Finance Committee

Meeting Venue: Committee Room 2 - Senedd
Meeting date: 25 January 2012
Meeting time: 09:00
For further information please contact:
Naomi Stocks Committee Clerk 02920898409 FinanceCommittee@wales.gov.uk

Agenda

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Private briefing (9:00 - 9:15)

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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions

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2. The Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales - DG Regional Policy and DG Employment (9:20 - 10:00) (Pages 1 - 10)

Video Conference: European Commission

FIN(4) 02-12 – Paper 1, Paper 2

· Guy Flament, DG Regional Policy Officer, European Commission

· Marc Vermyle, DG Employment, European Commission

· Agnes Lindemans, Head of unit -UK and Ireland, DG Regional Policy

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3. The Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales - Welsh Local Government Association (10:00 - 10:40) (Pages 11 - 22)

FIN(4) 02-12 – Paper 3

· Lowri Gwilym, Team Manager Europe and Regeneration

· Neville Davies, WLGA European Adviser and Head of European Policy and External Funding, Carmarthenshire County Council

· Peter Mortimer, WLGA European Adviser and Regeneration Manager, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council

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4. The Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales - Pembrokeshire College and Coleg Morgannwg (10:40 - 11:20) (Pages 23 - 31)

Pembrokeshire College

FIN(4) 02-12 – Paper 4

· Nicky Howells, External Funding Manager, Pembrokeshire College

· David Evans, Director of Finance 

Coleg Morgannwg

FIN(4) 02-12 – Paper 5

· Judith Evans, Principal, Coleg Morgannwg

· Karen Phillips, Deputy Principal, Coleg Morgannwg

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Break: 11:20 - 11:30

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5. The Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales - Programme Monitoring Committee (11:30 - 12:00)

Dr Mark Drakeford AM, Chair, Programme Monitoring Committee

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6. Papers to note  (Pages 32 - 45)

FIN(4) 02-12 – Paper 6 - Response to the scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s budget 2012-2013 from the Minister for Finance

FIN(4) 02-12 – Paper 7 - Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary on the Welsh Government’s budget 2012-2013

Minutes of previous meeting

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7. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

Items 8 and 9.

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8. Inquiry into Prudential borrowing and innovative approaches to capital funding - suggested terms of reference and related background briefing (12:00 - 12:25) (Pages 46 - 62)

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9. Draft Budget Protocol with the Welsh Government (12:25 - 12:30) (Pages 63 - 74)

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