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..........

Kevin.richardson@bis.gsi.gov.uk 07990 787999

Michael.wood@nhsconfed.org 07872 604109