Background to the Framework
The Operational Programme for ESF 2007-2013 gave Regional Skills Partnerships (RSPs) a leading role in the development of a Regional ESF Framework. In the East Midlands the RSP is known as the Employment, Skills and Productivity Partnership (ESP) and is responsible for the Regional Skills Strategy. The ESP set up a task and finish group to draft the Regional ESF Framework.
The Frameworks sets out how ESF money will be used regionally to address the objectives and targets in the national Operational Programme document. The Regional ESF Framework is closely linked to the Regional Economic Strategy and Regional Skills Strategy so that ESF contributes directly to regional skills and employment priorities.
Regional Strategic Partnership Board (RESPE)
RESPE was a broad-based partnership made up of representatives from key sectors including business, local government, the voluntary and community sector, equal opportunities, the environment, skills and employment.
Its role was to oversee the work of the ESP in developing the Regional ESF Framework and to ensure that the Framework complied with the requirements of the Department for Work and Pensions, the European Commission and was fit for purpose. It was also responsible for ensuring that key stakeholders in the region had the opportunity to contribute to the development of the Regional ESF Framework.
RESPE was dissolved once the National Programme Monitoring Committee and the Regional Monitoring Committee (RMC) were established.
You can find the Terms of Reference for RESPE in the Related Documents section below, along with the Regional Framework.
You can find the Terms of Reference for RESPE in the Related Documents sections below.
