellence in the region.
COSME
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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
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Budget: € 2.5 billion from 2014 to 2020
Regional Opportunities
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Link regional clusters to pan-European Strategic Cluster
Partnerships e.g. Northamptonshire’s High Performance
Technology Cluster
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Reinforce business network cooperation and support new
value chains
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Eligible applicants would be existing SMEs; future
entrepreneurs as well as young people looking
to establish a business
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 public investors.
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.
TEN-T network
Includes:
 A14
 Felixstowe –Harwich
 London Gateway /Tilbury
 A1(M), M25,
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
Erasmus +
* New programme for education, training, youth and sport
Supports:
* Learning opportunities for individuals including study and training,
traineeships, teaching and professional development, volunteering
* Institutional cooperation 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.
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
Contact details
Richard Woods
Head of European Investment
[email protected]
The Future of EU Structural
Funds in the East Midlands
Andrew Pritchard
Director of Policy &
Infrastructure
Localisation of EU funding
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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
“Show me the money”
EU Growth Programme = €6.2 billion
 UK Local Growth Fund = £2 billion
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In and around the EM
D2N2:
GLLEP:
LLEP:
NEP:
SEMLEP:
GC&GP:
€249.7
€133.5
€126.3
€55.0
€88.3
€75.5
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
Also…
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Minimum 20% of combined
ESF/ERDF on ‘social
inclusion’
Gender equality, equal
opportunities & nondiscrimination
Sustainable development
Key Outcomes
“It’s the economy, stupid”
More Jobs
 Less Worklessness
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Current Experience
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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
Future Challenges
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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 2017under-performance could
be penalised
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
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Meeting Need/
Realising Opportunity
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Economic Analysis
Potential Interventions
Delivery Challenges &
Opportunities
Next Steps
National Economic Context
Local Economic Context
%
12
Northamptonshire
New Anglia
11
Greater Cambridge & Greater
Peterborough
Coventry and Warwickshire
10
South East Midlands
9
East Midlands
8
Leicester and Leicestershire
7
United Kingdom
6
Greater Lincolnshire
D2N2
5
Greater Manchester
4
Sheffield City Region
Humber
3
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Trends in the Unemployment Rate (% 16+ resident population), 2008-2012
Opportunities for
Collaboration:
Key Sectors
Potential Interventions
SME Growth &
Competitiveness
 Low Carbon
Economy
 Skills & Employment
 Collaborative Activity
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Delivery Challenges & Solutions
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Securing Match Funding
Reducing Risk &
Complexity
Countering
Fragmentation
Addressing Cross
Cutting Issues
Next Steps
‘Fast Track to Growth’: Rail event (26th
February, Roundhouse, Derby)
 Similar events planned for High
Performance Engineering, Food & Energy
 Working with OneEM to develop a
comprehensive ‘lessons learned’
document
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Any Questions?
Refreshment Break
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WORKING FOR YOU IN EUROPE
Presentation by
Charles Nolda
»
WORKING FOR YOU IN EUROPE
INFLUENCE IN EUROPE
THROUGH CEEP UK
Melton Mowbray, 13 March 2014
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INTRODUCTION
• Membership of CEEP UK
• The contribution of the East Midlands
• The benefits of membership:
 direct participation in European meetings
 right to be consulted on policy and regulation
 lobbying opportunities
 a stronger voice at home
 a network of other public services to learn
from
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SOME KEY AREAS AND
LEAD UK REPRESENTATIVES
• SOCIAL AFFAIRS (Mick Brodie)
• PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (Mark Robinson)
• ECONOMIC POLICY (Andrew Leadbetter)
• PENSIONS (Jeff Houston)
• EDUCATION & TRAINING (Alan Dean)
• TRANSPORT (Steve Newsome)
• GOVERNANCE OF CEEP (Janet Beaumont)
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THE SOCIAL PARTNERS
• ETUC
• BusinessEurope (private employers)
• CEEP (public employers)
• UEAPME (small and medium business)
• Also sectoral social partners. In LG, CEMR and
EPSU; in Education EFEE and ETUCE; in Health,
HOSPEEM and EPSU.
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SOCIAL DIALOGUE AGENDA
• Much broader than in the UK
• Consultative and negotiating agendas
• “Autonomous” and Commission-led
• “Cross-sectoral” and “sectoral”
• Issues covered include regulation on employment
contracts, health and safety and equalities;
qualifications; education and training; mobility of
workers; macro-economic policy and overall EU
strategy.
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SOCIAL DIALOGUE OUTPUTS
• DIRECTIVES. For example fixed-term workers and
parental leave agreements became directives.
• FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS. For example,
Telework and Stress.
• FRAMEWORKS OF ACTION. For example gender
equality and lifelong learning.
• JOINT GUIDELINES AND DECLARATIONS.
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TREATY PROVISIONS
• Art. 138: representative social partners must be
consulted on EU social legislation.
• Art. 139: social partners can reach agreements on
employment-related matters, to be implemented
by EU law or by the SP.
• Position of Social Partners further strengthened by
LISBON TREATY.
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HOW IT WORKS
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
• New Procurement Directive
• Main changes
• CEEP UK’s role in shaping CEEP policy
• A good example of changing EU regulation
• Current situation
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ECONOMIC POLICY
• Macro-economic social dialogue gives CEEP a
chance to lobby on major issues like growth,
austerity and the euro.
• UK chair of CEEP delegation.
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PENSIONS
• Last year CEEP was part of a lobby including the
unions and the private employers which stopped
Commission proposals called SOLVENCY II.
• These would have more or less destroyed UK
occupational pension schemes.
• We are still active in dealing with other Commission
proposals relating to pensions.
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SOME OTHER POLICY AREAS
• Health and Safety: regulatory review
• Education and Training: UK Chair of CEEP task group
• Equalities: UK representation on consultative
committee
• Lifelong learning: UK representation on consultative
committee
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THE OPERATION OF CEEP UK
• Janet Beaumont our Director co-ordinates UK
inputs and ensures we always respond to key
consultations and participate in key negotiations
• Network of volunteers
• Website, weekly e-alerts and monthly Director’s
snapshot
• 4 Executive Committee meetings a year + AGM
• Low subscriptions = good VFM set against huge
risks of expensive/impractical EU regulation
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CEEP UK AT HOME
• Being a member of a recognised European social
partner organisation strengthens our relationship
with BIS, the CBI and the TUC.
• In January CEEP UK were consulted and responded
to the government’s Balance of Competences
Review in relation to social and employment policy.
• Working with other public services in the UK
provides the potential (not yet fully realised) for
better synergy.
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EUROPE IN THE C19
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THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
I’m happy to take questions now if there is time or you
can email me at [email protected]
Our Director can be emailed at
[email protected]
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WORKING FOR YOU IN EUROPE
Presentation by
Charles Nolda
Cllr Tom Beattie, Leader,
Corby Borough Council
Sue Smith, Chief Executive
Cherwell and South Northamptonshire
Councils
Maximising Opportunities for Influence
and Funding at European Level
13 March 2014
Chris Hill, ERDF Project Manager
Reach & Impact Project
One East Midlands
About One East Midlands
One East Midlands is the regional body for the voluntary and community
sector (VCS) in the East Midlands region.
Our role is to ensure that all elements of the VCS play a valued role in
the development of policies and strategies that impact on the individuals
and communities in our region
We have four core strategic functions that enable us to deliver our
mission:
•Influencing
•Enabling
•Communicating
•Strengthening
Building up the awareness,
capabilities, and capacity of the
VCS to engage with, and access
ERDF
More Information and resources are on the
Reach & Impact web page:
http://www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/reachandimpact
Event Round Up
&
Evaluation
Lunch and close
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