Rural Development Programme for England 2014 – 2020

European Funding Network (EFN) Roundtable

Wednesday 16th July 2014Friends House, Euston

Rural Development Programme (RDP)

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Pillar 2:•87% or £3.1bn on the environment•5% or £177m on Growth •4% or £138m on LEADER •4% or £141m on Farming and Forestry Productivity

RDPE Socio-economic Schemes

Farming and Forestry Productivity Increase productivity and enhance the competitiveness of farming and forestry industries.

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LEADER

Support jobs and growth in rural areas

EAFRD Growth Programme

Support growth in the rural economy

National scheme

Locally led schemes-Managing Authority sets out what is possible-LEPs / LAGs decide what is done in local area

Scheme offers to be locally consistent Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Local Action Groups (LAGs)

to communicate within areas to ensure aligned offer across LEADER and Growth Programme

Farming and Forestry Productivity

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Resource Management and Efficiency (water and energy including bioenergy, flood mitigation

Soil, Air and Water Quality (including ammonia, nutrient management and pesticides)

Animal Productivity, Health and Welfare

Arable and Horticultural Productivity Forestry (including wood-fuel and venison supply chain)

Adding Value (storage, processing, supply chain development)

Advice, training and support

CooperationPhysical Capital Grants

LEADER in the next RDPE

Overview:

•£138m LEADER budget

•Envisage 70% of funding directly supporting

the rural economy

Transition:

•Over £2.6m given in transition/preparatory

support

•86 prospective areas

•Aim to have all groups in place by 1st January 2015

Delivering:

•Support for increasing farm productivity

•Support for rural tourism

•Provision of rural services

•Support for cultural and heritage activity

•Support for increasing forestry productivity

•Support for micro and small enterprises and farm diversification

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EAFRD Growth Programme

Overview:£177m Growth Scheme budget – supporting delivery of jobs and growthLocally driven investment – funding allocated to 37 LEP areas, to be delivered in line with their local ESIF strategies

Policy priorities:Knowledge and Skills – rural SME training, mentoring, networkingSupport for SMEs – capital grants and business adviceBroadband – infrastructure investments in the final 5-10% areasRenewables – infrastructure investmentsTourism – support for DMOs, capital grants

Delivery routes:

Defra as the Managing Authority will offer a framework containing a variety of options for delivering the RD Growth Scheme:Small grant schemes – eg. capital support for small / micro businessesLarge grant schemes – eg. Broadband; medium-sized agri-food businessesProcurement – eg. Training provision; Destination Management Organisations.

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