Guidance

[Withdrawn] 074/22 Celebrating the England European Social Fund 2014-2020 Programme: 17 March 2022 online event

Updated 29 February 2024

The information in this Action Note is out of date and should not be used. This Action Note was withdrawn on 25 September 2023 and is published here for information only.

Online England ESF Programme celebration event

Taking place on 17 March 2022.

Register your interest by sending your email contact details to esf.2014-2020@dwp.gov.uk.

Registration closes Friday 11 February 2022. 

Date Issued 25 January 2022
Review Date 31 March 2022

1. Who should read

European Social Fund (ESF) Direct Bid projects, Co-financing Organisations (CFO) and other ESF Programme delivery partners and stakeholders, including the Greater London Authority (GLA) and other Intermediate bodies and Combined Authorities, and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).

2. Purpose

To notify ESF projects, delivery partners and stakeholders about an online event to celebrate the England ESF 2014-2020 Programme that is taking place on 17 March 2022, and how to obtain an invitation to attend.

3. Background

This one-off England ESF Programme online celebration event is taking place to recognise activities and achievements to date, including how ESF delivery activity has adapted in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The ESF Managing Authority is hosting this Microsoft Teams Live event on Thursday 17 March 2022. Starting at 10am it is expected to run for approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

The event is open to ESF partners involved in delivering the Programme. It will include presentations and short films from local Direct Bid projects, ESF CFOs and CFO projects, LEPs, the ESF Managing Authority and the Department for Work and Pensions ESF Evaluation team.

The focus of the event will include:

  • national and local level achievements so far, recognising the scale, breadth, and diversity of ESF provision and its positive impact in the lives of individuals and communities

  • the extensive ongoing collaborative partnership working amongst those involved in managing and delivering the programme

  • how ESF stakeholders and projects adapted and evolved delivery to maintain support throughout periods of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and for continued ESF provision

  • the sharing of lessons and effective practice by projects and from ESF evaluation activity

  • the continuation of project delivery until late 2023

By the end of the event all attendees will have gained a better understanding of the achievements of ESF projects across the country and the impact they have locally; and how their own project or role within the management and delivery of the programme fits with and supports those activities.

4. Action

You are asked to note the details of the event above to mark the activities and achievements of the programme so far.

Invitations to attend the event will be issued by request only, so if you would like to join us on 17 March, please register your interest by sending your email contact details to esf.2014-2020@dwp.gov.uk by close of Friday 11 February 2022.  

The diary invite will be issued by the end of February. In the meantime, please note the event timings in your calendar.   

5. Contact

If you have any queries regarding this Action Note, please email esf.2014-2020@dwp.gov.uk.