mercredi 21 décembre
Northwest Regional Development Agency Annual Conference and AGM
Watch the Northwest Regional Development Agency Annual Conference.
http://www.ems.servecast.com/pe_storage/nwda/Presentations/160905NWDA/intro.asp
lundi 19 décembre
2005-6 Mid Year Performance Report
This report provides an assessment of NWDA activity and performance during the first six months of the 2005/06 financial year. It provides an analysis of progress made against the Strategic Priorities and the Key Activities of the NWDA 2005/06 Business Plan. As well as a narrative breakdown of achievements within the period against each Key Activity, the report provides a breakdown of outputs achieved against the new Tasking Indicators together with case studies of Strategic Added Value (SAV). Strategic Added Value is a relatively new concept in RDA performance management and is a means of capturing the impact of the Agency’s strategic role (policy making, leadership, influencing, facilitating and co-ordinating), which, together with programme investments, is how we drive the delivery of the Regional Economic Strategy. The SAV case studies are consistently structured to describe the rationale for the action, what the activity has been and how the beneficial impact of the activity has been or will be evaluated... lire la suite : http://www.nwda.co.uk/SimpleContent.aspx?area=269&subarea=280&item=200211153605477872
samedi 17 décembre
Invest NI Helps Knowledge Hungry Businesses
| Invest Northern Ireland recently announced the creation of an Energy Research Group, set up to offer advice and guidance to companies across Northern Ireland that are planning to invest in energy related technologies, at CIDO Industrial Estate in Lurgan... lire la suite : http://www.investni.com/develop-news.htm?newsid=21493 |
jeudi 08 décembre
Press releases-SEEDA Targets Sustained Growth and Prosperity for 2006
08th December 2005
The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) has outlined its top line priorities to maintain the global competitiveness of the South East of England – the region that drives the UK's economy. Currently undertaking a comprehensive review of the Regional Economic Strategy (RES), SEEDA has just presented plans for the future and reviewed progress to date at its Annual Open Public Meeting in Brighton...lire la suite : http://www.seeda.co.uk/news_&_events/press_releases/2005/20051208.asp
New website to aid East Midlands Businesses
06/12/2005
Businesses in the East Midlands can access a wide range of local and national information at one location with the launch of a new website.
The five websites of the East Midlands Business Links can now be accessed through the one platform www.businesslink.gov.uk along with general business information.... lire la suite : http://www.emda.org.uk/news/newsreturn.asp?fileno=2924
lundi 05 décembre
The state of regional research in UK
The Association of Regional Observatories exists to promote the best data and intelligence for England's regions. Referendums on devolution are planned for three northern regions, more institutions have regional tiers and it is increasingly seen that national policy needs to be sensitive to regional differences.
In economics, 'new economic geography' has rediscovered the importance of place and proximity in business activity. Regional Observatories, or Regional Intelligence Units, work to provide the best data and intelligence to support policies and strategies in the English regions.
The State of Regional Research is a collection of extracts from larger articles and research reports from several authors, published by the Association of Regional Observatories.
To read the entire document http://www.regionalobservatories.org.uk/sorr_entire.pdf
dimanche 04 décembre
Regional futures
Regional Futures is Forum for the Future's regional programme, providing advice, research, training and support on sustainable development. Regional Futures partners include the Welsh Assembly Government, One North East, Yorkshire Forward, South East England Regional Assembly, South East England Development Agency, South West Tourism and North West Regional Assembly.
http://www.regionalfutures.org.uk/
samedi 03 décembre
About regional competitiveness (by the Association of Regional Observatories)
If there is no generally accepted definition or theory of regional competitiveness, this has not stopped policy makers from devising policies designed to boost the competitiveness of this or that region or city.
Regional observatories provide high quality research and intelligence to England's regions.
Many of these policies ignore the role of local demand in stimulating the economy, advocate a universalism that fails to recognise that different "drivers" will be relevant in different regions, and fail to justify the spatial scale for intervention selected.
For Porter, the only meaningful concept of competitiveness is productivity.
Traditionally, in economics, the notion of comparative advantage (with roots going back to Ricardo and reformulated in modern guise by Heckscher and Ohlin) has been used rather than that of competitive advantage or competitiveness.
All of the problems associated with measuring and interpreting national or sectoral productivity carry over the regional case.
A similar view has been expressed by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION [The idea of regional competitiveness] : should capture the notion that, despite the fact that there are strongly competitive and uncompetitive firms in every region, there are common features within a region which affect the competitiveness of all firms located there.
If there is no generally accepted definition or theory of regional competitiveness, this has not stopped policy makers from devising policies designed to boost the competitiveness of this or that region or city.
A key insight is that regions don't compete in the same ways as firms, at least in part because they can't go "bust".
Lire le rapport sur http://www.regionalobservatories.org.uk/aro_regional_competitiveness.pdf
Regional Observatories in England
The website of the Association of Regional Observatories is designed to serve as a portal to the work of the Regional Observatories in England. It provides access to information about the Observatories and details of the Association itself. It also offers an overview of the research agendas being pursued by the Observatories in each Region...
Regional Observatories and Regional Intelligence Groups have been
established in the English regions by partnerships involving Regional
Development Agencies, Government Offices, Regional Assemblies, and
other bodies...
http://www.regionalobservatories.org.uk/
vendredi 02 décembre
PIB par région
REGIONAL GDP
REGION |
Total GDP £bn |
Share of UK (%) |
Per Head (£) |
UNITED KINGDOM |
737.8 |
100.0 |
12500 |
North East |
25.5 |
3.5 |
9800 |
North West |
75.8 |
10.3 |
11000 |
Yorkshire&Humber |
55.2 |
7.5 |
10900 |
East Midlands |
49.3 |
6.7 |
11800 |
West Midlands |
60.9 |
8.3 |
11400 |
East |
76.3 |
10.3 |
14200 |
London |
116.4 |
15.8 |
16200 |
South East |
116.2 |
15.7 |
14500 |
South West |
56.1 |
7.6 |
11400 |
ENGLAND (9 regions) |
631.7 |
85.6 |
12800 |
WALES |
29.0 |
3.9 |
9900 |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
16.0 |
2.2 |
9400 |
SCOTLAND |
61.1 |
8.3 |
11900 |