ERDF Programme Progress

Progress update - July 2011

Yorkshire and The Humber's ERDF Programme 2007-13 has contracts with 70 separate ERDF projects. Cumulatively, these projects have been allocated £230.2 million of ERDF and have the cumulative eligible expenditure (ERDF and match funding) of £485.8 million. This means that the programme has contracts for approximately 44% of the total amount of ERDF available to invest. Additionally, project sponsors have submitted a significant number of further proposals for consideration. Information about contracted projects is available by following the link to ERDF Funded Projects below. Information about projects in development is available by following the ERDF Project Proposals link below.

N+2 Performance 

The European Commission sets spending targets (in euros) for the Programme to meet throughout its lifetime. It is important that the spending profile of the Programme is maintained as any unspent amount against target is returned to the Commission at the year end. In response to the depth of the economic downturn across the whole of Europe and the impact that the recession has had on Structural Fund programmes across all Member States, the Commission in May 2010 announced that it would reprofile the original N+2 spending targets. It has provided all programmes with re-profiled targets.

The Programme achieved its 2009 spend target and again in 2010. 
 

Annual Implementation Reports

An annual report that details the progress made implementing the Programme is submitted each year to the European Commission. These reports, which cover progress in the previous calendar year, have to be approved by the Programme Monitoring Committee before being submitted by the 30th June deadline.

The Commission examines each report, first to see that it is admissable and contains information requested in the provisions of the Structural Funds laid down by Article 67(2) of Regulation 1083/2006. Once it has decided that it is admissable the Commission then examines the content of the report as set out in Article 67 (4) of Regulation 1083/2006 and has up to two months to raise any issues with the Programme before it is approved.

The Annual Implementation Report for 2009 was submitted to the European Commission before the deadline and on 29th July 2010 they approved the report. This report for 2009 is available to download as are the reports from earlier years:

• Annual Implementation Report 2009
• Annual Implementation Report 2008
• Annual Implementation Report 2007

Reports

Reports commissioned by the Programme are available to download

Programme Evaluation Reports

• ERDF Strategic Evaluation - Principles and Objectives by Regeneris Consulting and MTL
• Yorkshire and Humber Operational Programme - an Embeddedness Report by Regeneris Consulting and MTL
• Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme Strategic Evaluation: Phase 2 Programme Performance Report by Regeneris Consulting and MTL

Project Evaluation Reports

• Digital Region Scoping Evaluation
• Enterprising Barnsley Scoping Evaluation
• Innovation Vouchers Scoping Evaluation

Other Reports

• Market demand study, specialist business space in Hull and surrounding areas - June 2011 - by DTZ
• Joining up ERDF with other EU funding opportunities (2010-2013) - March 2010 - A Guide for regional stakeholders in Yorkshire and Humber by Policy Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University
• Maximising Investment in Digital Region - December 2009 - by Analysys Mason

European Focus

European Focus is the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme's e-newsletter. To request the newsletter by email please contact erdfnews@yorkshire-forward.com. Previous issues are available via these links

• European Focus 2.11 (May 2011)
• European Focus 1.11 (February 2011)
• European Focus 7.10 (December 2010)
• European Focus 6.10 (November 2010)
• European Focus 5.10 (October 2010)
• European Focus 4.10 (September 2010)
• European Focus 3.10 (August 2010)
• European Focus 2.10 (March 2010)
• European Focus 1.10 (January 2010)
• European Focus 8.09 (November 2009)
• European Focus 7.09 (October 2009)
• European Focus 6.09 (August 2009)
• European Focus 5.09 (July 2009)
• European Focus 4.09 (June 2009)
• European Focus 3.09  (April 2009)
• European Focus 2.09  (March 2009)
• European Focus 1.09 (January 2009)
• European Focus 3.08 (December 2008)
• European Focus 2.08 (October 2008)
• European Focus 1.08 (September 2008)