Priority 4
Growing & Accessing Employment
This Priority focuses on growing the region’s economic base, with the aim of improving economic performance across the Northwest by linking job growth to areas/groups where there is a need to increase economic participation.
Regional partners also wish to examine the potential for the use of JESSICA (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas) and JEREMIE (Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises Initiative) within this Priority.
Priority 4 Action Areas
• Action Area 1 (AA4-1): Stimulate Enterprise in Disadvantaged Communities & Under-Represented Groups
• Action Area 2 (AA4-2): Supporting Linkages to Key Employment Areas
• Action Area 3 (AA4-3): Supporting Employment Creation for Areas of Regeneration Need
Priority 4 Targets
| Target | Target to 2015 |
| Outputs | |
| Number of new social enterprises assisted | 210 |
| Private sector investment levered (£m) | 80 |
| Brownfield land reclaimed and/or redeveloped | 240 |
| Results |
| Number of gross jobs created | 6,800 |
| - of which will be filled by men | 3,400 |
| - of which will be filled by women | 3,400 |
| Number of gross jobs safeguarded | 2,900 |
| - of which will be filled by men | 1,500 |
| - of which will be filled by women | 1,400 |
| Number of people gaining employment within six months of the intervention | 5,300 |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from programme interventions (tonnes) | 2,066 |
| New or upgraded floorspace built/upgraded to BREEAM excellent or very good at current standards (sq m) | 101,000 |
| Impact |
| Net additional Gross Value Added (annual) (£m) | 190 |
| Net additional employment | 4,700 |
| Net reduction as result of interventions in expected OP carbon dioxide emissions (%) | 8,530 |