The document discusses the EU's funding and partnership strategies in North West England, focusing on a 7-year budget plan and upcoming consultations. It highlights the importance of collaboration between local authorities, civil society, and various stakeholders to effectively utilize EU funds. The text also mentions several funding initiatives and the need for strong representation and support from the voluntary and community sector (VCS) to achieve economic, social, and territorial cohesion.

1. EU-VCS-LEP
View from North West England
Birmingham
4th February 2013
Andy Churchill

2. Headlines
 7 year Budget MFF - next meetings 7,8 Feb
 Code of Practice on Partnership
 Consultation in Spring
 National v Local
 Working with the LEPs

3. Europe 2020
Smart
Sustainable
Inclusive

4. 4
Economic
Social
and Territorial
Cohesion
Economic
Social
and Territorial
Cohesion

5. Economic
Social
and Territorial
Cohesion
Economic
Social
and Territorial
Cohesion

6. North West England
 Manchester
 Liverpool
 Lancashire
 Cumbria
 Cheshire

7. North West England
 Manchester City Region
 Liverpool City Region
 Lancashire
 Cumbria
 Cheshire

8. North West England
 Manchester City Region
 Liverpool City Region (Transition Area?)
 Lancashire (Transition Area?)
 Cumbria (Transition Area?)
 Cheshire

9. North West England
 Manchester City Region
 Liverpool City Region (Transition Area?) (Obj 1, phasing in)
 Lancashire (Transition Area?)
 Cumbria (Transition Area?)
 Cheshire

10. 2007-13 Programme
 Partnership working
 VCS represented on LMC, sub-committees and ad-hoc ctees
 Current ERDF programme - risk averse
 ERDF - very slow appraisal process
 JEREMIE - slow start, funds reduced, management changes
 JESSICA - slow start, just beginning to spend (2013)
 ERDF-ESF generally not working together
 ESF Community Grants - 4% Liverpool and direct bid
 ESF Liverpool complementary strand (not co-financed)
 Strong ESF links - we convene VCS-CFO meetings

11. NW LEPs
 For NW England, good boundaries (NUTS II and counties)
 Almost no VCS representation
 Liverpool largest - 40 staff (was Tourism Group)
 Beginning to work
 Strong support from Local Authorities
 Will need strong support from VCS to carry out EU funded work
 Each one is unique …

12. Recent Activity
 Open Days - Partnership and CLLD
 JEREMIE - North West Fund
 Outputs and Results
 Others
 Croatia - Fourth Priority
 Poland - Social Enterprise
 Wales - ILMs and SIBs
 City Deals - Liverpool and Manchester
 Liverpool LEP

13. Next Steps
 Code of Conduct
 BIS Consultation
 Supporting LEPs
 Drafting local proposals
 Good practice
 Detailed work on delivery mechanisms

14. Code of Conduct on Partnership
 Fiche 1 (18 January 13)
 Partners
 Authorities (includes largest cities)
 Economic & Social Partners (includes Social Economy)
 Civil Society, NGOs, Environment, Equality, non-discriminate
 Involved, consulted and fully informed
 Membership of committees (includes gender)
 Best practice - Calls
 Capacity building
 Includes Tech Assist for VCS, and capacity building
 Good practice
 Evaluation

15. Key Areas
 Simplification
 Inclusion - gender and race, excluded groups, health
 Regeneration
 SMEs
 Social Innovation
 Social Business Initiative
 SGEI and Procurement, Social Economy, Scaling Up
 Financial Instruments
 Smart Specialisation
 City Regions (ITI)
 Community-led Local Development

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