Details Subject to Change As Eu Discussions Continue

EU FUNDING PROGRAMMES SUMMARY TABLE_v7(January 2014)

DETAILS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS EU DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE

2007-2013  / 2014-2020(subject to change) / EU budget(to be confirmed) / Scope/What’s new / Key dates / Notes
FUNDING IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOMENT
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) / ERDF, ESF and parts of the EAFRD (RDPE), known collectively as the EU Structural and Investment Funds’ will be combinedinto the European Growth Programme in England from 2014-2020. 20% of ERDF investment to be concentrated on supporting a shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors.
At least 50% of investments in more developed regions will go towards ESF priority investments. ESF investment in social inclusion – 20% of ESF investments. / UK Allocation approx €9.571billion from 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF only, €6.174 billion for England across the three categories (More Developed, Transitional and Less Developed).
Notional allocations in the East of England to LEP areas:
New Anglia €94.5m
GCGP €75.5m
Hertfordshire €69.5m
SEM LEP €88.3m
SELEP €185.9
EAFRD allocations 2015-2020
New Anglia €16.25m
GCGP €9.23m
Hertfordshire €1.89m
SEM LEP €5.34m
SELEP €18.07m / All ERDF, most of the ESF and some EAFRD (rural) funding for England has been allocated to LEP geographies through ‘notional’ allocations.
The combined EU Growth Programme will prioritise investment in innovation, including research and development, SME competitiveness, ICT, skills, low carbon, employment and social inclusion.
Operational Programmes for ERDF and ESF to be national, little devolved management likely. GDTs to be replaced by ‘local growth teams’ (potentially cross departmental). Governance by a national ‘EU Growth Programme Board’ with possible advisory structures at LEP geographical level. Governance to be determined by LEPs.
DCLG to be the Managing Authority for both the ERDF and ESF programmes, DEFRA to continue to be the MA for EAFRD. / 31 January 2014,final LEP ESI fund strategies submitted to government.
Feb/March 2014: 1st draft of UK Partnership Agreement (Business Plan between the UK Government and the European Commission)
ERDF&ESF programmes to be operational by mid/late 2014. Rural elements to start only in 2015. / Supplementary guidance for LEPs was published in late July. This was accompanied by a series of opt-in prospectuses by national organisations offering different forms of co-financing. Further opt ins published in the Autumn.
Regulations agreed in December 2013 by Parliament and Council.
European Social Fund (ESF) / National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to remain managed and co-financed at a national level
Territorial Co-operation Programmes / Territorial Co-operation Programmes: Transnational, interregional and cross border programmes unlikely to change much from current programme / European Commission proposed:
73.24% for cross border co-operation
20.78% for transnational co-operation
5.98% for interregional co-operation
UK allocation €760 million
Budget for interregional co-operation (‘INTERREG Europe VC’) €500 million / Greater concentration of investment on fewer priorities which will be similar to the priorities of the mainstream ERDF. Cross-border and transnational programmes will have to choose up to 4 thematic objectives from a thematic menu.
Geographical changes: The current ‘adjacent’ areas in the two cross border programmes will be fully eligible (e.g. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough)
Territorial co-operation regulation still allows maritime cross border co-operation (up to 150km) / The 2 Seas(VA),North Sea, North West Europe(VB) and ‘INTERREG Europe’ (VC) programmes have agreed the 14-20 programme priorities and are on course to have their OPs agreed by mid- 2014.
The France(Channel) England programme agreed its priorities at the PPG of 17th December 2013 and will submit its OP in June 2014. / Norfolk County Council to be the managing authority for the France (Channel) England cross border (VA) programme. All other managing authorities of the other four programmes accessible by East of England partners unchanged.
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development / European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development / The total budget for the CAP for 2014-2020 is €362.787, 37.8% of the EU’s budget. €84.936 billion will be available within this envelope for Rural Development (Pillar 2) in 2011 prices for the next seven years. / In December 2013, DEFRA announced how it plans to split the English 2014-20 CAP allocation to England of €15 billion. €3billion of this will be spent on environmental and rural development schemes. Pillar
2 (nonfarm direct payments) funding will be 12%, up from 9% in the last period.
The split will be:
-87% to agri-environment schemes (up from 83%)
-13% to all other rural development schemes, allocated as follows:
-5% to LEPs through the Growth Programme (see EU Growth Programme section above for detail of split among LEPs)
-4% for farming and forestry competitiveness,
-4% to LEADER programmes.
Accountable bodies will no longer need to bankroll payments, as is currently the case The rural payments authority (RPA) will make the payments once the accountable body has undertaken the required checks etc / Jan/Feb ’14 DEFRA to publish a detailed prospectus/national delivery framework that will set out the strategic direction for LEADER, the process for the establishment of LAGs and the criteria that will be used for their assessment.
In early May, all LAG areas are to be defined, including new LAG areas.
Then between June and August ‘14, the LAG partnership and the application is to be developed.
All EAFRD spend to begin in Jan 2015
FUNDING IN THE AREA OF RIGHTS AND JUSTICE
Daphne III / The Rights, Equalityand Citizenship Programme
Note: will also incorporate the ‘Anti-Discriminationand Diversity’ and ‘Gender Equality’ parts of the current PROGRESS programme. / €439.4 m / The programme will support actions in the areas of Union citizenship; non-discrimination
on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; xenophobia and other forms of intolerance; prevention andcombating violence against children, young people and women, protection of victims andgroups at risk; data protection; rights of the child and consumer and business rights in theinternal market.
Through:-information and public awareness raising; training and capacity building for practitioners; strengthening EU-wide networks; cross-border cooperation on enforcement; research, analysis and other support activities. / Published in the Official Journal of the EU on 28 December 2013.
2014 Annual Work Programme expected in April. First Calls for proposals to follow. / Now adopted.
The name ‘Daphne’ has been retained with the REC programme.
Fundamental Rights & Citizenship
Note: final call for Action Grants deadline 12 March 2014.
Drug Prevention & Information / The Justice Programme / €377.6 m / Covers judicialcooperation in civil and criminal matters and judicial training. Theprogramme supports actions to facilitate, promote and support judicial cooperation incivil and criminal matters; judicial training; access to justice for all and initiatives in thefield of drugs policy as regards judicial cooperation and crime prevention aspects. / - / Currently the UK will not participate. It couldstill have the opportunity to opt in at a later date. Whether it will choose to do so has not been decided.
Ireland has decided to participate. Denmark will not.
Civil Justice
Criminal Justice
FUNDING IN THE AREA OF MIGRATION, ASYLUM, INTEGRATION, SECURITY
European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Migrants
- National Programmes
- Community Actions
Note: The UK received an annual allocation from the EIF, which UK Border Agency administered. The final tranche of the calls for proposals opened on 17th September with a submission deadline of the 20th January 2014. / Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
(note: name of programme amended from Asylum and Migration Fund) / €3.1 bn
of which:
€2.7bn will be allocated to nationally-managed programmes (UK Border Agency);
€360m of this will go on resettlement actions;
The remaining €385m goes to actions managed by the European Commission.
- / People flows and integrated management of migration: including asylum, legal migration, integration, and return of irregularly staying non-EU nationals.
Focus on strategies to promote integration of non-EU nationals at regional/local level.
Particular attention to the most vulnerable groups of migrants, e.g. unaccompanied minors, victims of trafficking.
Pre-admission measures in countries of origin.
Note:
At least 20% of national allocations to measures which support legal migration and promote the effective integration of migrants, and
At least 20% to asylum measures.
Note:
Member states taking asylum seekers under the EU’s resettlement programme will receive a lump sum of €6,000 for each person, up to €10,000 for vulnerable people from priority areas. / Adopted by Parliamentary Committee on 9 January 2014.
Expected to be adopted by full Parliament 11 March 2014.
Official adoption by EU will follow. / The UK is participating in this funding programme.
Return Fund
Refugee Fund
Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism (CIPS) / Internal Security Fund / €2.8bn
€1.5bn for national programmes, €791m for managing migration flows across EU external borders, €154m for Special Transit Scheme, €264m for actions managed by the European Commission and emergencies. / The general objective of the Internal Security Fund is to support actions for crime prevention, combating cross-border, serious and organised crime, including terrorism. It also regulates funding for reinforcing the coordination and cooperation between law enforcement authorities, including with EUROPOL, and with relevant non-EU countries and international organisations. It also funds actions for enhancing the capacity for protecting people and critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks and other security-related incidents.
The instrument for support for police co-operation, preventing and fighting crime, and crisis management will provide €1m for the next seven years. / - / UK has decided not to opt in and will not participate. It will still have the opportunity to opt in after the programme has been adopted.

Prevention of and Fight Against Crime (ISEC)
Note: Final Call under ISEC open until 25 February 2014.
FUNDING IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Programme for Economic and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS)
- social protection/inclusion
- employment
- anti-discrimination & diversity
- gender equality
- working conditions
Note: Awaiting publication of 2013 annual work plan, and subsequent final calls. / Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).
Previously called:-
Programme for Social Change and Innovation / €815million, of which about €500 million for PROGESS activities.
of which @:
- 60% to the Progress axis of which at least 17% to promoting social experimentation
- 15% to the EURES axis;
- 20% to the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.
- The remaining 5% will be apportioned among the axes on an annual basis in line with policy priorities. / EaSI integrates and extends the coverage of three existing programmes: Elements of Progress (Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity), EURES (European Employment Services) and the European Progress Microfinance Facility.
Progress axis will broadly continue its current activities (analysis, mutual learning and grants). It will maintain its role which is to support the development of EU policy in the areas of employment, social integration, working conditions. The proposal aims to extend coverage further towards social innovation.
EURES activities will offer modernised tools for jobseekers and employers, and be used to create and develop new targeted mobility schemes.
Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis - financing loans of less than EUR 25,000(tbc), working through microcredit intermediaries at national, regional or local level. The new programme will be extended to include investments for developing and expanding social enterprises.
Note: The anti-discrimination & diversity, and gender equality elements of PROGRESS will be incorporated under the Rights, Equality & Citizenship Programme. / EU institutions formally approved the programme 5th December 2013.
Awaiting 2014 Work Programme. / A briefing is available here:

EURES (jobseekers information portal)
European Progress Microfinance Facility
Framework Programme (FP7)
Cooperation Programme, thematic area ‘Socio-economic sciences and humanities’ (SSH) / Horizon 2020 / See Research and Innovation section for overview / Around 38% of the programme’s budget will be allocated to addressing ‘Societal challenges’ reflecting the major issues facing the EU and its citizens.
One of these (SC6) is Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies.
There is no specific SSH strand. SSH issues are mainstreamed across the Horizon2020. How this will work in practice has sparked considerable debate and led to the adoption of the Vilnius Declaration by stakeholders in September 2013 / Calls for proposals opened 11 December 2013.
Various deadlines.
Next Calls will be published in July 2014. / A summary of where to find SSH – relevant elements across the whole of the Horizon2020 2014-2015 work programmes is available from the East of England European Partnership.
FUNDING IN THE AREA OF HEALTH
Programmes potentially relevant to Health include: ● Health for Growth Programme ● Horizon 2020 ● Ambient Assisted Living Programme ● Programme for Social Change and Innovation ● Erasmus for All Programme ● Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME)
Health Programme / Health for Growth
(note: name may change to Health and Growth) / €449 million / Two main strategic goals:
Innovation: technological and organisational, for improving the quality and sustainability of health systems and increasing access to better and safer healthcare.
Prevention: promote good health and preventing diseases at EU level by helping and complementing Member States' efforts to increase their citizens' number of healthy life years.
Specific objectives include:
Develop common tools and mechanisms at EU level to address shortages of resources.
 Increase access to medical expertise forspecific conditions and develop shared solutions to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.
Identify, disseminate and promote up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention (smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, HIV/AIDS).
Better preparedness and coordination in health emergencies. / Following programme adoption, the 2014 Annual Work Programme will be published by the Commission in Spring 2014. / It is now expected that the new Health Programme will be adopted in Spring 2014.
A briefing is available here:

Framework Programme (FP7)
Cooperation Programme thematic area ‘Health’ / Horizon 2020 - Health, demographic change and wellbeing / See Research and Innovation section for overview / Around 38% of the programme’s budget will be allocated to addressing ‘Societal challenges’ reflecting the major issues facing the EU and its citizens. One of these is “Health, demographic change and wellbeing”.
Activities support the EU Health Strategy, Health Security Initiative, eHealth Action Plan, the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing.
Topics included in the Work programme for 2014-2015 are in the areas of:-
Understanding health, ageing and disease
Effective health promotion, disease prevention, preparedness and screening
Improving diagnosis
Innovative treatments and technologies
Advancing active and healthy ageing
Integrated, sustainable, citizen-centred care
Improving health information, data exploitation and providing an evidence base for health policies and regulation
Also 10 topics in “co-ordination activities”, including 5 ERA-NETs. / First (2014) Call was launched on 11th December 2013.
Second (2015) calls expected in July 2014 / All open Calls for proposals can be found at the Participants Portal here:

FUNDING IN THE AREA OF ICT
Programmes potentially relevant to ICT include: ● Horizon 2020 ● Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme ● Connecting Europe Facility
Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme / Active and Assisted Living / Will depend on individual Member States’ decisions to participate and contribute directly to the programme.
The current programme has a budget 2007-13 of €700 million. Contributed in the ratio of about 25% from the Commission, 25% from Partner States and 50% from programme participants. / The AAL JP aims to
Foster the emergence of innovative ICT-based products, services and systems for ageing well at home, in the community, and at work.
Create a critical mass of research, development and innovation at EU level in technologies and services for ageing well in the information society.
Improve conditions for industrial exploitation by providing a coherent European framework for developing common approaches and adaptation of common solutions.
One topic will be selected for the first (2014) call for proposals. Options under consideration are:-
Age-friendly environments outside the home
New concepts for sustainable care
Independent Living at home (supportive home environments)
Living well with age-related conditions & multi-morbidity / In July 2013, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a new programme to replace the concluded 2008-2013 JP. The proposal has had support from all quarters, including the major Partner States. The political process to establish the new programme is expected to be completed by April 2014. The first call for proposals may be published following this. / A Briefing note on the programme is available here:

It is possible that consideration will be given to broadening the scope of the programme to include some social innovation.
Framework Programme (FP7)
Note: the final FP7 ICT call - on Future Internet, with two topics: expansion of use case; technology foundation extension and usage - is currently open with a deadline of 10thDecember 2013. / ICT in Horizon 2020 / See Research and Innovation section for overview / EU investment will support the ICT research and innovation that can best deliver new business breakthroughs, often on the basis of emerging technologies. ICT in Horizon 2020 will support the development of ICT in Science, ICT in industrial leadership and ICT in societal challenges.
The main elements of ICT funding fall under ‘Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT)’, but relevant opportunities exist across all pillars of Horizon 2020. / First calls for proposalsopened on 11th December 2013.
The next major tranche of Calls for proposals (2015) is expected in July 2014. / All open Calls for proposals can be found at the Participants Portal here:

For a guide to all ICT-related activities across the Horizon2020 Work Programmes 2014-2015 contact the East of England European Partnership.
ICT Policy Support Programme (in Competitiveness & Innovation Programme)
Safer Internet plus
Programme / Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) – Digital Infrastructure / €1.15 billion / To stimulate investment in fast and very fast broadband networks and pan-European digital services through the CEF digital strand. CEF digital will also support services such as eID, eProcurement, eHealth, Europeana or eJustice where EU-wide interoperability and infrastructures can add value by linking up national systems.