Projects Supported by ERDF and ESF

For the 2007-13 period, the Government has delegated the implementation of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to One North East.

The 2007-13 ERDF Competitiveness programme is bringing £255m into the region. Every region develops its own ERDF operational programme with partners to govern how their allocation of money will be spent.  For up to date information about the 2007-13 programme, please click here.

Part-funded ERDF & ESF Projects 2000-2006

Project Part-financed by the European Union
Reference Name Description
1257/202/014C North East B2B Manufacturing Hub

Establishment of a business to business hub in the Region 

031084NE2

Accelerate North East

Four projects to achieve a set of measurable productivity improvements in the manufacturing industry
1257/304/017C Knowledge Central: Sentinel Building To create a landmark Sentinel Building within the Knowledge Campus to provide a hub facility and focal point.
1257/203/020LCZ Nanotechnology Programme in the North East Measure 2.4 To develop a team of engineers capable of rapidly developing product prototypes driven by market demand for new technologies
1257/203/020LCY Nanotechnology Programme in the North East Measure 2.5
031134NE2 Accelerate Retrospection Four projects to achieve a set of measurable productivity improvements in the manufacturing industry
1257/101/005LC Innovation Action Fund Measure Core 1.2 Direct help to small businesses and start ups to obtain grant equity
1257/101/005LT Innovation Action Fund Measure Transitional 1.2
1257/101/007LC Innovation Action Fund Measure Core 2.2
1257/101/007LT Innovation Action Fund Measure Transitional 2.2
1257/301/010C North Seaton Business Park To create a strategic development site of 41.88 ha which is fully serviced and landscaped and ready for development to provide accommodation for SMEs
1257/101/001LC Interest Relief Grant (Core) To assist viable rural small businesses whose finances have been particularly badly affected by Foot and Mouth disease.  To assist in safeguarding jobs and help sustain businesses in the current crisis
1257/101/001LT Interest Relief Grant (Transitional)
1257/106/018LCY Regional Business Support Review Measure 1.1 Establishment of a Regional Network Board which will lead in the implementation of a new model for access to business support
1257/106/018LCZ Regional Business Support Review Measure 2.1
1257/202/011LC E-Commerce Support to SMEs through the Regional Portal Core Electronic gateway to the region - enabling businesses to trade electronically
1257/202/011LT E-Commerce Support to SMEs through the Regional Portal Transitional
1257/203/016C NaREC (Phase 1) To create and enable world-class new and renewable energy provision building upon the North East's industrial and academic expertise
031123NE2 Regional Skills Development Managers A proposal for the appointment of Regional Skills Development Managers to develop and support integrated skills and workforce development for sectors/clusters across the partner network.
1257/501/004LC Regional Package Co-ordination Core Provision of a dedicated team to co-ordinate the development and implementation for the four regional packages: Access to Finance, Developing SMEs, Developing Innovation, Developing Clusters and Sectors
1257/501/004LT Regional Package Co-ordination Transitional
016007NE23 Regional Packages Co-ordination To support the Objective Regional Partnership to achieve the objectives and outputs relating to the business support measures, through the provision of a team to co-ordinate the development and implementation of the delivery plans of the 4 regional packages
1257/202/019LC International Trade META Project Core Help internationalise the business base North East region through the provision of a comprehensive range of support infrastructure for businesses wishing to export and for businesses wishing to expand their International Trade activity into new markets
1257/202/019LT International Trade META Project Transitional
1257/301/006C West Hartford Strategic Site To provide a "Premier Division" strategic site to cater for large scale bespoke developments and thus create a significant number of new jobs
1257/203/021C Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences Phase 1 To generate significant future economic prosperity for the region by: focusing research activities towards market opportunities, co-ordinating life sciences activities within the region, developing intellectual property assets for commercial exploitation and creating and supporting sustainable new businesses and new high jobs within the region
1257/203/022LCZ Codeworks - Centre of Digital Excellence Measure 2.4 Codeworks is positioned as the primary public sector vehicle to catalyse, build and support the growth of an indigenous sustainable and internationally competitive digital technology and media industry in the North East
1257/203/022LCY Codeworks - Centre of Digital Excellence Measure 2.5
041029NE2 CPI - Strategic Skills Development Research the training needs of SMEs in the process industries and will deliver a variety of seminars, workshops, and courses to ensure that the skills of the workforce support the business development need of the companies
1257/203/045C Centre for Process Innovation (Core) Activities relating to development and capacity building for the centre which will lead to development of technology transfer strategies to enhance collaboration with the region's SMEs
1257/102/008C Harmire Enterprise Park To service land, provide infrastructure and the construction of 1858 sqm of workspace which will provide accomodation for SMEs
1257/202/003LC Market Town Portal Core To assist rural SMEs to develop through the stages of e-commerce by offering direct, practical assistance to businesses based around market towns
1257/202/003LT Market Town Portal Transitional To provide an 'Electronic Portal' for selected market towns and provide access to a range of electronic services
1257/202/033CR Speciality Food & Drink SME Market Development To raise awareness of the quantity, quality and diversity of regional foodstuffs
1257/319/029CR Pavillion Office Units - Tyne Dock Provide 1069 sqm office accomodation for the SME market in an area where proven demand has been identified
1257/105/013C Upstarts A six month intensive start up programme for students to prepare pre-start businesses for launch into marketplace 
1257/106/032CR Business Creation and Business Survival To increase regional business birth rate by 15%, encourage additional business growth through the provision of additional business start-up advice and support
1257/201/028CR Cluster Audit & Mapping Support Project Deliver a comprehensive mapping, analysis and evaluation of the regions target clusters
1257/317/035CR Glover Estate Bring into use 1.61 ha of vacant land creating 6503 sqm of industrial floorspace in an area where there is a shortage of such accomodation
021072NE2 Enterprise for the North East Establish a new entrepreneurial culture in the North East, by raising the profile of starting a business, increasing the numbers of people interested in and starting a business and increase the number of business starts
1257/201/027CR Productivity Cluster Development To carry out a thorough mapping exercise of the high value engineering cluster
1257/202/026CR Improving Environmental Performance of Business Feasibility Study To provide structure for quality assured environmental support to businesses across the North East, at consistent cost, increasing the number of companies adopting and benefiting from improved environmental management
1257/313/030CR Newburn Riverside Land Reclamation & Infrastructure Covers the additional costs incurred to complete work related to land reclamation and decontamination, provision of on-site infrastructure and essential off-site infrastructure, landscaping and environmental improvements
1257/202/041CR International Trade Support and Services To assist the region's businesses by providing a comprehensive range of support infrastructure for businesses wishing to export and for businesses wishing to expand their international trade activity into new markets
1257/203/012C Further Exploitation of EEST Development for SMEs To exploit large-scale engineering test facilities (marine, offshore, energy etc.) for the benefit of local SMEs
021291NE3 A Sporting Chance Pilotting research into gender inequalities inherent within the region's expanding sports industry and explores how sport can be used as a mechanism for regeneration, facilitating access and progression for women into regional sport training and education markets
1257/315/023CR Alnwick Garden Phase 1 To establish the 1st phase concerning the existing car park, the Ornamental Garden, the Grand Cascade, the Rose Garden, plantings and landscaping, office and other infrastructure, and project development & management
1257/319/031CR Wylam Wharf Phase 2 Hendon Construction of 4 storey office accomodation suitable for sub-division into 4 lettable B1 office units totalling 790 sqm located on river frontin Hendon/East End area of Sunderland
1257/900/001IA Intelene The project seeks to promote the use of secure ICT procedures within a controlled population as a precursor to the full development of secure region.
1257/101/038CR RSA - Foods Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) was a DTI Grant Scheme that provided discretionary grant support towards capital investment projects which also created or safeguarded jobs within the Assisted Areas.  Most businesses investing in manufacturing were eligible to apply for a grant support, along with some service industries, where the activity was seen to be niche or serviced a national rather than local market.  RSA was a national scheme and as such would not support projects that would simply  transfer jobs from one part of the country to another.  Assistance could be provided to establish a new business, expand/modernise an existing business, set up R&D facilities and enable businesses to take the next step from development to production.  
1257/101/037CR RSA - Muliti-Media Cluster
1257/101/040CR RSA Chemicals
1257/101/039CR RSA General All projects were assessed against set criteria, with the amount and terms of any assistance being negotiated as 'the minimum necessary to encourage the proposed project to go-ahead'.  Grant was paid retrospectively based on achievement of agreed fixed capital expenditure and job targets.  European Commission restrictions apply in some sectors where there is European over-capacity and other restrictions apply where projects are in the UK market which are already fully served and where support would simply displace or reduce existing jobs. 
1257/101/036CR RSA - High Value Added Engineering
1E0009R Interreg IIIC - Tourisme Cross border intiative involving several EU partners to improve the effectivness of polices and instruments for sustainable and balanced regional development and cohesion.
  Interreg IIIC - Healthnet Cross border network creation involving several EU partners. The aim of the network is to share experience and create new learning that strengthens capacity and confidence of regional administrations, to effectively engage the health sector in design and delivery of regional policy relating to sustainable development and social cohesion

Information on the European Regional Development Fund can be obtained by clicking on the following link: ERDF

Information on the European Social Fund can be obtained by clicking on the following link: ESF