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Rural Development Programme for England 2014 – 2020
European Funding Network (EFN) Roundtable
Wednesday 16th July 2014Friends House, Euston
Rural Development Programme (RDP)
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Pillar 2:•87% or £3.1bn on the environment•5% or £177m on Growth •4% or £138m on LEADER •4% or £141m on Farming and Forestry Productivity
RDPE Socio-economic Schemes
Farming and Forestry Productivity Increase productivity and enhance the competitiveness of farming and forestry industries.
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LEADER
Support jobs and growth in rural areas
EAFRD Growth Programme
Support growth in the rural economy
National scheme
Locally led schemes-Managing Authority sets out what is possible-LEPs / LAGs decide what is done in local area
Scheme offers to be locally consistent Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Local Action Groups (LAGs)
to communicate within areas to ensure aligned offer across LEADER and Growth Programme
Farming and Forestry Productivity
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Resource Management and Efficiency (water and energy including bioenergy, flood mitigation
Soil, Air and Water Quality (including ammonia, nutrient management and pesticides)
Animal Productivity, Health and Welfare
Arable and Horticultural Productivity Forestry (including wood-fuel and venison supply chain)
Adding Value (storage, processing, supply chain development)
Advice, training and support
CooperationPhysical Capital Grants
LEADER in the next RDPE
Overview:
•£138m LEADER budget
•Envisage 70% of funding directly supporting
the rural economy
Transition:
•Over £2.6m given in transition/preparatory
support
•86 prospective areas
•Aim to have all groups in place by 1st January 2015
Delivering:
•Support for increasing farm productivity
•Support for rural tourism
•Provision of rural services
•Support for cultural and heritage activity
•Support for increasing forestry productivity
•Support for micro and small enterprises and farm diversification
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EAFRD Growth Programme
Overview:£177m Growth Scheme budget – supporting delivery of jobs and growthLocally driven investment – funding allocated to 37 LEP areas, to be delivered in line with their local ESIF strategies
Policy priorities:Knowledge and Skills – rural SME training, mentoring, networkingSupport for SMEs – capital grants and business adviceBroadband – infrastructure investments in the final 5-10% areasRenewables – infrastructure investmentsTourism – support for DMOs, capital grants
Delivery routes:
Defra as the Managing Authority will offer a framework containing a variety of options for delivering the RD Growth Scheme:Small grant schemes – eg. capital support for small / micro businessesLarge grant schemes – eg. Broadband; medium-sized agri-food businessesProcurement – eg. Training provision; Destination Management Organisations.
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