Community-based Enterprises

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:24 pm on 8 May 2019.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 2:24, 8 May 2019

Well, I thank the Member for that supplementary. Obviously, I am aware of the project in his constituency based on the correspondence that we have had. He's acknowledged I can't make specific comment on that, and in fact that those decisions are made by WEFO, not by Welsh Ministers. There has been a large number of successful projects that have gone to community and third sector organisations, and including capacity-building initiatives in order to encourage further successful applications from the third sector. I met recently with the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, for example, to talk about their interest and their role as an intermediary body in supporting WEFO in administering EU funds.

In relation to the particular point that he makes about further enhancing the role of community organisations as beneficiaries of EU funds, certainly that is something we would wish to see, and, in relation to the particular project in his constituency, I would encourage the organisation to make contact with officials to discuss the particular project.