Nottingham Sustainable Urban Development 2019 CLOSED

This call is looking to enhance access to, and use and quality of, Information and Communications Technology; enhance the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises; and support the shift towards a low carbon economy and more specifically:

• Developing Information and Communications Technology products and services, e-commerce, and enhancing demand for Information and Communications Technology
• Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators
• Supporting the creation and the extension of advanced capacities for products, services and development
• Supporting the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises to grow in regional, national and international markets and to engage in innovation processes
• Promoting the production and distribution of energy derived from renewable sources
• Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in enterprises
• Supporting energy efficiency, smart energy management and renewable energy use in public infrastructure, including in public buildings, and in the housing sector
• Promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures
• Promoting research and innovation in, and adoption of, low-carbon technologies

 

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Match Funding

Applicants must identify that they can provide eligible match funding at 50% of total project costs.

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Location

Projects put forward under this call must cover the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership area but more specifically the Nottingham Sustainable Urban Development strategy area including Nottingham, Broxtowe, and parts of Ashfield, Gedling and Rushcliffe.

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Call Documentation

Call documentation and more information on the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy.

 

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Deadlines

The outline application deadline is Friday 26th April 2019.

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Completion date

It is anticipated that funding from this call will be awarded for up to 3 years.

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Further contacts and support

Prospective applicants interested in delivering the programme can contact Richard Kirkland, D2N2 European Structural and Investment Fund Coordinator on email richard.kirkland@@d2n2lep.org for more information.

A technical assistance workshop to support potential applicants took place on Monday 1st April 2019.  Visit the POST EVENT PAGE to download a copy of the presentations.

This project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020 in England.

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