Jan Gilder; Michelle Depper-Westwood; Alison Ogilvie; Marc Fleetham ERDF Workshop KTP Conference 9 th & 10 th December 2010

What do you know about ERDF? Pain in ****? Time consuming Complicated Claims Audit Clawback Admin heavy

cKTP Advantage West Midlands drive to treble the amount of KTP activity across the West Midlands. From a base of having 70 active partnerships a target of 210 agreed Embed KT capabilities within regional HEI’s who are not currently engaged

Why University of Wolverhampton? EU Funding

Lessons Learnt University of Wolverhampton took the lead: Leading regional HEI – KTP Respected track record working with ERDF Obtaining regional HEI Partners buy-in: Set achievable KTP growth targets with each institution Shared internal systems, processes and methodology Provision of on-going support/training/workshops for; employer facing HEI staff; academics; finance team; personnel staff etc Raising regional awareness of KTP through: Complimentary working with governmental/professional business facing bodies: Business Link/Chambers of Commerce/Innovation Advisory Service Business Networking Groups/Clubs Regional Market Development Manager: working with each partner to co-ordinate a regional wide KTP marketing plan

Project Structure Company Contribution ERDF TSB ERDF only eligible costs : Time sheeted Academic costs, Time sheeted support staff costs, AWM audited overheads TSB & ERDF eligible costs : Associate employment cost, Associate non- employment costs Non ERDF eligible costs : 46% overheads, £21k notional academic cost MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT BUDGETS

Partner 1 – Local Management Partner 1 – Local Management Partner 2 – Local Management Partner 2 – Local Management Partner 3 – Local Management Partner 3 – Local Management Partner 4 – Local Management Partner 4 – Local Management Partner 5 – Local Management Partner 5 – Local Management Partner 6 – Local Management Partner 6 – Local Management Partner 7 – Local Management Partner 7 – Local Management Partner 8 – Local Management Partner 8 – Local Management Partner 9 – Local Management Partner 9 – Local Management Partner 10 – Local Management Partner 10 – Local Management Partner 11 – Local Management Partner 11 – Local Management Partner 12 – Local Management Partner 12 – Local Management KTP

Regional KTP Manager Marc Fleetham Clare Mackinnon KTP Manager KTP Administrator Sandra Simpson Marketing Officer Lynne Hewitt KTP Administrator Sue Swansborough University of Wolverhampton KTP Staffing Structure Secretarial and Project Support – Drawn from Business Solutions on timesheets KTP Advisors Business Link West Midlands Business Development – Drawn from Business Solutions and Academics on Timesheets Project Accountant Michelle Depper- Westwood Finance Monitoring Officers on Timesheets 70% 100% Emma Howitt Regional KTP Marketing Manager Alison Ogilvie Project Management Support

Behind the Scenes… Collaboration Agreements Partner Meetings ERDF Classic KTP Funding Guidance Capacity Building Events Claim structure and procedure – financial & outputs

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of ERDF

UK ERDF allocation

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