RDPE definition
Examples of RDPE in a sentence
Community investment finance Beyond the public sector contribution for successful pilot applicants of 50% funding from RDPE and the BDUK Rural Community Broadband Fund, each community will be required to raise the balance of funding required and this is certain to be a blend of finance suited to each particular project.
GENECON and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Consulting were appointed by One North East in December 2009 to assist the Agency with the management and delivery of the £45m region-wide RDPE programme.
This commission involved developing a performance and monitoring framework of the RDPE programme identifying key indicators to measure programme performance, and undertaking a mid-term evaluation to provide clear recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of the RDPE investment over the remaining three years of the programme.
Key elements will be: Content and structure of the RDPE funding application form, and structure of the Business Plan, suited to the exact needs of their pilot.
Our objective will be the development of a professional working relationship helping guide, shape and contributing to each community’s business plan working towards the goal of ensuring that each is ready for submission of its RDPE funding application by the end of December 2011.
Each community will need to resource the completion of its business plan and RDPE application, but we would expect to work closely and alongside each to ensure completion by the end of December deadline.
The target of this advice is to prepare each so that they can constitute and so act as an accountable-body for application to RDPE and other funding.
The Team’s RDPE experience Collectively our team provides significant experience of RDPE both in terms of assisting the management and delivery of the North East region’s RDPE programme and in supporting projects to develop funding applications for RDPE support.
From our detailed discussions with Northern Fells Broadband (NFB) they currently foresee finance coming from RDPE, BDUK, private-sector investment from residents and contribution from the Telco’s involved in infrastructure delivery.
This work assisted the LAGs to reflect on changing priorities and funding criteria as the RDPE programme moves into DEFRA management, and to identify any changes they would need to make to ensure continued effectiveness and success in terms of accessing resources.