The Government published the consultation paper Prosperous
Places: Taking Forward the Review of Sub National Economic Development and
Regeneration in March 2008. A combined response by the Association of North
East Councils, One North East and the North East Assembly setting out their
views on how the SNR will be implemented in the region was submitted.
The Government will respond to the consultation responses in due course.
The main aspects of the review are:
- single integrated regional strategy to replace singles strategies such
as Regional Economic Strategy, Regional Spatial Strategy
- Regional Development Agencies to have executive responsibility for
the strategy
- Regional Development Agencies to take on regional planning role
from Regional Assemblies, which will not continue in their current form and
function
- local authorities to agree the strategy and perform scrutiny of
Regional Development Agencies
- consultation on statutory local authorities economic assessment duty
- delegation of funding from Regional Development Agencies to local
authorities
- expanded Regional Funding Allocation exercise
- funding for 14-19 year olds skills moved to local authorities.
We work with regional partners, especially One North East, and the North
East Assembly, business and the third sector, to help implement the SNR.
We will help partners to develop a Regional Strategy for the North
East that sets out their vision and strategic priorities, with
implementation plans that deliver traction. We will support local
authorities as they carry out their new economic development duty, so that
these changes deliver the intended outcomes with an effective and smooth
transfer of responsibilities.
We will also work closely with partners and stakeholders on the second
round of the Regional Funding Allocations Exercise (RFA2). The
guidance was published in July 2008.
