inclusion and economic growth - european funding as a resource
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Future of European Funding Conference: RAWM & NCVO European Funding Network, Thursday 26 July 2012. NCVO’s European Funding Network, in association with RAWM co-hosted an event in Birmingham to provide VCS organisations in the West Midlands with the opportunity to listen to and comment on BIS proposals for future EU funding and to exchange good practice from the current funding period. Find out more about NCVO's european policy work: http://europeanfundingnetwork.euTRANSCRIPT
INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
European funding as a resource
WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020The development processThe development process
Working groups
• Strengthening research, technological development and innovation ERDF
• Enhancing access to and use and quality of ICT ERDF• Supporting the shift to a low-carbon economy ERDF• Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility
ESF
• Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty ESF• Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning ESF
WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020
KEY THEMESKEY THEMES
Collating and determining activities to determine regional priorities and where value can be added: • Promoting employment and supporting labour
mobility • Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty• Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning
WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020
Links to ESF working group (i)Links to ESF working group (i)
Enhancing the competitiveness of Civil Society to add value to and deliver services / activities to address issues of: • High unemployment and unskilled workforce• Low education, skills and improve life long learning• Engaging with poverty and increase social inclusion• Wrap around support to employment • Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty• Growing enterprising activities
WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020
Links to ESF working group (ii)Links to ESF working group (ii)
Technical Assistance – aiming at assisting organisations in obtaining and administering European programmes
Community Grants – allows community groups to provide soft skills training to individuals (first steps to lifelong learning)
WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL WEST MIDLANDS EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020FRAMEWORK 2014 – 2020What we have known......What we have known......
But there are no guarantees , so what do we want from this?......But there are no guarantees , so what do we want from this?......
Higher education, continuation of
placementsemployment
Grow your own workforce and
employment sectors
Require co-ordinated activity and sharing data
Apprenticeships,Supported volunteering,Work based training,
Can ESF be a potential funding route for future-proofing inclusion and Economic Growth?
INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – A INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – A COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR THE THIRD COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR THE THIRD
SECTORSECTOR
Appointed a Policy Associate (Europe) in May 2012 Data collation Contextual seminars starting in September 2012 Submission to European Advisory Panel – October 2012
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