New open call for project proposals

30 July 2010 – 20 December 2010

One North East has launched a new open call for ERDF project proposals to support the delivery of both Priority 1 (Enhancing & Exploiting Innovation) and Priority 2 (Business Growth & Enterprise) of the North East England 2007-13 ERDF Competitiveness Programme.

This call will remain open until 5:00pm on 20 December 2010.

A maximum of £20m will be allocated for each priority under this call.  The minimum ERDF funding request is £500,000 (i.e. £1m total eligible project cost, assuming a 50% ERDF grant rate), and the maximum project duration will not exceed three years.

Project proposals may be considered for this call where projects/operations:

• can demonstrate a strong strategic fit with the priorities of the Operational Programme and are not inconsistent with priorities set out in the Government Coalition Programme http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/;
• can demonstrate strong value for money, making a significant contribution towards the achievement of programme output, result and impact targets. Emphasis will be placed on those outputs and results where the programme is currently deficient;
• are worked up, deliverable and can demonstrate that they have evidence that the required match funding is secured or at a significantly advanced stage;
• can demonstrate that they are entirely consistent with the operation of the Business Support Simplification Programme (BSSP) in the region and are compliant with the eligibility and delivery arrangements for the Solutions for Business (SfB) product portfolio for the region;
• can demonstrate that they address identified gaps in coverage and provision taking full account of the range of projects and activities supported under previous calls for the ERDF programme and by other mainstream or discretionary funding;
• can make a meaningful contribution to achievement of the programme n+2 expenditure targets.

Further detail in respect of ERDF requirements is set out in the commissioning documents and associated guidance notes:

Priority 1 Commissioning Document

Priority 2 Commissioning Document

Open Call Process Guidance Note

Project Initiation and Planning Form (PIP)

PIP Finance Table

ERDF Gateway Criteria for Projects

ERDF Core Criteria for Projects

All projects will be subject to assessment against the agreed gateway and core selection 

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Historic information on previous calls:

 

17 February - 18 December 2009

This call is now closed to new applicants

One North East has launched a new open call for ERDF project proposals to support the delivery of both Priority 1 (Enhancing & exploiting innovation) and Priority 2 (Business growth & enterprise) of the North East England 2007-13 ERDF Competitiveness Programme.

This call will remain open until 5:00pm on 18 December 2009.

A maximum of £20m will be allocated for each priority under this call. The minimum ERDF funding request is £500,000 (i.e. £1m total eligible project cost, assuming a 50% ERDF grant rate), and the maximum project duration will not exceed three years.

Project proposals may be considered for this call where projects/operations:

• demonstrate a strong strategic fit with ERDF programme priorities
• are worked up, deliverable and can demonstrate evidence that the required match funding is secured or at a significantly advanced stage
• are consistent with the operation of the region's Business Support Simplification Programme (BSSP) and are compliant with the eligibility and delivery arrangements for the Solutions for Business (SfB) product portfolio
• address identified gaps in provision of enterprise and business support services in the region, taking full account of the range of projects and activities supported under previous calls for the ERDF programme and by other mainstream or discretionary funding
• make a meaningful contribution to achievement of the first and subsequent n+2 expenditure targets.

Please note that under Priority 1 of the North East England 2007-13 ERDF Competitiveness Programme (Enhancing and Exploiting Innovation), One North East is now inviting the submission of project/operation proposals in support of innovative energy efficiency measures which demonstrate and test the application of renewable energy technologies for existing social housing.  A total of £6m ERDF has been allocated to support eligible projects.  For further information, click onto the P1 annex on energy efficiency below.

Further detail in respect of ERDF requirements is set out in the commissioning documents and associated guidance notes:

P1 commissioning document
P1 Annex Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Measures in Existing Social housing

P1 open call process guidance note
Annex 1 – Innovation Connector Investment Plan Template

P2 commissioning document
P2 open call process guidance note

PIP form A
Financial table

ERDF gateway criteria for projects

ERDF core criteria for projects

All projects will be subject to assessment against the agreed gateway and core selection.

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Regional economic downturn open call (17 November – 5 December 2008)

This call is now closed to new applicants.

This call is specifically focused on projects which can support regional business to retain their competitive position and safeguard jobs in the current economic downturn.

A maximum of £7m revenue investment is being allocated through this call.  The minimum ERDF funding request is £500,000. (i.e. £1m total eligible project cost, assuming ERDF at 50% grant rate).

The PMC has agreed that the maximum project approval will not exceed three years. Eligible activities are set out in more detail in Table 2 of the Commissioning Document below and include:

• Actions to improve the productivity and efficiency of SMEs
• Promoting of finance for business and the provision of access to it
• Grants for business investment
• Support for innovation in SMEs
• Actions to promote international sales and marketing development
• Promotion of resource efficiency within SMEs.

This call is open from Monday 17 November 2008 to Friday 5 December 2008 at 5:00pm.

Proposals may be considered for this call where projects/operations:

• can demonstrate a strong strategic fit with the priorities of the Operational Programme
• are worked up, deliverable and can demonstrate they require urgent approval in order to commence delivery in the current financial year (i.e. by 31 March 2009)
• have evidence that the required match funding is secured or is at a significantly advanced stage
• can demonstrate they are entirely consistent with Business Support Simplification Programme (BSSP)
• represent an appropriate and swift response to current economic issues, and can be delivered without prejudice to existing business support services.

Further detail in respect of ERDF requirements is set out in the Commissioning Document for the call directly below, together with the following pieces of guidance documentation:

Economic downturn open call commissioning document
Project initiation and planning (PIP) form
PIP finance table
Process guidance document

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Open call for proposals (20 May to 31 July 2008)

This call is now closed to new applicants.

The first call for projects meeting the priorities of innovation and business growth and enterprise ran from 20 May until 12 noon on 31 July 2008.

This was the first of a series of calls for project proposals over the life of the 2007-13 ERDF programme, seeking projects which either had already started or were due to start before 31 December 2008, i.e. those requiring retrospective or urgent approval.

Project proposals were considered for this call where projects/operations:

• can demonstrate a strong strategic fit with the priorities of the Operational Programme
• are (1) worked up, deliverable and can demonstrate they require urgent approval in order to commence delivery in the current calendar year (i.e. by the end of December 2008) or (2) are fully eligible for and can demonstrate the requirement for retrospective funding if required (retrospection is potentially available from 1 January 2007)
• have evidence that the required match funding is secured or negotiations are at a significantly advanced stage
• can demonstrate that they are consistent with the Business Support Simplification Programme (BSSP).

£15m was available for each priority.  The call was made against a commissioning document for each priority, inviting applications which will be shaped by the activities, outputs and outcomes the programme seeks to achieve.