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Delivering Regeneration in Cumbria

Delivering Regeneration in Cumbria. Gillian Elliott and Ian Hill Cumbria Regeneration Support Team. Overview. Cumbria – location and context The policy environment EU and other funding programmes How programmes work together Case studies – examples of projects. Where are we?.

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Delivering Regeneration in Cumbria

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  1. Delivering Regeneration in Cumbria Gillian Elliott and Ian Hill Cumbria Regeneration Support Team

  2. Overview • Cumbria – location and context • The policy environment • EU and other funding programmes • How programmes work together • Case studies – examples of projects

  3. Where are we?

  4. Policy Context • Regional Economic Strategy • Produced by NW Regional Development Agency • Key document for allocation of UK Government Funds for Regional Development • Regional Spatial Strategy • Regional spatial planning policy – what development, and where • Produced by NW Regional Assembly (non-elected regional government) • Sub-regional strategy • Produced by partners in Cumbria to support Cumbria’s priorities

  5. EU Programmes • Objective 2 programmes since 1988 • Major source of economic development funds in the region • Recognise that we need to diversify after 2006.

  6. Other EU programmes • Leader+ • 2 Interreg projects – one RFO • Leonardo projects • Current interest in Article 6, FP6

  7. Regional Funds – 2 new delivery companies RRural Regeneration Cumbria WWestlakes Renaissance

  8. National, Regional and Local Programmes EU Funds: Government Office North West UK Government Funds North West Development Agency Objective 2 Objective 3 Regeneration Support Team Cumbria Learning and Skills Council Job Centre Plus Rural Regeneration Cumbria Westlakes Renaissance Projects

  9. EU Structural funds governance Objective 2/3 Programme Monitoring Committee Programme Management Group Objective 2 Advisory Group Objective 3 Advisory Group Action Plan Partnerships Co-financing organisations

  10. Objective 2 - Cumbria Priority 1: Business and Ideas Priority 2: People and Communities Priority 3: Regional Infrastructure Alston Moor Partnership £0.2m C B & I partnership: business support agencies, local authorities, £12m Rural Cumbria Economic Development Zone (EDZ) £6m West Cumbria Partnership £3.5m West Cumbria & Furness Economic Development Zone (EDZ) £12m Barrow Partnership £2.4m Local partnerships: local authorities, NGOs, regeneration agencies

  11. Project support and development Policy and intelligence Appraisal, monitoring, reporting and financial claims Integrated team • Regeneration Support Team supports Objectives 2, 3, Leader+ and regional funds • Financed by ERDF/ESF technical assistance and Cumbria partners • Management and employment by local authority

  12. Case Study 1: Whitehaven Community Enterprise Unit • Objective 2, priority 2 • Offers employment support, advice and social enterprise activity for unemployed people • Refurbishment of building £167,000, 50% ERDF, 50% regional funds • Services to unemployed people financed by ESF (Objective 3) and regional funds

  13. Case Study 2: Osprey project • Pandion haliaetus (‘fish eagle’ - falco pescatore • Extinct in UK from 1919 • Project to support and promote their re-introduction to England • Total Project Costs: £541,095 or around €750,000 (50% ERDF Objective 2, priority 3) • 100,000 visitors/year, over €2m in to local economy • www.ospreywatch.co.uk

  14. Case Study 3: Wordsworth Trust • A study centre and historic collection for William Wordsworth – poet and writer of the 18th and 19th centuries. • Total project £3 million: • ERDF £400,000 (Objective 2, priority 3), • Heritage Lottery (UK National Lottery) £2 million • Developed and managed by NGO • Iconic architecture in a National Park

  15. More to do • Possible developments: • Matching the funds at source so that applicant makes one application • Integrated appraisal systems • Funding programmes to use the same targets and outputs • Do different sources of funding follow the same strategy?

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