nhs european office accessing eu structural funding michael wood, european policy manager 25 july
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NHS European Office Accessing EU structural fundingMichael Wood, European Policy Manager
25 July
What we will discuss
• Brief background to EU structural funds
• The kinds of activities it can support
• The result indicators that investments will be expected to deliver
• The timetable
• What should AHSNs do next
• Useful reading
• Any questions
European Structural & Investment
Funds :Opportunities for AHSNs
Thursday 25th July 2013
Kevin Richardson
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Quick overview of EU SIF
Covers European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) and European Social Funds (ESF) - €6bn across England from 2014-2020
Support economic and social development projects – differ from other EU funds in that administered at national level
Funds to be used at a local level to increase their combined impact alongside other local public and private investments
Proposed Activities (1)
Build collaborative research between enterprises, research & public institutions
Support businesses, incl. social enterprises, to commercialise Research & Development i.e. bringing new products & business processes to market, incl. those linked to ‘key enabling’, the ‘eight great’, & health science technologies
Physical infrastructure (incl. incubation space & other equipment) to deliver other proposed activities in this Thematic Objective
Proposed Activities (2)
Innovation activities contributing to low carbon goals, resource efficiency & environ protection, while focusing on business investment in Research & Innovation
Intermediate, technical & higher level workforce & management skills to support Research, Development, & Innovation
Limited support to facilitate SMEs involvement in networks of innovative firms
Proposed Activities (3)
Social innovation
active leadership or involvement of civil society at all stages of project design, delivery, & wider adoption
exchange of knowledge from & to a research centre to develop, adopt & spread use of new products & services with demonstrable social impact
a final beneficiary that is a business or other undertaking acting in a business-like manner
beneficiary can continue after the project is complete through wider adoption of those new products & services
Result Indicators
Increased number of businesses actively innovating to bring new products to market
Further embedding innovation and building greater value chain connections within and across relevant functional economies, especially with the use of those enabling technologies that transfer across sectors (smart specialisation indicator)
Timetable
7th October – LEPs send first draft Investment Strategies; to include a) allocation of cash by theme b) indicative types of activity and c) approach to collaboration across boundaries
End Jan ’14 LEPs submit final drafts for approval; likely to include specific proposals for projects
Summer ’14 – programme opens and projects formally appraised, offer letters issued and spend starts
Note. LEP Investment Strategies will change through time; process yet to be identified
What should AHSNs do next?
Talk to LEPs !! – be part of local consultative process
Identify potential scale & scope of possible activities
Make clear basis for collaboration across LEP boundaries
Build / share? EU funding expertise
Useful reading• European Commission guide to Social Innovation –
July 2013• Government’s preliminary guidance to Local Enterpri
se Partnerships – April 2013
• NHS European Office briefing – May 2013• LEP to AHSN allocations – June 2013• Provisional findings of Sir Andrew Witty review into u
niversities and growth - July 2013
• Supplementary guidance to LEPs – July 2013• Framework of European Growth Programme prioritie
s, background analysis – July 2013
• Individual LEP websites
Any Questions?
• Keep in touch as you build and establish your relationships with LEPs..........
[email protected] 07990 787999
[email protected] 07872 604109