Regional Operational Programmes 2014-2020

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Regional Operational Programmes 2014-2020
Sustainable Urban Development

• Stephen Blair
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Thematic Concentration

• Given the Thematic Concentration requirements as
  set out in the Structural Funds Regulations, the
  new Regional Programmes had to focus their
  efforts on a very limited number of Priorities,
  having regard to the outcomes of the Needs
  Analysis and the feedback from the public
  consultations.
• This meant that the targeted areas for the new
  Programmmes had to be in the broad areas of
  Research Innovation, ICT infrastructure,
  Entrepreneurship for SMEs, Renewable Energy and
  Sustainable Urban Development.

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Priorities for new Regional Programmes

• Priority 1 Strengthening RTDI in the Regions
• Priority 2 ICT Infrastructure
• Priority 3 SME Competiveness
• Priority 4 Low Carbon Economy
• Priority 5 Sustainable Urban Development
• This Presentation will focus on this 5th Priority

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Priority 5 Sustainable Urban Development

• Specific Objectives of SUD Priority
• To revitalise, regenerate and improve the
  environment in the urban centres as part of
  integrated urban strategies. (Investment Priority
  6e)
• To support low carbon urban mobility in
  designated urban centres (Investment Priority 4e)

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Priority 5 cont/

• Proposed Actions
• In line with the integrated urban strategies,
  Local Authorities in the designated urban centres
  will bring forward projects under one or more of
  the following fields
• Green regeneration, physical enhancements and
  social revitalisation
• Rehabilitation of brownfield sites
• Rehabilitation/development of cultural
  infrastructure/assets
• Various multimodal mobility actions, such as
  pedestrianisation schemes, installation
  extension of network of cycle lanes and bus
  lanes, and reduction of short-distance car
  journeys through the introduction of good quality
  travel information and alternative infrastructure

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Financial Plan SE OP
Priority Axis Fund Thematic Objective Union Support National counterpart Total Funding
RTDI ERDF 1 90m 90m 180m
2. ICT ERDF 2 30m 30m 60m
3. SME   ERDF 3 34.6m 34.6m 69.2m
4. Low Carbon Economy ERDF 4 66.5m 66.5m 133m
5. Integrated Urban Development ERDF 6 26m 26m 52m
6. Technical Assistance ERDF N/A 2m 2m 4m
Total     250m 250m 500m
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Financial Plan BMW OP
Priority Axis Fund Thematic Objective Union Support National counterpart Total Funding
RTDI ERDF 1 52m 52m 104m
2. ICT ERDF 2 45m 45m 90m
3. SME   ERDF 3 29m 29m 58m
4. Low Carbon Economy ERDF 4 18m 18m 36m
5. Integrated Urban Development ERDF 6 14m 14m 28m
6. Technical Assistance ERDF N/A 2m 2m 4m
Total     1600m 160m 320m
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URBAN FUND

• Total Budget 80 million
• 50 or 40m provided by way of ERDF grants, with
  the other 50 to be put up by the Local
  Authorities from their own resources.
• This match funding will mainly be by way of cash,
  but some in-kind costs may be accepted.
• Borrowings will not be permitted for match
  funding.
• Projects to run over a 1-3 year period

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Outline of Scheme

• The Sustainable Urban Development Priority will
  be delivered by way of one or more calls directed
  at the designated lead authorities for the NSS
  Gateways in both the BMW and SE Regions and the
  Hub Towns in the SE Region.
• These calls will specify the funding which will
  be available and will specify the types of
  eligible projects which will be considered, and
  the criteria which will be used to assess
  eligibility of projects put forward by local
  authorities. All projects will have to
  demonstrate how they fit within an integrated
  urban plan which has been adopted for the
  city/town.

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Outline of Scheme cont./

• A Steering Committee will be established to
  oversee the implementation of the scheme, whose
  membership will be drawn from officials in the
  Departments of Environment and Public
  Expenditure, together with the two Managing
  Authorities.
• The Steering Committee will assess project bids
  and will make the award of grants to the local
  authorities.

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Selection Criteria

• Actions will be selected on the basis of a
  detailed specification and criteria to be
  prepared for the investment programme.  These
  criteria will take account of, inter alia, the
  following key criteria
• Coherence with the integrated strategy submitted,
  including the strategic fit with national,
  regional and local plans and individual Urban
  Centre Strategies.
• Quality of the selected proposal(s) in terms of
  social inclusion and contribution to economic
  development of urban centre, universal design and
  environmental sustainability,
• Social and Economic benefits that the proposal
  will bring to the community and to the urban
  centre concerned over-and-above what is there
  already in terms of employment and sustainable
  economic development.
• Value for money of the proposed actions to be
  supported and the expected leverage effect of
  additional public and private funding
• Inclusiveness of the consultative process
  undertaken in the development of the integrated
  strategy and the prioritization of project
  actions, in terms of council and community
  buy-in.
• Delivery arrangements including project
  management arrangements, milestones, targets,
  deadlines and outcomes.

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Types of Eligible Actions

• Investment Priority 6e - Taking action to improve
  the urban environment, to revitalise cities,
  regenerate and decontaminate brownfield sites
  (including conversion areas), reduce air
  pollution and promote noise-reduction measures
• It will support integrated urban regeneration
  initiatives to improve the urban environment and
  revitalise urban areas.
• Sustainable integrated urban development measures
  supported will focus on the efficient use of
  existing resources within the urban environment
  hence reduce the pressure for the centre to
  spread outwards and lead to further land
  degradation.
• The actions to be supported could include
• Green regeneration, physical enhancements and
  social revitalisation including open
  public/community spaces
• Rehabilitation of brownfield sites including
  renewal of existing and/or demolition and
  construction of new buildings and landscaping
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• Rehabilitation/development of cultural
  infrastructure/assets.

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Types of Eligible Actions cont./

• Investment Priority 4e - Promoting low-carbon
  strategies for all types of territories, in
  particular for urban areas, including the
  promotion of sustainable multimodal urban
  mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation
  measures.
• This investment priority will support sustainable
  urban mobility initiatives, consistent with
  Irelands Smarter Travel policy.
• The multimodal actions to be supported could
  include a number of the following
• Pedestrianisation
• installation and extension of a network of cycle
  lanes
• installation and extension of bus lanes.
• reduction in short-distance car journeys through
  the introduction of good quality travel
  information and alternative infrastructure, and
• Improved walking and cycling access to public
  transport

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Next Steps Indicative Timetable

• Steering Committee to be formally established
• SC to agree on Terms of Reference for Call for
  Proposals, including scale of funding to be made
  available
• First call to be launched by end Q1 or early Q2
• Projects selected and award of grants made by
  summer
• Projects to commence in Q3, 2015 and run for a
  number of years.

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Contact Details

• Southern Regional Assembly www.southernassembly.
  ie
• Northern Western Regional Assembly
  www.nwra.ie
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