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2007 – 2013 Programme

2008 Provider Briefings

Throughout September and October a series of ESF Provider Briefings have taken place. The aim of the sessions has been to inform learning providers delivering projects in the London Region of ESF and LSC requirements for the 2007-10 ESF Programme.

The presentation that the was used for the briefing sessions has been broken down into a series of Word documents and links to these are listed below: 

(Unfortunately the documents are unavailable at this time. Please check back later. Sorry for any inconvenience).

 2007 - 10 ESF Programme Context 

PDF File  Programme Eligibility 

PDF File  Marketing and Publicity 

PDF File  Relationship Management and Contract Structure 

PDF File  Conditions of Payment 

PDF File  Contract Monitoring 

PDF File  Data Protection and Health and Safety 

PDF File  Quality Management, Cross Cutting Themes and Next Steps


2007 ESF Projects

Following the evaluation of the 2007 ESF round, results have been notified to organisations and contract clarification is underway. In total 328 ITTs were received from 237 organisations. Following evaluation, moderation and the contract award panels, 99 Projects have been taken forward across the three activity areas of Youth, Adult and Employer responsiveness. In total over £48 million of ESF has been allocated in this first LSC ESF round of the 2007 – 2013 programme.

Initial analysis of the result shows that 38% of the funding has been allocated to Third Sector providers, this figure does not include partner organisations.

Sector

Number of contracts

Indicative ESF funding

Third sector

40

£18,546,318

Public sector

29

£14,145,699

Private sector

30

£15,543,038

Full detail of Projects, funding amount, location and partners will be confirmed once contract clarification is complete. In the mean time, the document below lists the organisations taken forward under each ESF Activity area

Indicative results  

2008 LSC ESF Youth Projects
2008 LSC ESF Adult Projects
2008 LSC ESF Employer Response Projects
 

Tendering opportunities

LSC London region has launched Invitations to tender (ITTs) under the 2007 – 2010 ESF programmes for the Youth area.

These tenders are open to organizations that passed the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) under the 2007 & 2008 rounds.

The ITTs seek to address geographical gaps in provision which were not filled through the 2007 ESF tendering round, with priority being given to ‘NEET hotspot boroughs’, further detail is contained within the ITT document.

Details will be sent via the Bravo e-procurement system to the named contact for your organisation.

Invitations To Tender - Copies of the ITT are available below.

Employer Responsiveness ITT

Introduction to Tender
 

Adult Invitation to Tender

Adult ITT

 

Supporting documents for 2008 ESF ITT round

European Social Fund Overview 2008

NEET Data March 2008

Please CLICK HERE for the LSC London Co-Financing Plan.



Supporting Documents and Strategies for London ESF ITT process.

City Strategies - DWP

Skills and Employment in London - LSEB

London Employment and Skills Taskforce for 2012 Action Plan LDA

London Enriched  - The Mayor's strategy for refugee integration in London

London European Social Fund Regional Framework 2007-2010  - LDA

2007 ESF ITT Round Documents and Information

Youth Specifications  - ESF1 Youth Specifications
Adult Specifications - ESF1 Adult Specifications
Employer Responsiveness Specifications - ESF1 Employer Responsiveness Specifications.

European Social Fund Overview 2008

NEET Data March 2008

Branding Guidelines:

From the date at which the branding guidelines are issued, the new logo should be used on all public documents related to the new programme.
Please note the 2000-2006 ESF logo should continue to be used on all materials related to the 2000-2006 ESF programme until that programme ends.