Employment and Skills Partnership Board

David FletcherExecutive Director

15th June 2012

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

Overview

• Introduction to SWEP• Update on our current situation• What are we working on and how we work

– Cohesion Policy and budgets– The processes

• What are our key issues• Where can Board members support us• Next steps and the future for engagement in the EU

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

1. Introduction to SWEP

• Policy - ahead of the game in EU policy• Programmes - project support and access to partners• Advocacy - intelligence on strategy and objectives

• Profiling - expertise, products, services• Positioning - intelligence on strategy and objectives

Established for over a decade providing intelligence and expertise in EU affairs the South West European Partnership and its trading subsidiary 225degrees Ltd aims to provide public, private and social enterprise sector organisations with support on engagement in Europe

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

2. What we are working on

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

• Cohesion Policy (ESF, ERDF, EMFF, EAFRD)

• Common Agricultural Policy• Connecting Europe Facility

(Energy, Transport and Broadband infrastructure)

• Financial instruments• Health for Growth programme• Horizon 2020

• Programme for Competitiveness of SMEs

• European Institute of Technology

• Erasmus for All• Creative Europe• LIFE Programme• Europe for citizens’

programme• Programme for Social Change

and Innovation (PSCI) (Progress, EURES and European Progress Microfinance Facility

3. Cohesion Policy

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

• European Commission proposes overall budget of EUR 1,025 billion.

• CAP remains biggest allocation – EUR 386.9 billion

• Followed by Cohesion Policy – EUR 376 billion• Horizon 2020 for research and innovation –

EUR 80 billion• Connecting Europe Facility EUR 50 Billion

3. Cohesion Policy - objectives

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

1. Innovation and R&D2. ICT: Improving access; quality and usage3. SMEs: Improving competitiveness, incl. in the agricultural and

aquaculture sectors 4. Shift to low carbon economy5. Climate change adaptation and risk management6. Environmental protection & resource efficiency7. Sustainable transport and unblocking key networks8. Employment and labour mobility9. Social inclusion and fighting poverty10. Education, skills and lifelong learning11. Improving institutional capacity for efficient public administration

(‘Technical Assistance’)

3. Cohesion Policy – Recent History and Next steps

March 2012 EUROSTAT announcement

Up to May 2012 Negotiation on rules and controls

May – Dec 2012 Negotiation on regulation articlese.g. Thematic concentrationMember state consultation with “regions”

Early-mid 2013 Submission of Partnership Contracts and Operational Programmes

Mid/late -2013 Adoption of legislative acts by European Parliament and Council

2014 Launch of programmes

3. What are our key issues

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

• The political and economic context of Europe• Engagement of the UK in Europe and EU

issues• Adapting the way we work and operate• Breaking into new markets

– Private sector, health, emergency and civil services

• Belgium, Belgium....Belgium

• A pivotal role for employment and skills leaders• Changes in UK funding• Enterprise, innovation and growth• Relationship with business• Social Enterprise• Access to finance and financial engineering

• “Simplification” and access to programmes post 2013• 2012 is a critical year for influencing the future programmes• 2012 into 2013 are critical years for development of UK plans for strategy and management

6. Where can Board members support us – now and in the future?)

3. Where can Board members support us

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB

• Awareness and profile raising for the office• Seeing beyond structural funds

• Arts, culture, youth etc• Clusters, networks, engagement in Europe and pan-

European networks• “Strategic catalyst and a 'voice for the region' in

strategic dialogue with government”• Supporting engagement (capacity, critical

mass/scale, sector development) to make the most out of EU opportunities

Thank you

David FletcherExecutive Director

225 Degrees LtdSouth West European Partnership

Rue du Luxembourg 3, B-1000Brussels

Tel: 07557940983dfletcher@225sw.eu

225 Degrees Limited – Registered in England and Wales – Registration No: 7646354 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the South West European Partnership a company limited by guarantee – Registration No 7616200: - Registered Charity Number (applied for) – both with Registered Offices at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB