Enterprise and Business Committee

 

Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

Meeting date:
20 March 2014

 

Meeting time:
09.00

 

For further information please contact:

Siân Phipps
Committee Clerk

029 2089 8582
enterprise.committee@wales.gov.uk

 

 

Agenda

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Pre-meeting in private (9.00-9.15)

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FORMAL PUBLIC MEETING (09.15)

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1     Introductions, apologies and substitutions 

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2     Inquiry into EU funding opportunities 2014-2020 (session 5) (09.15-10.00)  (Pages 1 - 31)

 

Witnesses:

Ruth Sinclair-Jones, Director, UK National Agency, Erasmus+, British Council

Natasha Hale, Head of Sectors, MEDIA Antennae UK

 

Attached Documents:

Private paper (Members’ Brief for Items 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8).docx

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.1) - British Council ac Ecorys UK

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3     Inquiry into EU funding opportunities 2014-2020 (session 6) (10.00-10.50)   

 

Witnesses:

Elaina Gray, Business Development Director, Creative Europe

Gethin Scourfield, Producer, Fiction Factory Films

Ron Jones, Executive Chairman, Tinopolis

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BREAK (10.50-11.00)

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4     Enterprise Zones (11.00-11.45)  (Pages 32 - 50)

 

Witnesses:

Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government

James Price, Director General Economy, Science and Transport , Welsh Government

Jeff Collins, Project Manager- Director, Welsh Government

Lord Nick Bourne, Chair of the Collective Enterprise Zone Boards

 

Attached Documents:

Private paper (Members’ Brief for Items 4 and 5)

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.2) - Enterprise Zones - evidence from the Minister

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5     Cardiff Airport (11.45-12.30)  (Pages 51 - 53)

 

Witnesses:

Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government

James Price, Director General Economy, Science and Transport , Welsh Government

Jeff Collins, Project Manager-Director, Welsh Government

 

Attached Documents:

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.3) -Cardiff Airport - evidence from the Minister

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BREAK (12.30-13.20)

 

 

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6     Inquiry into EU funding opportunities 2014-2020 (session 7) (13.20-14.00)  (Pages 54 - 100)

 

Witnesses:

Anne Howells, European Development Officer, University of Aberystwyth

Dr Liz Mills, Independent Policy Analyst

Dr. David Llewellyn, Independent consultant

 

Attached Documents:

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.4) – Dr Liz Mills

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.4) – Annex 1

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.4) – Annex 2

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7     Inquiry into EU funding opportunities 2014-2020 (14.00-14.45)  (Pages 101 - 111)

 

Witnesses:

Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance

Jane McMillan, Head of Programme Management (European Structural Fund

Rob Halford, Head of Planning & Strategy

Damien O'Brien, Chief Executive, WEFO

 

Attached Documents:

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.5) - EU Funding Opportunities – evidence from the Minister

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8     EU Structural Funds update (14.45-15.30)  (Pages 112 - 118)

 

Witnesses:

Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance

Jane McMillan, Head of Programme Management (European Structural Fund)

Rob Halford, Head of Planning & Strategy

Damien O'Brien, Chief Executive, WEFO

 Attached Documents:

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.6) - EU Structural Funds update – evidence from the Minister

 

 

 

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9     Papers to note  (Pages 119 - 130)

 

Attached Documents:

Minutes of Previous Meeting

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.7) - Additional information from UKTI

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.8) – Additional information from UKTI (FDI Capability Development Support Programme)

EBC(4)-08-14 (p.9) – Additional information from UKTI (Data Points)

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De-brief in private (15.30-15.45)

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