Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ91057
- Gofynnwyd gan
- Cefin CampbellPlaid
- I'w ateb gan
- Minister for Economy
- Cyflwynwyd
- Dyddiad ateb
- Atebwyd
- Amser i'w ateb
- 6 diwrnod
Cwestiwn
Mae'r cwestiwn a'r ateb yn Saesneg gan nad oes fersiwn Gymraeg ar gael.
Will the Minister provide a breakdown of grants awarded by Agile Cymru to businesses and organisations to support activities and projects to promote co-operation in the Irish Sea region?
Ateb
Atebwyd gan Minister for Economy
Through the Agile Cymru programme, the Welsh Government has, to date, delivered two specific funding initiatives to encourage economic cooperation with Ireland and partners around the Irish Sea space.
In 2021, Agile Cymru launched a call for organisations in Wales to increase Irish Sea cooperation and/or to maximise engagement in Horizon Europe. The following eight projects involving cooperation with Ireland were selected for funding:
Organisation
Brief Description
Grant Awarded
BIC Innovation Ltd
Supporting engagement with ConsortiaCo, Cork consultants, to create an ecosystem that drives Wales-Ireland consortium building and applications to Horizon Europe in areas such as food sustainability and net zero carbon delivery at scale.
£3,675.00
Bangor University
Supporting Bangor University's School of Ocean Sciences to deliver a cross-border workshop focusing on engagement of coastal communities in areas such as sustainable fisheries and aquaculture through to marine renewable energy and tourism.
£5,255.00
Swansea University
Supporting engagement between the Materials Research Centre at Swansea University and Limerick University on novel methods of residual stress measurement (nanoindentation) in metallic components.
£4,989.00
Swansea University
Support to the School of Engineering, Swansea University, to develop a proposal to a Horizon Europe tidal energy call. The proposal built on an existing Interreg-funded project (MONITOR) and a consortium leading a H2020 project in a similar topic area (RealTide).
£4,950.00
University of South Wales
Enabling academics and other practitioners from the creative industries in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland to connect via a two-day online conference. The aim of the workshop was the exchange of best practice between regions on the creative industries through the medium of Welsh, Irish Gaelic, and Scottish Gallic as vulnerable/endangered languages. It also aimed to promote innovate research in the creative industries.
£4,971.00
University of South Wales
Support to the Innovation & Engagement Faculty of Life Sciences and Education at the University of South Wales to establish an 'Irish Sea Social Prescribing Network', to increase Irish Sea cooperation amongst social prescribing stakeholders.