1. EU Structural and Investment Fund Growth Programme Social Inclusion

2. Who is in the room? Specialists Leaders/experts from each local area
Funding experts

3. Aims of the workshop
To determine the priorities for each local area which make up the Marches LEP
To identify similar themes across the localities which will influence future working/funding opportunities

4. EU Structural and Investment Funds
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Research, innovation, business development (including SE ) and infrastructure investment
European Social Fund (ESF)
Training, enhancing access to employment and social inclusion
20% Social Inclusion
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD),
Will be aligned with the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). This funding should begin to come on stream in mid-2014.
Community Led Local Development and Leader funding

5. Social Inclusion European Context
The Europe 2020 strategy has a goal of promoting social inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty;
To lift at least 20milion people across the EU out of the risk of poverty and social exclusion
National Policy Context
Governments Strategy for Social Justice “ Social Justice: Transforming Lives” sets out the commitment to giving individuals and families facing multiple disadvantage the support and tools they need to turn their lives around.

6. EU Structural & Investment Funds Core Themes
Minimum spending levels at national level required by the regulations
Less Developed Regions
Transition Regions
(Shropshire)
More Developed
Regions
Employment
At least 60% ESF must be spent on up to 4 sub- priorities within these themes
At least 70% ESF must be spent on up to 4 sub-priorities within these themes
At least 80% ESF must be spent on up to 4 sub-priorities within these themes
Skills
Social Inclusion
(at least 20% value of ESF)
Transition Regions:
Devon
Lincolnshire
East Yorkshire & N. Lincolnshire
Shropshire & Staffordshire
South Yorkshire
Merseyside
Lancashire
Tees Valley & Durham
Highlands & Islands
Cumbria
Northern Ireland 6

7. Thematic Objectives For ESF (but ERDF can also be used as well)
TO 8: Promoting Employment and Supporting Labour Mobility
TO 9: Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty
TO10: Investing in Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning
Due to the European requirement for at least 80% of European Social Fund to be focused on four investment priorities in more developed areas (and at least 70% and 60% in transition and less developed areas respectively) for thematic objectives 8,9 and 10, Local Enterprise Partnerships are encouraged to focus on activities that would align with the following investment priorities:

8. Investment Priorities
Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility.
Sustainable integration of young people, in particular those not in employment, education or training into the labour market.
Active inclusion in particular with a view to improving employability
Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems; including improving the quality of vocational education and training and the establishment and development of work-based learning and apprenticeship schemes such as dual learning systems

9. Papers available on tables
Overview of the ESI funds - Helga Edstrom’s slides from workshop 1
Funding priorities
Possible activities that would meet the objectives
Criteria for evaluation
Consolidated lists of result indicators
PLUS: Local area specific identified needs from papers
shared ahead of the session

10. Identifying and consolidating priorities
Each local area to discuss key priorities within its reach.
What is known at the moment? (current priorities)
What trends are emerging? (future priorities)
What are the challenges to addressing these priorities?
What issues are emerging but do not fit within social inclusion?

11. WORKING COFFEE BREAK

12. Presentation from each local area
Each local area to discuss key priorities within its reach.
What is known at the moment? (current priorities)
What trends are emerging? (future priorities)
What are the challenges to addressing these priorities?
What issues are emerging but do not fit within social inclusion?
Herefordshire
Shropshire
Telford and Wrekin

13. What next? Priorities and interdependencies will be typed up.
Sign off will be sought for the priorities.
Next session:
Priorities presented
Delivery models described
Projects which might meet the priorities developed