About us
What is the Humber Technical Assistance Partnership?
Humber Technical Assistance is a partnership that exists to support and develop ERDF bidding activity in the Humber sub region.
The HTA partnership will provide support to organisations in the region through:
- Mapping - identifying current ERDF bidding activity, and seeking out potential gaps and opportunities
- Information and events -to raise awareness of ERDF opportunities throughout the sub region
- Brokerage - identifying links, providing support and networking opportunities to organisations and potential consortia
- Partnership and consortium development - work with existing partnerships and developing new ones in response to strategic objectives
The partnership consists of the following organisations:
Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Hull City Council
- North Lincolnshire Council
- North East Lincolnshire Council
Third sector
- Humber Learning Consortium
- Probe
What is European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)?
The European Union provides €583.6 million for Yorkshire and the Humber to invest in the region by 2015. The money, from one of Europe's Structural Funds - the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), is provided to boost the region's economic performance, investing to increase innovation, competitiveness and employment.
The ERDF programme's strategy identifies three broad priorities for investment for the region. They are:
Priority 1
Promoting Innovation and Research & Development
This will foster innovation in organisations through the exchange, sharing, and exploitation of new knowledge and technology. It will inspire more research and development and assist organisations to continually innovate through new products and processes, new organisational changes and marketing methods.
Priority 2
Stimulating and Supporting Successful Enterprise
Promotes a more entrepreneurial culture and creates a supportive environment for SME's (including social enterprises and new businesses). It will foster the creation of new firms and will offer assistance to them. It will create a culture promoting best practice in management, innovation, motivation and improved links between enterprise and education.
Priority 3
Developing Sustainable Communities
Will facilitate better connectivity between people, places and economic opportunities. It will make the link between strategies for economic growth and social inclusion, and it will achieve this by focussing interventions where they are needed most.
For more information about ERDF in the Yorkshire and Humber, please visit
