CLOSED: Agri Tech Skills: project call in York, North Yorkshire & East Riding and Humber LEP areas (OC50S18P1128)
Call to run a project to deliver activities within farming businesses to allow them to develop new processes and systems in the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Humber LEP areas.
This call is now closed. Please do not submit an application for this call. The information provided on this page is for reference purposes only
Details
Activity is sought under both Investment Priority 2.1 and Investment Priority 2.2 for both the - York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNYER) and Humber LEP areas.
Projects will be expected to demonstrate how they will develop mechanisms to identify and engage with rural businesses who have the ambition to increase profitability and resilience.
Examples of activities include:
Delivery of or referral to packages of learning which enable farm managers to:
- develop the leadership, management and business skills necessary to support their businesses development and resilience,
- assist the early adoption and full utilisation of new technologies and processes such as those funded through DEFRA Countryside Productivity grants and the Rural Development Programme for England Growth Programme,
- support farmers in identifying and evaluating new ideas, technologies and farming systems, identifying their skills barriers to adapting new ideas, technologies and systems and co-designing new projects/activities to meet those needs.
Applicants are encouraged to put forward new or innovative solutions aligned to the ESF Operational Programme criteria for Investment Priority 2.1 and Investment Priority 2.2 and specifically addressing the local needs and priorities in this Call.
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Location
The project must cover the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Areas.
Value
Approximately £800,000 of funding is available.
Deadlines
Outline application deadline: 13 September 2018.
Completion date
The project must be completed no later than 3 years and 6 months after the proposed start date.
How to apply
To apply for funding under this call you will need to complete and send the Outline Application form to the email address provided in the call document. The guidance provides information to help you complete the form.
You are also advised to read the details in the call documents in order to produce an application that complies with the requirements and meets the needs set out in the Operational Programme. All this information, the related guidance and the European Social Fund Operational Programme can be found from our homepage.
Where to send completed applications
Completed Outline Applications must be submitted to [email protected]
Failure to send completed applications to this email address by the deadline in the call specification will be ineligible for consideration.
What happens next
If your outline application is successful, we’ll contact you and ask you to make a full application.
Contact details
Contact [email protected] with queries linked to accessing or using the specification, forms, guidance etc.
No applications are to be sent to this email address. Completed applications must be sent to the email address provided in the ‘Where to send completed applications’ section above / Section 9 of the Call Specification.
Updates to this page
Published 21 June 2018Last updated 17 September 2018 + show all updates
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Agri Tech Skills: project call in York, North Yorkshire & East Riding and Humber LEP areas (OC50S18P1128) is now closed.
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