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Further to my previous statements on 20 November and 5 December which announced the European Commission’s approval of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) Operational Programmes 2014–2020 for Wales, respectively, I am pleased to announce today another significant milestone – the first approval of EU funds in this new programming round for the Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus.


The £35m Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus (AIEC), led by Aberystwyth University, will receive £20 million of EU funds to build a new state\-of\-the\-art facility that will attract private and competitive research funding so that companies and researchers can undertake collaborative research and innovation projects to boost the bio\-economy.


The research is expected to generate innovative new products, services and spin\-out companies in sustainable food, health, biotechnology and renewable energy. Initiatives planned for the AIEC, which will be based at the Gogerddan Campus, include:


 


* Centre for Food, Nutrition and Energy Security
* Future Food Centre
* Bio\-refining Centre
* Seed Biobank and Processing Facility
* Interdisciplinary Centre for the Bioeconomy


The AIEC will work closely with the University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science (IBERS) which is already driving research in the areas of food security, bioenergy and sustainability, and climate change. IBERS also leads the ground\-breaking EU\-backed BEACON Centre of Excellence for Biorefining, whose achievements were recognised by the European Commission this year through the prestigious RegioStars award.   

We are the first nation in the UK and among the front runners in Europe to have our programmes approved, and the AIEC project approval today is testament to the preparatory work which has been underway between the Welsh European Funding Office and stakeholders to help ensure that vital EU investments continue to flow into the Welsh economy.   

With more project proposals at an advanced stage of development, further project approvals will be announced next year.


 


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.


 


 


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Ymhellach i fy natganiadau ar 20 Tachwedd a 5 Rhagfyr yn cyhoeddi bod y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd wedi cymeradwyo Rhaglenni Gweithredol Cronfa Datblygu Rhanbarthol Ewrop (ERDF) a Chronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop (ESF) 2014–2020 ar gyfer Cymru, rwy’n falch o gyhoeddi carreg filltir bwysig arall heddiw – cymeradwyo cyllid Ewropeaidd am y tro cyntaf yn y rownd hon o raglenni ar gyfer Campws Arloesi a Menter Aberystwyth.

Bydd Campws Arloesi a Menter Aberystwyth, sydd werth £35m ac yn cael ei arwain gan Brifysgol Aberystwyth, yn derbyn £20 miliwn o arian Ewropeaidd i godi cyfleuster newydd sbon er mwyn denu cyllid ymchwil preifat a chystadleuol fel bod cwmnïau ac ymchwilwyr yn gallu ymgymryd â phrosiectau ymchwil ac arloesi cydweithredol i hybu’r bioeconomi.

Disgwylir i’r ymchwil arwain at gynhyrchion, gwasanaethau a sgil\-gwmnïau newydd arloesol ym meysydd bwyd cynaliadwy, iechyd, biotechnoleg ac ynni adnewyddadwy. Mae’r mentrau sydd ar y gweill i CAMA ar Gampws Gogerddan yn cynnwys:

* Canolfan Diogelwch Ynni, Bwyd a Maeth
* Canolfan Bwyd y Dyfodol
* Canolfan Bioburo
* Biobanc a Chyfleuster Prosesu Hadau
* Canolfan Rhyngddisgyblaethol ar gyfer y Bioeconomi

Bydd CAMA yn gweithio’n agos gyda Sefydliad Gwyddorau Biolegol, Amgylcheddol a Gwledig (IBERS) y Brifysgol, sydd eisoes yn llywio ymchwil ym meysydd diogelwch bwyd, bioynni a chynaliadwyedd, a’r newid yn yr hinsawdd. Mae IBERS hefyd yn arwain Canolfan Ragoriaeth Bioburo BEACON, canolfan arloesol sy’n cael ei chefnogi gan yr UE a gafodd gydnabyddiaeth gan y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd eleni drwy wobr bwysig RegioStars.   
Ni yw’r genedl gyntaf yn y DU ac un o’r cyntaf yn Ewrop lle mae’n rhaglenni wedi cael eu cymeradwyo, ac mae cymeradwyo prosiect CAMA heddiw yn dest i’r gwaith paratoadol gan Swyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru a rhanddeiliaid i helpu i sicrhau bod buddsoddiadau’r UE yn parhau i lifo i economi Cymru. Bydd mwy o brosiectau’n cael eu cyhoeddi’r flwyddyn nesaf wrth i gynigion gael eu datblygu ymhellach a’u cymeradwyo.

Mae’r datganiad yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi gwybodaeth i’r aelodau. Os bydd yr aelodau am i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau, byddaf yn fodlon gwneud hynny pan fydd y Cynulliad yn dychwelyd.