CLOSED: Recovery and Renewal - Skills for Growth – North East - OC25S21P1823
Call to run a project to help address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and workforce of the North East Region LEP area.
This call is now closed. Please do not submit an application against this call specification. The information provided below is for reference purposes only.
Details
Target Groups for support:
- existing staff who need to upgrade their skillsets to remain competitive in the labour market
- people made redundant & furloughed staff
- the Self-Employed Workforce
A range of interventions are required dependent on the individual circumstances, those recently made redundant or on furlough may require short-term advice guidance and skills training and support to move back into work whilst those who have been made redundant from high street retailing for example, will need more intensive support and retraining to enable them to move towards and into employment in different business sectors.
Generally, the measures proposed by applicant organisations must be flexible, agile and tailored to individuals given the constantly changing economic and wider societal environments that COVID-19 has brought. Individual activities such as Training Needs Analysis (TNA), transferable workforce and sector specific skills training (including digital skills), IAG and job search support are the types of services that should be on offer to reverse the negative impacts of COVID-19 on targeted individuals to enable either returns to sectors once more normal economic activities return or following retraining and new skills attainment enabling transfer into growth and stable economic sectors.
Applications are encouraged from consortia or other similar types of partnership arrangements.
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Location
The project must cover the North East Region LEP area.
Value
Approximately £15m of ESF is available.
Deadlines
Full application deadline: 31 May 2021
Completion date
Projects must be financially completed (i.e. have a proposed Financial Completion Date) no later than 31st December 2023; however, the Managing Authority reserves the right to vary the maximum duration in exceptional circumstances.
Full Application Submission
To apply for funding under this call you will need to complete and submit your Full Application via the ECLAIMS IT System.
Please note: the ECLAIMS IT System can only be access from within the UK.
Full Applications submitted in the ECLAIMS IT System after the call closing date shown above and on the call specification will not be appraised.
If you do not already have access to the ECLAIMS IT system, please request an ‘ECLAIMS External Access Form’ by emailing E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@dwp.gov.uk
You will need to request an External Access Form for each person in your organisation who requires access.
It is your responsibility to ensure you request and activate your ECLAIMS access in sufficient time. We strongly advise that you obtain and activate your ECLAIMS access at least 2 weeks prior to the advertised call closure date, if not sooner.
You are also advised to read the details in the call specification in order to produce an application that complies with the requirements and meets the needs set out in the ESF Operational Programme. All this information, the related guidance and the European Social Fund Operational Programme can be found from our homepage. The published ESF Online Full Application Guidance also provides step-by-step advice on how to complete your Full Application using the ECLAIMS IT system. ESF Online Full Application Guidance.
Technical Support
If you encounter any technical difficulties completing or submitting your Full Application via the ECLAIMS IT system, please send an email to E.CLAIMSSUPPORT@dwp.gov.uk
The technical support operating hours are Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm and it is your responsibility to ensure you seek and technical advice in sufficient time to complete and submit your Full Application before the published call closure date.
The Managing Authority reserves the right to reject applications which are incomplete or not submitted in a timely and compliant way.
Contact details
If you have any questions about the Call Specification or ESF Online Full Application Guidance, please contact esf.2014-2020@dwp.gov.uk. This address should not be used to request technical support.
Last updated 1 June 2021 + show all updates
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Recovery and Renewal - Skills for Growth – North East - OC25S21P1823 project call is not closed.
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