Joint meeting of REGIO Evaluation Network and ESF Evaluation partnership 2014-20 ERDF INTERVENTION LOGIC Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Athens, 15 th.

Joint meeting ofREGIO Evaluation Network and ESF Evaluation

partnership

2014-20 ERDF INTERVENTION LOGICNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom

Athens, 15th May 2014

Who? Andrew Winter ([email protected])

What? Northern Ireland ERDF Managing Authority

Why? To share the Northern Ireland 2014-20 ERDF Intervention Logic story......

WHO? WHAT? WHY?

NORTHERN IRELAND FACTS

NORTHERN IRELAND FACTS

GOOD THINGS: NOT SO GOOD THINGS:

1 Belfast GDP per capita €48k Northern Ireland GDP per capita €21k

2 FDI location – NI most attractive outside London

Lowest Business Births, Highest Business deaths

3 Recent strong BERD Growth Historically low BERD base

4 A Young Population – 21% High Youth Unemployment – 23%

- Smallest UK nation - 1.8m population (3% of the UK)- 2014-20 Transition Region - 2% of UK GVA- Weekly Earnings €550- Unemployment Rate 7.7%- Economic Inactivity 28% - Highly Skilled Workforce

INITIAL APPROACH

• A focus on what we want to do

- Lots of activity, thinly spread

• Not on what we want to achieve

- Thinly spread, questionable impact

• Rethink required

BACK TO BASICS

• What are Northern Ireland’s needs?

- Underpinned by detailed analysis

• Where should we concentrate?

- Prioritisation

• What will be the result?

TOUGH DECISIONS

• Activities dropped

• Political Buy-In

• Stakeholder Buy-In

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

3 Thematic Objectives & 3 Investment Priorities• Strengthening Research, Technical

Development and Innovation

• Enhancing the Competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprise

• Supporting the Shift Towards a Low Carbon Economy in all Sectors

BENEFITS

• Greatly assisted OP drafting• Clear Thematic Concentration• Contribute to EU2020 Targets• Measurable Indicators & Results• Capacity to deliver change

R&D&I

EU 2020 Target Objective NI Target

Raise combined public and private investment levels in R&D&I to 3% of GDP

To increase Business Expenditure on Research and Development (BERD)

Increase Northern Ireland’s total business expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GVA from 1.6% in 2012 to between 1.8% and 2.2% in 2020.

R&D&I

• Concentration on BERD- BERD 74% of total expenditure

• Horizontal & Vertical Specialisation- Smart Specialisation & Growth Potential

• Increase Uptake- Only 430 businesses R&D active

SME COMPETITIVENESS

EU 2020 Target Objective NI Target

75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed

To increase the number of high growth SMEs

Increase the number of high growth SMEs in Northern Ireland from 695 in 2013 to between 1,300 and 1,500 in 2020

To increase the number of employees in Micro & Small Enterprises

Increase employment in Northern Ireland micro and small enterprises from 297,000 in 2013 to between 323,000 and 329,000 in 2020 Small Enterprises are those employing 0 – 49 people.

SME COMPETITIVENESS

• Focus on SME High Growth Firms

- Disproportionate +ve economic impact

- Reduction in numbers

- Access to Finance

• Focus on SME job creation

- Reduction in micro & small employees

LOW CARBON ECONOMY

EU 2020 Target Objective NI Target

Increasing the share of renewables in final energy consumption to 20%

To increase consumption of electricity from renewable energy sources

Increase use of renewable energy in electricity consumption from 14.3% in 2011/12 to 40% in 2020

LOW CARBON ECONOMY

• Renewable Energy- Harness natural wind resources

- 40% target

Thank you for your time

Happy to answer any questions

Andrew Winter

[email protected]

Joint meeting ofREGIO Evaluation Network and ESF Evaluation

partnership

2014-20 ERDF INTERVENTION LOGICNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom

Athens, 15th May 2014