Enterprise and Business Committee

Meeting Venue: Committee Room 1 - Senedd
Meeting date: 3 April 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 (09:00-09.15)

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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 11) (09.15-09.45)  (Pages 1 - 12)

Witness:

Professor Colin Riordan, President and Vice Chancellor, Cardiff University

Attached Documents:

Private paper (Members’ Brief for Item 2)

EBC(4)-10-14 (p.1) – Cardiff University

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Break (09.45-10.00)

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3 Social Enterprises (10.00-11.00)  (Pages 13 - 37)

Witnesses:

Phil Fiander, WCVA, Director of Programmes

Matthew Brown, WCVA, Communities Investment Manager

Anne-Marie Rogan, Swansea YMCA, Chief Executive

Attached Documents:

Private paper (Members’ Brief for Item 3)

EBC(4)-10-14 (p.2) - WCVA

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4 Social Enterprises (11.00-12.00)  (Pages 38 - 99)

Witnesses:

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

Professor Andrew Davies, Chair of the Welsh Co-operative and Mutuals Commission

Derek Walker, Chief Executive Officer of the Wales Co-operative Centre

Attached documents:

EBC(4)-10-14 (p.3) - Report of the Welsh Co-operative and Mutuals Commission

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/businessandeconomy/welsh-coop-mutuals-commission/?lang=en

EBC(4)-10-14 (p.3) - Report of the Welsh Co-operative and Mutuals Commission

EBC(4)-10-14 (p.4) – Welsh Government

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Break (12.00-14.00)

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5 Inquiry into the Welsh Government's approach to the promotion of trade and inward investment (14.00-15.00)  (Pages 100 - 114)

Witnesses:

Rt. Hon Carwyn Jones AM, The First Minister of Wales

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

James Price, Director General, Economy, Science and Transport

Gary Davies, Head of European and External Affairs Division

Attached Documents:

Private paper (Members’ Brief for Item 5)

EBC(4)-10-14 (p.5) - Welsh Government

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6 Papers to note (Pages 115 - 116)

Attached Documents:

Private paper (further information on the Technology Strategy Board)

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De-brief in private (15.00-15.20)

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