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European Structural and Investment Funds VCSE Event
Welcome and Introductions
Norman Jennings, Hertfordshire LEP Skills and Employment Manager
Welcome introductions
Norman Jennings
Overview of Herts ESIF
Andy Luff
Big lottery building better opportunities
Jonathan Clark
Herts Get Set
Sarah Elliott
Questions
Refreshment break
Workshops
Michal Siewniak
Questions and close
European Structural and Investment Funds VCSE Event
Overview of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and Hertfordshire
ESIF Investment Strategy
Andy Luff – ACL European
Presentation Structure
ESIF Background and Context Governance ESIF Themes and Allocations Routes into the Programme Local Implementation Plan Employment and Skills Emerging Priorities Focus on Social Inclusion Timetable/Next Steps
Source – European Commission ‘infographic’ 2011. Current prices €367 and €1.082
Background and Context (1)
ESIF final regulations published December 2013 Key points:
• Aligned with EU 2020 / Thematic concentration • Common strategic framework (includes EAFRD & EMFF) • Partnership contracts (replaces NSRF) • Common rules for all programmes (although 7 layers) • Incentives and conditionalities • 3 Categories of regions (less developed, transition, more
developed); • Promoting use of financial instruments – investment oriented
policy; • Multi-fund programmes • Streamlined delivery system – focus on results
Background and Context (2)
Structural and Investment Funds 2014-20 Aligned to the EU 2020 Strategy
SMART • strengthening research, technological development and innovation; • enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information & communication technologies; • enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, the agricultural sector (EAFRD) and the fisheries /
aquaculture sector (EMFF);
SUSTAINABLE • supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors; • promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management; • protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency; • promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures;
INCLUSIVE • promoting employment and supporting labour mobility; • promoting social inclusion and combating poverty; • investing in education, skills and lifelong learning; • enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration
Background and Context (3)
England Proposal
Total allocation for England € 6.2bn (£5.2bn) ERDF and ESF plus £177m EAFRD (5%)
EU Growth Programme 2014-20 Combines European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF) and part of Rural Development Programme (EAFRD)
National Programme (England) Key role for LEP Area ESIF Partnerships – 39 LEP EU
Investment Strategies
ERDF ESF
Structural Funds
EMFF Rural Development
(EAFRD)
SI Funds Growth
Programme
Partnership Agreement
(England)
Background and Context (4)
England Growth Programme Proposal
Governance and Structure
Growth Programme Board (Programme Monitoring
Committee
National Sub-Committees (Thematic/operational)
LEP Area ESIF Committees (39)
Relationship between ESIF sub-committee and LEP Board and Programme Boards (to be determined)
EAFRD Programme Monitoring Committee
Not a formal sub committee for EAFRD
Hertfordshire ‘Notional’ ESIF Allocation
€m 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total
Basic Allocation 8.7 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.6 9.8 64.5
Performance Reserve 2.5 2.6 5.1
Total Allocation 8.7 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.4 12.1 12.4 69.6
Exchange Rate 0.8562 1.167951 Page 48 LEP Supplementary Guidance
Notional Allocations Using Notified Exchange Rate
£m 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total
Basic Allocation 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.4 55.2
Performance Reserve 2.1 2.2 4.4
Total Allocation 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.9 8.0 10.4 10.6 59.6
• Further allocation from European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) £1.5m
• Other EU funds outside this allocation (e.g. Horizon 2020), Territorial Coop • Assumption funds will require 50/50 match funding (can be public or private) • 6% of allocation subject to ‘performance reserve’ assessed 2018
ESIF Investment Strategy Components
Submitted 31st January 2014 after approval by ESIF Committee and LEP Board
Alignment with Hertfordshire Growth Plan & SEP Evidence based to support local priorities Set out priorities for investment ESIF Distribution of funds across thematic objectives Proposals for ‘opt-ins’ (SFA, DWP & Big Lottery) Proposed activities (not projects) Likely match funding sources Outputs (but not results) Delivery arrangements Governance (LEP Area ESIF Committee)
Hertfordshire ESIF Themes and Allocations
ERDF Theme ESIF Allocation Match Funding Total Value
TO1 - Strengthening Research, Technological Development & Innovation (40%)
£11.96m £11.96m £23.92m
TO3 - Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs
£11.96m £11.96m £23.92m
TO4 - Supporting the Shift towards a Low Carbon Economy in All Sectors
£5.98m £5.98m £11.96m
Totals £29.90m £29.90m £59.80m
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) initial allocations (subject to revision)
Not allocated: TO2 - Enhancing Access to, and use and quality of, Information and Communication Technologies TO5 – Climate change adaptation TO6 - Environmental protection TO7 - Sustainable transport
Hertfordshire ESIF Themes and Allocations
ESF Theme ESIF Allocation Match Funding Total Value
TO8- Promoting Employment and Supporting Labour Mobility (30%)
£8.97m DWP Opt-in + 10% local £0.897m
£9.867m
TO9 -Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty (20%)
£5.98m £5.68m (Big Lottery)
£11.66m
TO10 - Investing in Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (50%)
£14.95m SFA Opt in + 10% local £1.495m
£16.445m
Totals £29.90m £8.072m £37.972m
European Social Fund (ESF) initial allocations (subject to revision)
Match funding
SFA and DWP match is derived from ‘co-financing’ activity not included in the Herts ESIF strategy. Big Lottery is cash match. 10% of TO8 and TO10 has been allocated for projects attracting locally identified match funding.
Routes into the Programme
European Social Fund - Hertfordshire
Via ‘opt-in organisations’ • Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (TO8) • Skills Funding Agency (TO8 and TO9) • Big Lottery (TO9) Via ‘open calls’ • 10% of TO8 and TO10
Local Implementation Plan
TO8 - Promoting Employment and Supporting Labour Mobility (ESF) – Emerging Priorities
• Short term unemployed (3 to 12 months) • Long term unemployed (those that have completed the ‘Work
Programme’ • Economically inactive
Specific Target Groups
• Older workers (50+) • ESA customers • Lone parents • Ex-offenders • Graduates
Local Implementation Plan
TO8 - Promoting Employment and Supporting Labour Mobility (ESF) – Measures/Activities
• Employability skills • Skills support for the unemployed • Measures to address barriers to employment (e.g.
childcare/transport) • Advice and support for specific groups (e.g. lone
parents/women returners • Intermediate Labour Market Activities (e.g. work experience)
Delivery
• A network of local hubs based in areas where most needed
Local Implementation Plan
TO10 - Investing in Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (ESF) Emerging Priorities
• Addressing the full range of employer needs • Promoting Higher Level Apprenticeships • Specific focus on skills for key growth sectors such as life
sciences and manufacturing • Support for level 2 as a route to progression to higher level
skills • Vocational qualifications to address skills gaps in maths, English
and ICT • Particular skills support for those aged 50+ • Management and leadership skills (SMEs) • Support for employers to develop training plans • Specific support for those facing redundancy
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty (ESF) Principles
• Aimed at those furthest from the labour market seeking to reduce social exclusion and help tackle poverty
• Active inclusion will help people who are some distance from the labour market and who may face multiple disadvantages to tackle their barriers to moving forward and progressing in employment
• Not looking for lots of small projects • Lead partner/consortium approach favoured
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
TO9 - Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty (ESF) – Match Funded by Big Lottery
Target Activity Areas
• Early interventions for young people – (aged 16-24) • Barriers to employment • Financial confidence • VCSE capacity building
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
TO9 - Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty Early interventions for young people – (aged 16-24) • Specific support to improve employability of those
furthest from the labour market • Tailored support to help to re-engage marginalised
young people NEET, e.g. life skills • Innovative approaches, customised training, support
and volunteering activities • Some focus on specific target groups such as: young
lone parents; looked after children and care leavers; carers; ex-offenders; those involved in gangs; and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities.
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
TO9 - Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty Barriers to employment
• Activities which address multiple needs mapped to a range of identified needs, e.g. mental health, addiction, disabilities, ethnic minorities and migrant workers, ex-offenders, homeless etc.
• Provision should be linked into the ‘Troubled Families’ project providing appropriate progression routes. The project is delivered via Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) and funded by DCLG.
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
TO9 - Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty
Financial confidence
• Activities focussed on addressing the root causes of poverty which create barriers to work to help more people move closer or into employment.
• Likely to be linked to issues raised around debt, universal credit, child poverty, affordable childcare, housing etc.
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
TO9 - Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty (ESF) – Match Funded by Big Lottery VCSE capacity building • Activities to support capacity building of the
community and voluntary sector.
Local Implementation Plan (T09)
TO9 - Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty (ESF) – Match Funded by Big Lottery Your Input • Additional support for the evidence base? • Have we identified the right priorities? • Target groups? • Best and most effective use of resources • Geographical targeting?
Timetable (subject to alteration)
• January 2014 – Hertfordshire ESIF Strategy conditionally approved
• March to December 2014 – Investment priorities developed and refined
• January 2015 – ERDF, ESF and EAFRD England Operational Programmes approved by EC
• January/July 2015 – Programme launch, initial publication of tender specifications/ project calls
• June/December 2015 – First projects/bids approved
Contacts
Hertfordshire LEP
Norman Jennings E: [email protected] T: +44 (0) 1707 358745 M: +44 (0) 7717 787775
ACL European
Andy Luff E: [email protected] T: +44 (0) 1223 968878 M: + 44 (0) 7825 827210
Building Better Opportunities in Hertfordshire
13th November 2014
Jonathan Clark
Policy & Learning Manager
Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund
Local Funding
Why ESIF?
OUR MISSION Making a real difference to
communities and the lives of people most in
need
ESF TO9 Promoting social
inclusion and combating poverty
OUTCOME 1 To maximise the impact of this funding
OUTCOME 2 To improve access
to European Funds by VCSE organisations
A simple equation?
BIG SFA DWP
The journey into work
Not really...
RULES SIGN-OFF MONITORING RISK
• Cash match £260M Lottery money 1
• Run a two-stage competitive grants process 2
• Offer Lottery development grants 3
• Provide support to applicants throughout 4
• Simplify reporting and monitoring requirements 5
Our Offer
Proposed two stage competitive grants process
• Outline proposal
• Lottery money
• Detailed proposal
Launch date: Estimated June 2015 Grant size: £1million + Model: Lead organisation+ delivery partners
Geographic coverage Hertfordshire
Total amount of funding allocated to
LEP directly related to Big Lottery Fund match
EU Funds £5,680,000
Big Lottery Match £5,680,000
Total £11,360,000
Priorities identified by LEP for this work
Early interventions for young people Specific support to improve the employability of those furthest from the
labour market
Barriers to employment Delivering activities which address multiple needs
Financial Confidence Activities focussed on addressing the root causes of poverty which create
barriers to work to help more people move closer or into employment
Link to LEP website www.hertfordshirelep.com/european-funding.aspx
Local Priorities
Programme Development Funding
36 grants worth £630,000 to prepare the sector £20,000 awarded in Hertfordshire
Further Information
Programme Development Fund in Hertfordshire
Sarah Elliott
Herts Get Set Project Manager
Herts Get Set
• Who is delivering?
• What are we going to do?
• What do you need to do?
Herts Get Set Partners
Lead body
Steering Group
Communications
Hertfordshire Community Foundation
• Has led Big Lottery partnership projects – BASIS2 Getting to the Grassroots – Transforming Local Infrastructure
• Previous ESF experience – Key Fund – EEDA Economic Participation
• Lead body for Hertfordshire Training & Development Consortium (HTDC) – Workforce development for the VCS – Supports VCS training providers
Steering Group
• Long term ESF experience
– e.g. CAD1 involved in ESF since 1998 and member of ESF Regional Management Committee for 3 previous ESF programmes
• Extensive experience of transnational European funded projects (CAD1 and CVSBEH2)
• All provide information, support and advice to the VCS including funding and bid planning
1 Community Action Dacorum 2 CVS Broxbourne & East Herts
Herts Community Solutions
• New CIC set up via Transforming Local Infrastructure project
• Aside from steering group, members are CVS St Albans, Watford and Three Rivers Trust, Welwyn Hatfield CVS and Herts Sports Partnership
• County-wide network to maximise reach of communications and support for the VCS
Herts Get Set
What are we going to do?
Preparation
• Briefings
• Collate information
• Set up project helpline and email address
• Develop project web page
• Create database
• Project staff training
October – November 2014
Awareness
• Regular Herts Get Set e-bulletins
• VCS information events:
– Choice of venues/dates across the county
– Details of the ESF Social Inclusion project opportunities in Hertfordshire
• Stakeholder workshop:
– To discuss potential ESF projects in the context of existing provision
December 2014 – February 2015
Support & Development
• 1:1 information/support via dedicated helpline and email address
– Provided by Michal Siewniak – Partnership Co-ordinator for Herts Get Set
• Partnership Development workshop
– To bring together potential applicants and support partnership development
February 2015 onwards
Go!
• Hertfordshire Social Inclusion projects will be ready to apply for ESF funding
– Partnerships/relationships established
– Eligible projects designed
– Applicants understand how to apply
– Knowledge of monitoring requirements, contract and payment terms
Herts Get Set
What do you need to do?
You need to:
• Ensure that you and relevant colleagues are on our database
– Especially if you are not a CVS or HTDC member
– Email [email protected]
• Look out for e-bulletins and event invitations
• Be aware of eligibility criteria once specified
– Use the 1:1 support if unsure
• Be ready and willing to collaborate
Improve your chances
• Does your organisation have development needs? – Capacity-building funding/support may help you
– Contact HTDC or your CVS for advice
• Do you have employability project delivery credentials? – The last round of ESF Community Grants is open
now (deadline 28th November)
– www.tchc.net/services/community-grants
Questions?
What are the Social Inclusion Needs and Hotspots in Hertfordshire?
Michal Siewniak
Herts Get Set Partnership Co-ordinator
Hertfordshire LEP Priorities – Tackling Social Inclusion
• Young people 16-24
• Disadvantaged adults with identified needs that present barriers to employment
• Financial Confidence – addressing the root causes of poverty
Young People 16-24 Red Groups
Aim: To improve the employability of those furthest from the labour market Specific groups include: NEETS Young lone parents Looked after children/care leavers Ex-offenders Those involved in gangs Young people with learning difficulties & disabilities
Disadvantaged adults with identified needs – Blue Groups
Aim: To help disadvantaged people to move towards/into employment by tackling the barriers they face Specific needs include: Mental health Addiction Disabilities Ethnic minorities and migrant workers Ex-offenders Homeless Adults/families with multiple needs
Financial Confidence – Green Group
Aim: To address the root causes of poverty that create barriers to work Specific issues include: Debt Universal Credit Child poverty Affordable childcare Housing
Questions – for your table’s theme
1. What are the key barriers to social inclusion?
2. Who are the main client groups?
3. Where are the geographical hotspots?
Next steps
• Today’s feedback will be collated
– Will inform the LEP needs analysis
– Contribute to design of Hertfordshire’s projects
• You and others on our database will be sent web-links to today’s presentations
• You will receive Herts Get Set bulletins and event invitations
