ERDF

European Union Social Fund (European Union Regions Development Fund) ERSF/ ERDF

The programme is funded under the ERSF funding and coordinated though the Leeds City Region Local Economic Partnership.

The ERDF focuses its investments on several key priority areas. This is known as ‘thematic concentration’:

• Innovation and research;
• The digital agenda;
• Support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
• The low-carbon economy.

 

The ERDF resources allocated to these priorities will depend on the category of region.

• In more developed regions, at least 80 % of funds must focus on at least two of these priorities;
• In transition regions, this focus is for 60 % of the funds;
• This is 50 % in less developed regions.

Furthermore, some ERDF resources must be channelled specifically towards low-carbon economy projects:

• More developed regions: 20%;
• Transition regions: 15%; and
• Less developed regions: 12%.

 

ERDF Project in the UK are issued and managed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.