Events

8 - 10 am (to include networking breakfast)

Monday 12 September

Humber Royal Hotel, Littlecoates Road, Grimsby, DN34 4LX

Please register for this event at http://erdfawareness.eventbrite.com/

To download Richard's presentation from the workshop, please click here.

To see the presentation, please click here.

Hull is on the verge of becoming the capital for renewable energy, not just for the UK, but also potentially for Europe.

The Green City Hull event is aimed at giving businesses an up-to-date look and practical knowledge of what opportunities exist and what other ideas are being worked on.

To book a place at this event, please email mitch.upfold@hullcc.gov.uk

Aims

This conference will aim to equip technical assistance partnerships in preparation for this change.

The event will also provide opportunities for networking and developing new consortia, identifying potential delivery partners etc.

Objectives

The event will prepare for this change by bringing together technical assistance professionals from around the UK to:

• examine common themes of technical assistance


• share best practice


• explore future activity and delivery


• look at the role of TA partnerships moving forward


• provide networking opportunities to develop new consortia,  identify potential delivery partners etc


• present case studies

 Who should attend?

• Existing technical assistance staff and projects


• ERDF practitioners


• Those interested in delivering technical assistance in the future


• Local authority funding officers

About the event

This event will be free to attend. It will be hosted by Humber Technical Assistance, the TA partnership for the Humber sub region.

The Yorkshire and the Humber Programme Monitoring Committee (PMC) has issued a preliminary call for proposals to include additional activities around adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. The initial deadline for proposals under this supplementary call is 30 November 2010.

Aims of this event
• to introduce ERDF including explanation of priorities and proposed climate change activities
• to explore climate change activity and projects that could be eligible
• to provide opportunity for networking and feedback for those organisations who may submit a proposal under this call

Networking lunch 1 - 2pm, event starts 2pm

ERDF aims to boost economic performance in the region through investments aimed at increasing innovation, competitiveness and employment.

The visitor economy has been identified in the new ERDF call and prospectus as a key cluster and significant growth sector. ERDF will provide revenue support for organisations within the visitor economy and tourism business sector, encouraging them to innovate and respond to changing customer demand.

Please RSVP to Pip Betts on pip.betts@eastriding.gov.uk or 07825 011961 by 5pm, Friday 24 September stating your dietary/access requirements if any.

12 - 1pm networking lunch  - event starts 1pm

Environmental Good Practice is an ERDF cross cutting theme, devised to ensure that sustainable development underpins and informs the delivery of all the activity financed through the programme.

The Humber area is driving forward the development of the renewable energy sector providing opportunities for business in tidal technologies, biofuels, wind energy and biomass.

This event will also provide an opportunity to prepare for the potential introduction of a new ERDF priority - Priority 6 - Adaptation to and Mitigation of Climate Change (to be announced end of November 2010)

Please RSVP to Kevin Smith on kevin.smith@nelincs.gov.uk or 01472 324612 by 5pm, Wednesday 15 September 2010 stating your dietary/access requirements (if any). 

Buffet lunch from 1pm - event starts at 2pm

Come and find out more about the new ERDF priority 3 capital funding opportunities. The deadline for expressions of interest for capital funding is 10 September 2010. To book a place, please contact HLC on 01482 327438 or email pattrickd@hlc-vol.org