Latest News on EU Funds in Wales - Europe Day 2018

Europe Day - 9 May 2018

 
 

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Europe Day 2018: A video message from the Finance Secretary

Mark Drakeford AM

Watch the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Mark Drakeford AM speaking about the benefits EU funds bring to Wales and the success of the current programmes (link).

Extra £22.5m EU funds to boost skills on Europe Day

Europe Day

The projects to benefit from additional EU funding include Inspire2Work, Trac 11-24, Achieve through Work Experience and Agile Nation II. This extra help, which is being announced on Europe Day, will ensure almost 8,000 people receive support and training.

£9.2m EU-backed programme to help Welsh industry reduce carbon emissions

Port talbot

Backed with £5.9m of EU funding, the Reduced Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE) initiative, will work with local supply chain companies to test how carbon dioxide produced from heavy industrial processes can be innovatively used to make high value products and industrially important chemicals. 

RICE is led by the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University in partnership with University of South Wales.

EU funding boost for Holyhead

Holyhead Market Hall

EU funds of £2.3m will support the construction of new business units in Penrhos and the reconstruction of Holyhead’s historic Market Hall. Led by Ynys Môn Council, it is part of a joint venture with the Welsh Government through the Building for the Future programme.

European Territorial Co-operation programmes

Interreg Youth

Last chance to get involved with the Interreg Volunteer Youth programme

Potential volunteers and Interreg Programme or Project hosts need to apply by end of May / early June (link)
Interreg Atlantic Area

Second call for Interreg Atlantic Area Projects now open

The programme supports cooperation to address shared regional challenges and innovative approaches in the Atlantic Area.

Deadline: 1 June 2018 (link).
Interreg

North West Europe renewable energy funding call now open

The NWE Programme has launched a targeted call to support renewable energy projects in North-West Europe.
Deadline: 31 July 2018 (link).

Rural Development Programme

Rural Community Development Fund: Expressions of interest wanted

EAFRD

The Rural Community Development Fund (RCDF) grants are primarily aimed at community-based organisations.

The grants will provide investment funding for a wide range of activities to help meet local needs and strengthen communities so that they can grow and thrive.

Deadline: 7 June 2018 (link)

External News

WCVA

WCVA's all aboard for Europe Day

As an early start to celebrating Europe Day, WCVA hosted an event in Cardiff Bay. Aboard Challenge Wales’ newly acquired, EU-funded, 60ft vessel, Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford, guests and social businesses celebrated and showcased the impact European Funding is having across Wales.

Workways+

How EU-funded Workways+ have helped people overcome complex barriers to work

Workways+ is successfully supporting people to overcome complex barriers that prevent them from finding employment. One such success story is 41 year old Mark from Neath Port Talbot.
Business Wales

With advice from EU-funded Business Wales, 50 Shades of Clean were able to successfully expand their business

Stephanie Evans contacted Business Wales in July 2017 after identifying the opportunity to buy the contract cleaning and laundry business that she was employed by.

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