SOUTH EAST ENGLAND REGIONAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY MEETING

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SOUTH EAST ENGLAND REGIONAL ASSEMBLYPLENARY
MEETING

• Le Meridien Hotel, Gatwick
• Wednesday 21st July 2003

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PAM ALEXANDERChief ExecutiveSouth East
EnglandDevelopment Agency(SEEDA)
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South East Regional AssemblyPlenary Report 2004

• Achievements working together
• Supporting the region
• Sustainable Communities
• Regional Economic Success
• Looking Forward beyond SR 2004

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A Good Year For The Regions Economy

• Growth estimated at 3 - 20 above national
  average
• Manufacturing out of recession
• Recovery in inward investment
• BT decision on universal Broadband roll-out
• Effective partnership working to make the case
  for investment in the South East

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Integrated Transport Initiatives

• Reading Station Area Redevelopment
• Airtrack Surface Rail Access
• to Heathrow Airport
• High Speed Train Integration (HST4i)

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A Good Year for SEEDA and for our Partners

• More than 5,500 jobs created or safeguarded
• More than 450 businesses created
• 70 increase in companies using Hubs and Gateways
• 24,000 businesses benefiting from SEEDA activity
  100 expansion
• 58,000 people gaining from SEEDA-supported
  learning opportunities

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Higher Targets, Better Performance
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Supporting Communities
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Vibrant Communities A New Approach to
Commissioning
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Area Investment Frameworks (AIFs)

• Strong partnership working in priority
  regeneration areas
• Plans for all funding going into the area
• Local Strategy Partnerships and business
  engagement
• From competition to commissioning

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Sustainable Communities Great Places to Live
Work

• Sustainable Development
• - Quality of design
• Centre of excellence
• - Connectivity
• Sustainable Transport
• From this
• - Mixed use ...to this
• Mixed income communities
• - Best use of natural resources
• ecoSE Sustainability Checklist
• - Liveability
• Public art and green spaces

Ropetackle, Shoreham
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Not new Chatham Maritime

• SEEDAs flagship site
• 140 hectare development
• 2,000 new homes build or proposed
• Expanded university campus for 6,000 students
• 100,000 m2 new offices
• 300 built marina

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Restoring Places
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Design for Quality

• SE Design Panel
• Design Codes
• LA Design Champions Club
• Centre of Excellence
• Design for Living

Chatham Maritime
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Good Design depends on

• Stakeholder engagement
• Community engagement
• Visioning

Enquiry by Design Aylesham
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Supporting Success
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• Successful People Skills Infrastructure
• Framework for Regional Employment and Skills
  Action
• Regional Skills for Productivity Alliance
• Local Skills for Productivity Alliances
• Sector Skills Councils, Sector Groups
• Local Learning and Skills Councils
• Multi-university centres eg Hastings, Chatham

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Empowering People

• Universities Centre Hastings
• Phase I and II

Station Plaza

• 6,000 sq. m UCH Phase III
• 7,900 sq. m. FE College
• 2,000 sq. m. learning resource centre
• FE and vocational construction skills centre at
  Ore

• 4,000 sq. m. -
• Tiered lecture theatre
• Library and resource centre

• Raising Aspirations
• Improving GCSE A Level results
• Widening opportunities for school leavers
• Creating job opportunities for graduates

• Courses
• ICT/e-skills
• Business Management
• Coastal Management
• Construction Technology
• Engineering Technology
• Media Creative Industries
• Tourism Management

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Competitive Businesses (1)
Growing New Businesses Working With Investors
824 young businesses IDMs working with 500
using Hubs and Gateways companies Finance
South East gained Brokering re-employment
funding for Accelerator with 101 companies,
Fund 2,000 employees
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Competitive Businesses (2)
Promoting Key Technologies Enhancing Business
Performance Innovation Review 17 cluster
projects involving 2,500 firms Business
Engagement with Manufacturing Advisory
Service Science, Engineering and -
productivity up by 38 Technology base
average in over 400 companies 150m for
Technology Lean manufacturing
engaging Strategies, eg 70 companies with
their supply nanotechnology chain SE NHS
Innovation Hub
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Looking Forward

• 2004 Spending Review Outcome
• New Tasks
• New Responsibilities
• (Some) New Funding

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PAM ALEXANDERChief ExecutiveSouth East
EnglandDevelopment Agency(SEEDA)