Business plan

The Government's public service agreements linked with the Strategic Priorities Framework, the overarching document that describes the network's priorities linked to the department's strategic objectives, have informed the Network Corporate Plan.

Through discussions with sponsor departments in context with the Strategic Priorities Framework and our Network Corporate Plan we have developed our regional priorities. From these regional priorities we developed our board business plan objectives, which draw out in more detail our role. They also capture our wider roles not covered, including our work with places, regional resilience, and regional minister support.

This is captured in the Government Office for the North East Corporate Plan that sets out our objectives and how we will deliver them. This document represents all of our regional work and it sets out delivery challenges for us all.

We have 10 priorities for 2009-10, and they are arranged into three sections:

• Narrowing the gap – tackling the economic changes in the region
• Narrowing the gap – improving the safety, wellbeing and health in the region
• Better government in the region.