Regional Integrated Framework

‘Growing Together – the Integrated Regional Framework’ merges two pre-existing frameworks -  ‘Advancing Together’ and the ‘Regional Sustainable Development Framework’ - to set out the key sustainable development issues facing the region. The IRF, which was produced following an extensive two year consultation with regional partners, was published in 2008.
  
The IRF identifies ten challenges, sets out the direction the region needs to take and details what the region needs to do more of, or do differently in the future to make progress against that challenge. It will also form the basis for measuring how the region is progressing.

The ten challenges are:

• Supporting sustainable transport
• Reducing the impact of future climate change
• Increasing the region’s resistance to climate change
• Improving productivity and innovation
• Improving educational attainment and developing skills
• Meeting housing availability and affordability needs
• Improving public health and reducing obesity
• Reducing violent crime
• Reducing inequality and embracing diversity
• Achieving sustainable growth

Ensuring that the principles of sustainable development are fully integrated into funding, policy and decision making at all levels across the region is a key objective for all the regional partners including the Government Office. Local Government Yorkshire and Humber, Yorkshire Forward and Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber will help steer the overall framework, while local authorities, businesses and organisations in all sectors across the region will be responsible for coordinating delivery to local communities at ground level.