CLOSED: Enhancing Equal Access to Lifelong Learning – Tees Valley (OC34S19P1354)
Call to run a project focused on meeting the current and future skills needs of employers in the Tees Valley LEP area.
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
The project must be delivered across all five of the Tees Valley Local Authority areas: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-On-Tees.
A sector skills routeway approach is anticipated –providing progression routes from entry level to NVQ level 4, enabling the workforce to develop relevant skills, and to progress in their career into higher skilled/better paid employment.
Provision should be tailored to meet the specific sector needs identified in the Tees Valley Strategic Economic Plan and to address the gaps/barriers in provision identified by local SME’s.
In order to ensure complementarity, it is expected that the successful applicant for this call will liaise with the successful applicant under the Tees Valley call for Investment Priority 2.2 (OC34S19P1353) to ensure delivery is informed by evidence of employer skills needs.
Applications are encouraged from consortia or other similar types of partnership arrangements. In each such case the application must be completed and submitted in the ECLAIMS IT system by the lead organisation on behalf of the partnership/consortia. The Lead applicant must have the financial capacity to meet the required Due Diligence criteria and if ESF funding is awarded, this organisation will then become the lead Grant Recipient, accountable for delivery of the overall ESF Project.
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Location
The project must cover the Tees Valley LEP area.
Value
Approximately £9.75m of funding is available.
Deadlines
Full application deadline: 4 November 2019
Completion date
Projects must be completed no later than 3 years and 6 months after the proposed project start date, however the ESF Managing Authority reserves the right to vary the maximum duration in exceptional circumstances. All ESF Projects must be completed by 31st December 2023. Project costs cannot be incurred beyond this date.
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.
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.CLAIMSUPPORT@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.
Updates to this page
Last updated 6 November 2019 + show all updates
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Enhancing Equal Access to Lifelong Learning – Tees Valley (OC34S19P1354) project call is now closed.
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