london lep esf market warming event june / july 2015

London LEP ESF Market Warming Event June / July 2015

2014-20 ESIF IN LONDON Mary Vine-Morris LEP European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF) Committee

Budget 351bn 182bn to less developed regions 35bn to transition regions 54bn to more developed regions of which 16bn to the UK

6.2 BILLION FOR ENGLAND London notionally allocated 748.6m (c.550m) 75% for European Social Fund (+ 32m Youth Employment Initiative for Inner London) 25% for European Regional Development Fund ESF/ERDF + match funding = c.1.1bn

Research and InnovationCombating climate change Information and Commu- nication technologies Competitiveness of SMEs Low-carbon economy Environment and resource efficiency Sustainable transport Better public administration Better education, training Social inclusion Employment and Mobility 11 EU-wide Thematic objectives 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 ERDF Calls ESF Calls T.A. Objectives translated into Priority Axes, sub-divided into Investment Priorities set out in national Calls on gov.uk website

English ERDF and ESF Operational Programmes agreed in principle. Local calls based on standard national text are live. LEP strategy provides local context. Further calls this year very likely. STATE OF PLAY

National Operational Programme Priority Axis 1 - Inclusive Labour Markets Priority Axis 2 - Skills for growth London Adult Employment BLF and DWP (PA1) Adult Skills SFA (PA2) Youth SFA (IP1.3) APPLYING FOR FUNDS: ESF CO-FINANCING (NO MATCH NEEDED)

LONDON CALL TIMETABLE SFA, DWP, BLF to be confirmed ESF direct bids Outline applications by 24 April now closed ERDF Priority AxisCall end date Priority Axis 4 Low Carbon Economy20 th May Priority Axis 1 Innovation27 th May Priority Axis 3 SMEs29th May Priority Axis 11 Technical AssistanceInterim dates: 6 th May; 30 June; 1 September; 30 October

Contract package areas

1.Adult employment: 12 draft specifications, DWP/BLF 10-15m Troubled Families, disability, lone parents (out of work), older people 6-10m BAME women, cyclers, mental health 2-6m Carers, lone parents (in work), Heathrow, Intermediate Labour Market, employment support for those in social housing CFO PROVISION IN LONDON

2.Adult skills SFA, 5 draft specifications Sector based approaches - 25m In-work progression - 10m Business start up and entrepeneurship - 8m Constructions skills - 5m ESOL - 4m CFO PROVISION IN LONDON

3. Youth SFA, 12 draft specifications 9-16m NEET outreach, Preventative NEET, Youth talent 6-9m LDD, 18-24 Targeted interventions: migrants/care leavers/carers/parents/work programme leavers, careers guidance, careers clusters. 2-6m 16-18 targeted interventions, 18-24 mental health/drug/alcohol/homeless, BAME, gangs, ILM CFO PROVISION IN LONDON

GOVERNANCE

Find out more.. 1.www.lep.london click on EU flag, read Q&A 2.https://www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds 3.E-mail queries: [email protected] 4.Twitter: @LondonEUfunds

Youth Programme: 2014-2020 Match Funding for the Youth Programme will be provided by the Skills Funding Agency, who will procure provision Think of the Youth Programme as a single programme made up of co-dependent strands Developed through Task and Finish Groups of stakeholders

Youth Programme Complements mainstream provision In the main, the delivery unit is the sub- region: achieves a balance of local relevance, economy of scale and critical mass of beneficiaries

Career Clusters Secondary schools, FE and Sixth Form Colleges Focus on schools from disadvantaged areas with high %age of students on FSM/pupil premium; lowest rates of HE progression; highest rates of NEET Senior Leaders, Teachers, and Careers Advisors working in London secondary schools and colleges Businesses (including SMEs) and Higher Education Institutions who pilot activities with Cluster schools and colleges Pupils directly benefiting from Cluster HEI and business activity

Preventative NEET This programme will work with young people in learning and who have been indicated as being 'at risk' of becoming NEET by either their learning institution or local authority 2015-20

Gangs Prevention The project will support a cohort of 240 15 to 16 year olds who are excluded from school and in alternative provision in the London Boroughs with the highest level of need Focus on young people who are on the trajectory of serious offending in gangs Focus on increasing engagement with education and increasing employability, as well as tackling family factors through close work with other support services Programme will support the young person in their whole environment: in Alternative Education provision, in positive structured activities at other times and in future EET activities

NEET Outreach Young people aged 16 to 18 who are NEET or unemployed but not claiming Job Seekers Allowance Young people aged 16 to 18 whose participation status is not known Young people aged 18 to 24 who are unemployed

Careers Guidance Young people aged 15 to 24 who do not have a statutory right to impartial face-to- face careers advice and guidance or who are otherwise unable to access impartial face-to-face careers advice and guidance

Youth Talent Young people aged 15 to 17 years who are in formal education and seeking work experience opportunities Young people aged 16 to 24 not in employment, education or training with low or no qualifications Young people aged 18 to 24 leaving education or training ready to enter into employment

16-18 Targeted NEET Interventions Young people aged 16 to 18 who are NEET and whose background suggests they require additional support to access and sustain EET

16-24 LDD Targeted NEET Young Londoners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities aged 16 to 24 who are NEET, including those with limiting long-term health problems

Targeted Interventions 18-24 Two strands: Mental health difficulties, drug/alcohol abuse, homeless (c 3.8m) Specific characteristics (c 6.8m) Care leavers Teenage parents / parents to be Lone parents Young carers Work Programme leavers (some) Migrants

Young BAME People Unemployed (and economically inactive, excluding students) people aged 18 to 24 from particular BAME communities (Black or Black British; mixed ethnicity;Pakistani and Bangladeshi; Arab; Roma, Gypsy or Irish Traveller) New JSA claimants on the programme must have qualifications at or below Level 2

Intermediate Labour Markets for Young People Temporary job with additional support for young adults furthest from the labour market, tailored to meet individual client needs ILMs intended to mirror (as closely as possible) processes for recruitment in the open labour market (competitive interviews for every ILM job) Delivery model based on four phases; assessment and preparation; job brokerage and interview; in work retention/training/progression and post ILM

Adult employment and skills programmes Timothy Riley European Programmes Manager Greater London Authority

Who contributed to programme design? GLALondon Councils Individual boroughs Central Government departments Opt InsERSA Housing Associations LVSC VCS orgs Public Health England Clinical Commissioning Groups Further Education sector Higher Education Institutions EmployersIndustry bodies Researchers / think tanks

Approach to adult programmes Targeted programmes Poverty and in-work progression Piloting new approaches Integration of services Sub-regional contracts Funding follows need

Targeted Support for the most disadvantaged Cyclers Older People Refugees Jobs Plus Heathrw Academy Carers Complex needs Inactive BME Women Troubled Families (Lone) Parents out of work (Lone) Parents in work Common Mental Health Disability ILM - Disability

Support targeted at those with common mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety Support being designed by boroughs and CCGs to ensure that it reacts to local provision commissioned by boroughs and IAPT. Big Lottery tranche 2 Common mental health conditions Broader eligibility than our other health and disability programmes Aim to explore how the programme can better integrate with local authority services. DWP Employment support for people with disabilities

Support for the hardest to help people with disabilities. Customers must have a disability and one other serious labour market disadvantage, have had no work for 6 months and less than 6 months cumulative work over 2 years. Temporary jobs for 6 months at minimum wage paid for by programme. Support to then enter work in the open labour market. Big Lottery tranche 1 Intermediate Labour Market

Supporting families also receiving support through the DCLG Troubled Families programme New programme will be better integrated to boroughs, including through Service Level Agreement between providers and boroughs Opt In likely to be DWP Troubled Families For parents not receiving support from Troubled Families programme Also a focus on engaging employers Opt In likely to be DWP (Lone) parents out of work

Support for parents and lone parents stuck in low paid work to progress and increase wages Early stages of development Opt in to be confirmed (Lone) parents in work Targeted support for economically inactive and long term unemployed women from particular communities with high levels of economic inactivity and worklessness Focus on outreach Big Lottery Tranche 1 Economically inactive BAME women

Support for those aged 50+, particularly long term unemployed and economically inactive people. Opt In likely to be DWP Older people Adapting the highly successful Jobs Plus programme to the UK context development work underway. Estate-based programme with three key elements 1-2-1 personal advisor support Financial incentives to work Community engagement Opt In to be confirmed Jobs Plus

Pilot to support those cycling in and out of work to enter and sustain work and progress their wages to the London Living Wage. Aiming to conduct as a randomised control trial Opt In likely to be DWP Those cycling in and out of low paid work Support carers and former carers Aim to support those who can to enter work, and to keep others closer to the labour market Big Lottery tranche 1 Carers

For those who have been granted refugee status, not those going through the asylum process Often have severe barriers to work associated with experience in country of nationality and process of seeking asylum Big Lottery tranche 2 Refugees Will focus on those who are homeless, with a history of offending and / mental health conditions Big Lottery tranche 2 Multiple and complex needs

Support to local people to enter work at Heathrow Airport strong links with Heathrow Employers. Building on previous ESF programmes Cross LEP programme London, Enterprise M3, Thames Valley DWP Heathrow Academy

Planned Adult Skills Provision Business start up and entrepreneur -ship In-work progression programme Creative Industries Health & Social Care DigitalRetailConstruction Tourism & Hospitality Sector Based Approaches ESOL

Support for unemployed and economically inactive people enter work in particular sectors. Provision to include employability support and vocational training Focus on particular target sectors Sector based approaches Likely to be focus on pre-Entry level ESOL support Could link up with employment programmes, such as support for refugees or BAME women ESOL

Support to enter self-employment and sustain the company Aim to ensure the business can provide a suitable income Self- Employment and entrepreneur -ship Support for any people stuck in low paid work to progress and increase wages. Focus on working with employers In Work Progression

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The Register of Training Organisations Current refresh process and scope of the Register Market entry and market exit team June 2015

The Register of Training Organisations Purpose of the RegisterPre-qualification Process Scope of the RegisterRegister refreshImportant notes

Purpose of the Register Ensure organisations currently listed, and any new organisations, are: Suitable entities to deliver or develop learning Financially robust Safeguard public funds together with our interests and those of the provider, learners or users Enable the Agency to: Confirm if organisations with an existing funding agreement with us are suitable to continue to fund Support the sector in subcontracting provision, by requiring subcontractors intending to deliver 100,000 or more in aggregated value, to enter the Register before they enter into such arrangements Act as the market entry point for organisations seeking to be eligible to compete for contracts when funding becomes available The Register of Training Organisations will

Pre-qualification process We have updated our pre-qualification process to reduce the number of questions for organisations that do not want to tender. For organisations that want to tender when opportunities become available our updated questions help them understand what is required to deliver a contract. Testing capacity and capability further at this stage will enable us to focus our tendering more efficiently Pre-qualification process Due diligence questions (includes a financial health self- assessment) Capacity and capability questions (cannot be submitted unless the due diligence questions are submitted first) All organisations must complete and pass the due diligence and capacity and capability questions in order to be invited to tender

FHA self-assessment toolkit How do I complete it? An Excel worksheet is provided in the due diligence questions, which is designed to: guide organisations through the financial health assessment (FHA) help determine what information is required to undertake an assessment predict a grade of Outstanding/Good/Satisfactory/Inadequate based on the information entered The toolkit provides directions/warnings according to what is input and it provides explanations on where to find the financial numbers from financial statements. What does this mean for organisations that apply? Organisations complete the self-assessment toolkit and upload it to the due diligence questions. They must also submit their latest financial statements that have been used to complete the self-assessment toolkit, as well as any other additional information identified in our guidance. What is it? In the due diligence questions we ask organisations to provide their latest financial statements in order to carry out a financial health assessment. This measures financial status in terms of financial performance and ability to meet ongoing financial commitments. In order to safeguard public funds, only those organisations that can demonstrate they are financially robust can progress in our pre-qualification process.

Scope of the Register In our supply chain that want to keep a direct contract In our supply chain who wish to compete for additional funding Who wish to compete in the future for a direct contract Seeking to operate as a subcontractor with 100,000 or more aggregate contract value New organisations that want to be listed on the Register Large employers that receive, or intend to receive, direct grant funding for Apprenticeships The Register is for all organisations who are

Scope of the Register We have widened the remit of the register in order to simplify our processes and reduce the number of PQQs organisations are required to complete if they are interested in more than the delivery of education and training. The Register Delivery of information, advice and guidance (help individuals make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities) Delivery of education and training Development of services (enhancing the delivery of the National Careers Service and increasing the numbers of young people taking up Apprenticeship and Traineeship opportunities)

Register refresh Who is it for? Any organisation currently listed on the Register regardless of when they last applied Any new organisation that wants to compete for funding or contracts Why do organisations have to refresh? Funding rules it is a funding requirement that organisations refresh their information when required to do so It ensures information is current for example ensuring organisations are evaluated on their most recent financial statements as their position may have changed since their last application It ensures all organisations are evaluated equally as we have updated our questions and process with all organisations completing the same questions we can use these answers to invite organisations to tender, improving responsiveness to new opportunities

Important notes How do I access the questions? When we are open for applications, the pre-qualification questions can be accessed in our e-tendering portal at: https://skillsfundingagency.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml When can I apply? The pre-qualification process opens approximately 3 times a year. Details of the next opening will be communicated on our website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-register-of-training-organisations Where can I find more information? The read me first instruction document provides detailed information about the pre-qualification process The accessing the e-tendering portal guidance provides step by step details on how to access the questions on the e-tendering portal Both of these documents and more information can be found on our website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-register-of-training-organisations

Building Better Opportunities Building Better Opportunities 24 th June 2015 Laura Furness Local Deals Manager

Building Better Opportunities Introduction 1.Why BBO? 2.Role of the ESIF Committee 3.Key Messages 4.Building Better Opportunities London LEP Area 5.The Big Lottery Funds Opt In Offer 6.The Application Process 7.Next Steps 8.Questions and Answer

Building Better Opportunities OUR MISSION Making a real difference to communities and the lives of people most in need ESF TO9 Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty OUTCOME 1 To maximise the impact of this funding OUTCOME 2 Whilst open to all sectors, we aim to improve access to European Funds by VCSE organisations Why BBO? Overall Vision for BBO

Building Better Opportunities Role of the LEP Area ESIF Sub Committee

Building Better Opportunities Key messages BBO is now live. 37 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas are expected to opt in. 71 projects in 25 LEP areas are now open for application. 300m investment over 3 years to tackle poverty and promote social inclusion.

Building Better Opportunities Support to applicants Baker Tilly/Ecorys are offering support and advice regards monitoring and reporting requirements. www.bboesfsupport.com

Building Better Opportunities Programme Development Funding 950k across 36 LEP areas LVSC: Londons PDF Organisation 3 objectives; Awareness Administrative support Contact

Building Better Opportunities Context: What this means for the London LEP area 1.Total investment of 32.5m-35.0m 2.Project Outlines Overview TRANCHE 1 a)BAME Women b)ILM Disability & Health c)Carers TRANCHE 2 a)Common MH b)Lone Parents (TBC) c)Refugees d)Severe Multiple Disadvantage (TBC) Tailored and local approaches PAN-London & Sub-Regional Range of activities

Building Better Opportunities The Big Lottery Opt In Offer A Summary 1.Supporting those furthest from the labour market 2.Actual costs 3. Grants, not contracts

Building Better Opportunities The Funds Opt In Offer Different application windows Timescales appropriate to the projects not projects to the timescales

Building Better Opportunities The Funds Opt In Offer Simplified monitoring Standardised tools, processes and systems

Building Better Opportunities Application Process 2-stage competitive grants process Outline proposal Detailed proposal

Building Better Opportunities Application Process Big Lottery development grants Outline proposal Lottery money Detailed proposal

Building Better Opportunities Evaluation Access Impact

Building Better Opportunities Tranche 1 Key dates June/July 2015 Stage 1 Application August/September Stage 1 Assessment October Stage 1 Decision Making November/December Stage 2 Application January/February 2016 Stage 2 Assessment (there are multiple deadlines for the applicant to choose from, this is the earliest) March Stage 2 Earliest decisions and award * All dates are subject to minor change.

Building Better Opportunities Tranche 2 Key dates October/November 2015 Stage 1 Application December/January 2016/February (to include Christmas break) Stage 1 Assessment March Stage 1 Decision Making March/April Stage 2 Application May/ June Stage 2 Assessment (there are multiple deadlines for the applicant to choose from, this is the earliest) July Stage 2 Earliest decisions and award * All dates are subject to minor change.

Building Better Opportunities 1.Development of Tranche 2 project outlines. 2.BBO application process for tranche 1 projects. Next Steps

Building Better Opportunities Feedback and Questions

Building Better Opportunities Further information

European Social Fund 2014-2020 DWP Opt-in Organisation Derek Harvey Group Partnership Manager, London and Home Counties

74 Department for Work & Pensions The DWP Opt-In Offer Support LEP areas to develop their requirements for employment focused provision Procure the contracts Manage the performance of the contracts Manage the ESF Audit and compliance regime Provide Match Funding Accountability for financial and audit risk

75 Department for Work & Pensions Working together London LEP has produced draft detailed requirements These details and the value of the contracts have been shared with DWP and are being assessed. Next steps will be for DWP to translate the requirements into Specifications DWP will submit an application for funding to the Managing Authority for their appraisal and approval When a funding agreement is in place, between the DWP and the Managing Authority, the commercial process can begin

76 Department for Work & Pensions Commercial Approach Open & fair competition Compliant with EU Procurement & Cabinet Office Lean Procurement Guidelines Opportunities will be advertised on the Contracts Finder website & OJEU https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finderhttps://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder Invitations to Tender will be issued through Bravo Solutions Ministers approval to announce the successful bidder

77 Department for Work & Pensions Commercial Approach (cont..) Any legal entity can bid (including local businesses/Small Medium Employers/Voluntary Sector and Special Purpose Vehicle through consortia and partnership) DWP strongly support and encourage local market and specialist engagement in the provision either in their own right or through the supply chain Our commercial strategy will be clearly explained as part of the Invitation To Tender Documents and/or launch event

78 Department for Work & Pensions Commercial Approach (cont..) Further information about DWP Procurement can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work- pensions/about/procurement http://www.learndirect.com/store/catalogsearch/result/?q=winning

79 Department for Work & Pensions Performance Management Contracts will be implemented between 8 weeks and 13 weeks from the date the contract is awarded There will be regular Contract Performance Review meetings between the DWP Performance Manager and the Provider Formal Intervention and Improvement Planning will be in place if required DWP will discuss with the ESIF Committee any major contract performance issues which impact on the achievement of the contract objectives

80 Department for Work & Pensions Questions

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