European Structural and Investment Funds: outline application
Guidance and forms to apply for funding through the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund.
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Applications for funding through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth programme should only be made in response to an open call opportunity.
These documents only relate to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF).
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Updates to this page
Published 16 July 2015Last updated 2 August 2019 + show all updates
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Updated versions of the Outline Application form (v10) and supporting guidance (v10) have been published to detail the new requirement for ERDF projects to incorporate domestic branding as part of their publicity requirements.
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Improved clarity, guidance on the number of words to reduce the scale and reordering on the outline application form and the guidance has been updated to accommodate the changes to the outline application form.
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Updated the ESIF Outline Application Forms and ESIF Outline Application Form Guidance.
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Revised ESF indicator annex, updated to reflect 2 changes: 1) The technical assistance output and result indicators have been amended to reflect those in the operational programme and 2) applicants and beneficiaries will no longer have to complete the male and female split on the ESF indicator annexes against outputs and results, but must still confirm the male and female split at participant level.
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The ESIF Outline Application Form and the ESIF Outline Application Form Guidance has been updated.
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ESIF Outline Application Form (v6) and Guidance (v6) updated to latest versions to correct formatting errors and broken links of previous versions.
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ESF Financial Annex has been updated to clarify the Simplified Cost Options in the dropdown menus.
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Published a revised version of the ESF indicator annex table (version 4).
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Added the 'Financial viability and risk assessment applicant template'.
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Outline Application Financial Tables Annex has been updated with version 4 on 16 December 2016.
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Added annex to outline application form for ESF IP2.2 calls.
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Revised versions of ESIF outline application form (updated to version 5) and ESIF outline application guidance (updated to version 5).
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Published revised versions of ESIF outline application form (updated to version 3) and ESIF outline application guidance (updated to version 4). Also published new ESIF management and control requirements (version 1).
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Published revised version of the Outline application guidance (E-Claims Version) - version 3.
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ESF Financial Tables Annex has been added for Outline Applications.
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The ESF Indicator Annex Table has been added.
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Outline Application Financial Tables Annex updated to version 3 and Outline Application Deliverables Annex Table updated to version 5.
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Outline application form and guidance updated to version 2.
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Outline Application Deliverables Annex Table updated to version 4.
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