The Regional Development Agencies will deliver the ERDF, and the socio-economic elements of the RDPE. The RDAs will ensure coherence in the day to day management of the socio-economic support under the RDPE and the ERDF. They will ensure that work carried out at the regional level under the two funds is complementary, and robust project development and selection processes will ensure that any duplication is avoided. The RDAs will also be required to work closely with the Leader groups to ensure demarcation on the ground. These processes begin with the clear establishment of demarcation criteria at the regional level. More detail on demarcation between activities is provided at annex V. Demarcation table formally approved by the commission is included. 5.4
For completeness the ERDF
The balance of regional measures
Table I below indicates the proposed level of funding to be allocated through the RIP across each Axis Area. The sub regional allocations are provisional at this stage. The prioritisation was undertaken by mapping regional priorities from all the relevant strategies, informed by the experience of the delivery partners. See the table in Annex VI for the full analysis. In the early stages of delivery of the new Programme, provision will need to be made for the financial commitments resulting from Agreements entered into under the previous (2000-2006) England Rural Development Programme. This will inevitably have an impact on the region’s ability, initially, to support significant levels of new activity in line with this Regional Implementation Plan. It is clear that much of the work carried forward from the previous programme will be consistent with the priorities identified for the new programme period, but where priorities have changed, allowance will be made to honour existing contractual commitments. Table II shows indicative allocations between the five sub-regions. The allocation has been agreed between the sub-regional partners and is based on the formula agreed by Defra and the RDAs nationally to allocate RDPE funding across England. Table III Table III indicates potential activity that will be delivered through LEADER
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