Best practice from 10 years of Regional Development Agencies

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• Best practice from 10 years of Regional
  Development Agencies

Mark Gibson
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Nine English Regions
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Some Regions are more prosperous than
others

Gross Value Added (GVA) per head

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Differences within Regions too

NUTS 3

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Looking more closely at the North West


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Government has target to grow all regions and
narrow the gap
Narrowing the Gap
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Northern regions to grow faster than before
Period 1990-2002
GVA per head
Target period 2002-2012
GVA per head
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Government has nine Regional Development
Agencies (RDAs)
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London is a bit different
Mayor Livingstone
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RDAs are Business Led
Business
Higher Education
Local Authorities
Trade Union
Voluntary Sector
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RDA Chairs have social as well as business
interest
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RDA budgets map regional disparities
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RDA Big Interventions
Bio-manufacturing centre
Nuclear Skills Academy
Liverpool Capital of Culture
Cumbria University
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RDAs What has worked, what has not
Evaluation
Evidence base
Stakeholder Buy-in
Stakeholder involvement
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Developing the Regional Economic Strategy
Employment
Productivity
Innovation
Enterprise
Investment
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The Region owns the Regional Economic Strategy
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Strategies What has worked, what has not
3rd Generation
1st Generation
2nd Generation
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Integrated Regional Strategy
Future
Now
Integrated Regional Strategy
Economic Strategy

Spatial Strategy
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Changes in decision making
Future
Now
Whitehall
Whitehall

Decision making
RDAs
RDAs
Local Authorities
Local Authorities
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Increased Accountability to Whitehall and
Parliament
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Will RDAs survive?