More presentations from the NCVO Annual conference: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/networking-discussions/blogs/20591 Knowing how and where to secure funding is vital for your organisation’s sustainability. In a time of funding cuts, knowing where to find multiple funding streams is more important than ever. The merger of NCVO and the Third Sector European Network gives you access to unparalleled expertise in how to influence EU decision-making. This workshop will give you practical knowledge of how to access the European Social Fund and other Brussels-based funding streams alongside local success stories.

1. Get involved in EU funding
•Tamara Flanagan, Chair, European Funding Network,
NCVO
•John Goodman, Head of Policy, Cooperatives UK
•Oliver Henman, EU and International Campaigns Manager,
NCVO
•Sandra Turner, Head of Policy, Cooperatives UK

2. Funding from Europe
Tamara Flanagan
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3. Introduction
There are many sources of funding from Europe.
Those used by civil society groups fall into 3
groups.
 Funding for activity delivered at national level
ESF/ERDF/Interreg /EAGFF- Grant recipients
and contractors receive EU funds via national
and regional authorities comprise 80% of the
EU budget.
 Transnational and partnership work
 Social Innovation/Business
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4. Partnership and transnational work
 Funding agencies in the UK
 ECORYS-Leonardo and Gruntvig
 British Council-Youth in Action
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5. UK Agencies
Leonardo -ECORYS
 Mobility Projects
Mobility Projects allow you to provide staff, students, job seekers and
apprentices with a unique opportunity to enhance their skills on a
work placement in another European country.
 Partnerships (small scale co-operation)
Partnerships allow you to work with your European counterparts on
issues of mutual interest, to share ideas and discuss common
problems.
 Transfer of Innovation (large scale co-operation)
Transfer of Innovation allows you to work with European partners to
transfer and adapt innovative vocational education and training
materials and methods.
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6. EU Level
 Multilateral Projects
Leonardo Multilateral Projects (also known as Development of
Innovation projects) are large-scale European projects which
aim to develop innovative materials for vocational education
and training.
 Networks
Leonardo Networks are large-scale European networks which aim
to support the sharing of ideas, information and good practice
in vocational education and training.
 Accompanying Measures
Leonardo Accompanying Measures aim to support activities to
implement and disseminate the Leonardo Programme.
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/leonardo/leonardo_da_vinci_en
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7. UK Agencies
 Grundtvig-ECORYS
Mobility Projects.
 Funding for UK individuals to visit other European countries for:
- Training courses
- Conferences or seminars
- Job shadowing (up to 3 months)
- Work placements (3-10 months)
Send staff to:
- Meet European partners for future project work
Small scale co-operation)
 Funding for UK organisations to share expertise in adult education
across Europe. You can:
- Develop partnerships with organisations in Europe
- Run exchange project for senior volunteers (aged 50+)
- Host workshops for adult learners
www.grundtvig.org.uk
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8. EU Level
The Grundtvig programme funds a number of
opportunities for more experienced adult education
organisations to develop new materials and manage
European networks.
 Large Scale cooperation
 These projects, known as Multilateral Projects, Networks
and Accompanying Measures, are not managed by
Ecorys. They are looked after by the European
Commission's Executive Agency based in Brussels and
are called 'centralised actions'.
 If you would like further information, or want some advice
on applying, then please contact the Executive Agency
directly. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/grundtvig.en.
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9. UK Agencies
Youth in Action
 Action 1 - Youth for Europe
 Encourages young people's active citizenship, participation and creativity
through youth exchanges, youth initiatives and youth democracy projects.
 Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
 Helps young people to develop their sense of solidarity by participating, either
individually or in group, in non-profit, unpaid voluntary activities abroad.
 Action 3 - Youth in the World
 Promotes partnerships and exchanges among young people and youth
organisations across the world.
 Action 4 - Youth Support Systems
 Includes various measures to support youth workers and youth organisations
and improve the quality of their activities.
 Action 5 - Support for European Co-operation in the Youth field
 Supports youth policy co-operation at European level, in particular by
facilitating dialogue between young people and policy makers.
 MA
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10. UK Agencies II
Current Priorities for Youth in Action
 Projects aimed at promoting young people's commitment towards a more inclusive
growth, and notably projects tackling the issue of youth unemployment as well as
projects aimed at stimulating unemployed young people's mobility .
 Projects addressing the issue of poverty and marginalisation and encouraging
young people's awareness and commitment to tackling these issues.
 Projects in particular on the inclusion of young migrants, disabled young people,
and where relevant Roma youth;
 Projects stimulating young people's spirit of initiative, creativity and
entrepreneurship, and employability, in particular through youth initiatives;
projects promoting healthy behaviours, in particular through the promotion of the
practice of sport and outdoor activities.
 Projects promoting active participation of young people in society;
 Projects aimed at raising young people's awareness and mobilisation in tackling
global environmental challenges and climate change, thus encouraging the
development of 'green' skills and behaviours among young people and youth workers
and their commitment to a more sustainable growth.
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11. EU Level
Youth Programmes
IMPLEMENTATION AT EUROPEAN LEVEL
 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
. Unit D1 is in charge of political aspects, while Unit D2 is
responsible for the administration. These two mutually co-ordinate
the political developments and activities supported by the Youth in
Action programme.
 THE EDUCATION, AUDIOVISUAL, AND CULTURE EXCUTIVE
AGENCY
The Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency is
notably responsible for the implementation of the centralised Actions
of the programme including Youth in the World. Through their Youth
help desk, they answer enquiries by promoters and participants.
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12. EU Level
DG COMM
DG Justice Active
citizenship
unit
DG ECHO
DG ENVIRO
DG SANCO
Your work
DG
Employment et
Social affairs
DG MARKT
(Int Market)
DG Research
& Innovation
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13. Case Study
 Income from administering Grundtvig and
Leonardo projects
 Member of 2/3Partnership project
 Participant in Research Framework
 Successful delivery of a flagship project
 Support from European Foundations
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14. EU Level
Things to think about
 Need to commit to European dimension to your work.
 Need to devote resource to this work
 Need to identify partners
 We are in the last 2 years of current programme
 Distinguish between current opportunities and talk of the
future
 Engage in those activities that will help ensure VCSE
friendly programme 2014-2020
 Hard to achieve Full Cost Recovery
 EU Funding programmes last for 7 years and are less
prone to administration change.
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15. The websites
Life long Learning
 www.grundtvig.org.uk
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/gruntvig.en
Vocational training
• http://www.leonardo.org.uk/
 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/leonardo/leonardo_da_vinci_en
Youth in Action
 http://www.britishcouncil.org/youthinaction.htm
 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.php
Active Citizenship
 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.php
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16. Social enterprise and innovation
John Goodman
Co-operatives UK
john.goodman@uk.coop

17. Social business / social enterprise
• Primary objective is to achieve social impact rather than generating profit
for owners and shareholders;
• Operates in the market through the production of goods and services in an
entrepreneurial and innovative way;
• Uses surpluses mainly to achieve these social goals and
• Managed by social entrepreneurs in an accountable and transparent way,
in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by
its business activity.

18. Existing programmes
• Some use of ERDF (NW, London…). Mostly committed but still
opportunities (NW)
• Innovation, Mainstreaming and Transnational programme (climate
change, ageing population, social enterprise, ICT)
• Progress

19. Social Investment Fund
• €50m (£43m) from 2012
• Managed by the European Investment Fund (part of European
Investment Bank)
• No more details as yet

20. European Social Entrepreneurship
Fund
• A new common brand
• Funds that market themselves using this brand would have to invest at least 70% of their
funds in social businesses.
• Each European Social Entrepreneurship Fund would have to provide key information to
investors in a standardised way. This would cover such areas as the social objectives of the
fund, the social businesses it invests in, and how the fund will assess how well these
businesses achieve their social goals.
• European Social Entrepreneurship Funds would have the right to gather investments from
investors across the whole EU without incurring major costs. They would be supervised – to
ensure they follow the rules – by the authorities in their Member State where they are
based.
• Only available to professional investors at the start. Retail investors later.

21. Programme for Social Change and
Innovation
• Progress
• EURES
• Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship)
• Complementary to ESF
• 2014 onwards

22. Social Business Initiative
• Part of the Programme for Social Change and Innovation
• Generating sustainable jobs and facilitating social and work integration,
improving the quality of social and healthcare etc (thus contributing to
inclusive growth)
• Introducing efficient ways to reduce emissions and waste, and to use
natural resources and energy more efficiently (thus contributing to
sustainable growth)
• Focusing on innovation and the participatory use of the internet (thus
contributing to smart growth).
• 11 measures

23. European financial instrument
• €90m (£77m) fund to support the development of social enterprise.
• aims to "facilitate access to funding for start-up, development and
expansion of social enterprises" and invest in other funds that invest in the
social enterprise world.
• Operational from 2014.

24. ESF and ERDF
• Social enterprise and innovation will be more cenral to the next
programme
• So will ‘Community Led Local Development’
• Again, details unclear

25. Innovation
• “new ideas (products, services and models) that simultaneously
meet social needs and create new social relationships or
collaborations.” Open Book of Social Innovation (Young
Foundation)
• “…identify, evaluate and scale up innovative solutions and practice
through social experimentation to assist the Member States more
effectively in reforming their labour markets and social protection
policies. It should also act as a catalyst for transnational
partnerships and networking between public, private and third-
sector actors as well as supporting their involvement in designing
and implementing new approaches to tackling pressing social
needs and challenges.”
• Social Innovation Europe http://socialinnovationeurope.eu/
• Deloitte: 50 most innovative social enterprises

26. Challenges
• Usual rules apply – match funding, bureaucracy
• What is innovation?
• Conservative culture and benefits system inimical to enterprise-based
innovation
• Beneficiaries as co-creators
• Marginal to mainstream

27. 5March 2012
Get Involved in EU Funding
Structural Funds Programme
2007-13
Sandra Turner
sandra.turner@ncvo-vol.org.uk

28. Content
• ESF & ERDF 2007-13: overview
• Accessing ESF
• Accessing ERDF
• The way forward post - 2013

29. Introduction
• Main resources of EU Cohesion Policy
• Supporting EU Growth Strategies, Lisbon Agenda, Europe
2020
• Economic, social and territorial cohesion
• Investing in People (ESF) and Places (ERDF)
• Represent 1/3 of the EU budget (€355 billion)
• 7 years programmes
• Real cash for civil society organisations
• New policy priorities e.g. gender, sustainable dev.
• Adding value to domestic initiatives

30. Investing in People
Unemployed & Economically
Inactive
Adults and Young People (NEETS)
Basic Skills Needs for workforce
Disabled
Aged 50 plus
Ethnic Minorities
Women
Other disadvantaged groups
(offenders, ex-offenders, homeless..)

31. ESF in England 2007-13
What is it worth The ESF programme:
Over £2.5 billion ESF + £2.5 billion • Mainstream ESF
national funding • Innovation & Transnational
• Community Grants
• Technical Assistance
How is it delivered?
CO- FINANCED by national CFOs
Who can access it?
• DWP (unemployed)
Private
• Skills Funding Agency (young
Public
unemployed and skills)
Civil Society Organisations
• NOMS: offenders and ex-offenders
• Local Authorities

32. Activities supported by ESF
1. Advice and guidance
2. Work preparation activities
3. Vocational training and work placements
4. Basic Skills, Level 2 and 3 qualification
5. Training for those who face redundacies
6. Skills for social enterprise
7. Training of older workers,
8. Training of low skilled & low paid women
9. Confidence building and employability (Community Grants)
10. Distance travelled/Progress Measures/soft outcomes

33. Accessing ESF 2011-13
CFOs Procurement mechanisms:
• Open and Competitive Tendering (with few exceptions)
• From grant to contract finance
• Payment by Results
• Preferred Providers:
DWP Related Support Services Framework (ERSS)
Skills Funding Agency Register of Training Organisations
• Prime Provider or lead contractor model
• Large scale contracts (DWP & NOMS) and Minimum Contract levels
of £500K (Skills Funding Agency)
 CSOs: mainly sub-contracting with few exceptions e.g.
Community Grants, Innovation and Technical Assistance

34. ESF 2011-13:
current opportunities for CSOs
1) As Sub-Contractors or a consortia
DWP: Work Programme & ESF Programme for Families with
multiple problems
Skills Funding Agency: Apprentships Grants for Employer
NOMS: Social Enterprise Programme
Local authorities: GLA
2) Direct Access to ESF
Community Grants Programme
Local Authorities
3) Technical Assistance to support the sector participate but
there is the on-going challenge of sourcing local match funding

35. ESF Community Grants
- Grants of £12K to help people access the labour market for
small voluntary and community sector organisations
• Supporting a range of activities, aimed at assisting the
disadvantaged or excluded to move closer to the labour
market, focusing on individuals who have difficulty accessing
ESF or mainstream provision outcomes
• Based on progression rather than achievement of jobs or
qualifications
• Activities include first contact engagement, confidence
building, help with basic skills, taster work experience,
volunteering ,training, advice, counselling, job search

36. Accessing ESF 2011-13
GLA Youth Programme (£10m)
Young people (16-25) with LDD (£3.5m for 3 grants)
Young Offenders (14- 17) Resettlement (£3.5m 3 grants)
Young People (14-16) excluded from school (£2.5m 2 grants)
 Individual bids, consortium or lead delivery partner model
 52 weeks engagement
 Employment outcomes
 21 March 2012 _ PQQ
 4 May 2012 _ full application
 June/July 2012 interviews

37. Accessing ESF 2011-13
NOMS
Social Enterprise Consortia Building Programme
Aims: ‘to test how enterprises can work together to create a ‘supply chain’ offering
offenders employment and skills activities; create new consortia models better able
to participate in current and future tendering opportunities
£1m available across 15 ‘lots’ across England (national, regional and local levels)
23 February 2012: deadline for expression of interest
Launch events (to take place on 6th March 2012 (London), 7th March 2012 (Bristol),
13th March 2012 (Birmingham) and 14th March 2012 (Leeds)

38. ERDF
• ERDF £2.9billion for 2007-13
• Must source public or private match funding
Priorities:
Innovation & Knowledge transfer
Business Support including for Social Enterprise
Sustainable development
Building Sustainable Communities
http://www.communities.gov.uk/regeneration/regenerationfunding/europea
nregionaldevelopment/

39. ESF 2014-2020
The way forward
‘Distinctive Place’ for CSOs in the Structural Funds
•A Social Inclusion Priority in ESF
•Targeted interventions & appropriate outcomes for those furthest away from the labour market
•Local Development, Social Innovation and Transnational dimension
•Enable more flexibility outside CFOs and the Work programme (e.g. Wales and Scotland)
‘Enabling Funding Environment’ for direct access to the Structural Funds
•Expanded Global Grants Programme;
•Volunteer time as match funding in kind;
•Smaller contract packages
‘Strategic involvement’ of CSOs in design, implementation and evaluation
of the funds
•Accessibility of Technical Assistance
•Quality of Partnership
•Improved evaluation