Welcome to the East Midlands European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Competitiveness Programme website. 

ERDF funding aims to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the European Union by supporting regional economic development. The East Midlands is eligible for approximately £209m between 2007 and 2013 (subject to exchange rate fluctuations), which when combined with national public match funding, provides a programme value of approximately £418m – a significant investment in the economic development of the region.  

The East Midlands qualifies as a competitiveness and employment region under the EU’s Cohesion Policy, which aims to meet the EU objective to become ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social inclusion’. 

East Midlands Development Agency (emda) is responsible for the programme management and delivery of the region’s new ERDF Competitiveness Programme. 

To find out more about ERDF, the region’s strategy for delivering the funds, how to apply for funding and how the programme is managed, please use the menus on each page.