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European Funding Opportunities
in the United Kingdom

Budgets are set for the European Union (EU) for periods of 7 years. Budgets are based on contributions from Member States at a fixed % of GDP. The current budget period runs between 2007 and 2013. The budget of the European Union in this period is €864 billion/£720 billion – a large sum of money in the absolute, but only one per cent of the economic wealth generated by the countries of the EU each year.

The budget is allocated to a wide range of funding programmes, including the Structural Funds which we have successfully had access to in recent years through Government Office for the North West (GONW) and the North West Development Agency (NWDA), however, there are also a large number of other programmes in addition to these which TMBC and other Greater Manchester authorities make some use of, but the potential for maximising these resources is not being met. These programmes often require transnational partners (working with other EU Member States).

The Greater Manchester (AGMA) Brussels Office provides and Information Service which provide policy updates, partner searches and funding opportunities.

To sign up for weekly European Funding & Policy Bulletins click register here: www.greater-manchester.eu/infoservice.aspx

Available European Funds

The following are some of the funds that are available from the European Union in the current 2007-13 budgetary period, they have been sorted by theme and some may appear twice as they address more than one policy area.

The thematic headings will take you to a breakdown of funds within that area:

Enterprise and Innovation 145.29 KB
Culture 51.64 KB
Education, Training, Work based placements & Volunteering 173.59 KB
Environment 122.22 KB
Health 50.19 KB
Information Society 66.09 KB
Justice & Home Affairs 37.29 KB
Social Inclusion 49.31 KB
Transport 163.9 KB

Click on the above links for more detail under each thematic heading.

Next Steps

For more information on any of the above programmes please consult the websites listed.

To take project ideas forward, to find European partners or to develop applications, please contact Russell Yates in the Economic Development Unit.

Contact Information
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