ERDF and ESF Delivery supporting Regeneration through People Nigel Howells Head of Competitiveness South West RDA

ERDF Focus of Programme  Single Objective – to increase the prosperity of the region through supporting enterprises and individuals to develop ideas and plans which contribute to increased productivity and competitiveness  Three Priority Axes –  Innovation and Knowledge  Enterprise and Growth  Urban Enterprise

Priority Axis One – Innovation and Knowledge  to increase the sales and productivity of companies through increasing the rate of innovation and the economic benefits of knowledge and product and process improvements  to increase the number of high value added, innovative new start businesses

Priority Axis Two – Enterprise and Growth  Increase the proportion of businesses and employment in high value added new starts  Increase the quality of new starts through supporting high growth and high value added new starts  Increase the sales and productivity of businesses through the provision of high quality business support in areas including internationalisation and investment support

Priority Axis Three – Urban Enterprise Aim  Find new approaches to addressing the region’s most deprived neighbourhoods through enterprise creation Objective  Increase the level of enterprise/social enterprise activity in the regions most deprived neighbourhoods

Priority Axis Three - Strands  The creation of new/social enterprises within under-represented groups  Access to Finance  Business support services in the community  Enterprise opportunities from environmental improvements  Small scale infrastructure

Links with ESF Delivery Priority Axis One - Extending Employment Opportunities  The objective is to increase employment and to reduce unemployment and inactivity across the South West

Links with ESF Delivery Priority Axis Two – Developing a Skilled and Adaptable Workforce  Basic Skills  Level Two  Level Three (where justified)  Reducing gender segregation  Developing managers and workers in small enterprises

Joined Up Working on the Ground ESF Co-financers  LSC (Skills Funding Agency)  DWP – through Jobcentre Plus  National Offender Management Service

Joined Up Working on the Ground ERDF  South West RDA  SIF Partners – Bristol/Torbay/Plymouth

Joined Up Working on the Ground Providers  The need to remember to identify what is right for the individual  Avoidance of target chasing

Outcome  Jobs  Self Employment/Business Start Up  Social Enterprise Start Up  Incubation space

Questions?  Nigel Howells  Head of Competitiveness  South West Regional Development Agency 