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RES Implementation Plan RES Implementation Plan A strategic implementation plan prepared by emda January 2007 This work, with the exception of logos, photographs and images and any other content marked with a separate copyright notice, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License The use of logos in the work is licensed for use only on non-derivative copies. Under this licence you are free to copy this work and to make derivative works as long as you give the original author credit. The copyright is owned by Nottingham Trent University. This document forms part of the emda Knowledge Bank Issue Number 1A January 2007 RES Implementation Plan A flourishing region Regional Economic Strategy for the East Midlands 2006-2020 Issue Number 1 January 2007 Contents Section 1: Introduction A Introducing the RES Implementation Plan 3 B Contributors to the RES Implementation Plan 5 Section 2: The Implementation Plan 1 Employment, learning and skills 7 2 Enterprise and business support 29 3 Innovation 59 4 Transport and logistics 82 5 Energy and resources 91 6 Environmental protection 103 7 Land and development 115 8 Cohesive communities 128 9 Economic renewal 135 10 Economic inclusion 147 2 Issue Number 1 January 2007 Section 1 Introducing the RES Implementation Plan The Implementation Plan is an important mechanism to improve focus and coordination of RES Delivery. The Plan is a product of partnership collaboration, which maps how public, private and voluntary sector organisations in the East Midlands are putting their resource behind delivering the 59 priority actions identified in the RES. It is proposed that this will be updated periodically and reissued at least every two years. How was the plan developed? The Implementation Plan is primarily informed through bilateral discussions with partners and groups representing partner organisations. This is supported by analysis to check priority actions against existing business and delivery plans of partners. A total of 92 organisations were initially invited to contribute to the Implementation Plan. This does not include local authority district councils, whose contribution was coordinated by Local Government East Midlands, and is presented as an appendix to this plan. A total of 86 organisations have responded in detail and discussions are continuing with many others. These responses have been edited and collated into this single Implementation Plan. Using the Implementation Plan The RES Implementation Plan is organised by the 59 Priority Actions identified in the Regional Economic Strategy. It identifies many of the partners who will assist in delivering the RES, the actions they will undertake, the resources allocated to those activities, and the timescale of this investment. It should be noted that this does not detail all partners who will play a crucial role in delivering the strategy, but identifies those partners who can make an identifiable financial contribution. Figure 1 – Format of the Implementation Plan 3 Issue Number 1 January 2007 Links to Local Area Delivery In addition to the 86 contributions listed within this Plan (which include County and Unitary Authorities) we also received responses from 15 Local Authority districts. These responses have been collated separately by Local Government East Midlands and are presented as a separate 60 page appendix document. This forms a companion document to this Implementation Plan. Sub regional Investment Plans Following the publication of the revised Regional Economic Strategy, each of the seven Sub Regional Strategic Partnership (SSPs) have produced three-year Sub-regional Investment Plans (SRIP). The purpose of the SRIP is to outline to stakeholders and partners the key strategic objectives that each SSP will seek to address over the 2007-10 financial period, and to highlight the types of economic activity that they will look to develop and support within each of their sub-regions. As SSPs are funded directly through emda we have decided to not reflect their activities within the Implementation Plan, therefore reducing the potential double count of resources. We do however encourage partners to refer to the Sub Regional Investment Plans alongside the RES Implementation Plan. Urban and Rural Linkages Rural areas and businesses have a distinctive and important contribution to make to sustainable economic growth across the region, so all strategic priority actions in this plan apply equally to both rural and rural areas, except where there is an explicit urban focus. More detail on the distinctive rural dimensions of implementing the RES can be found in the East Midlands Rural Action Plan being produced through the East Midlands Rural Affairs Forum (EMRAF) and published in January 2007. The Implementation Plan also has clear links to the Urban Action Plan (UAP). This is produced by the Regional Urban Partnership Group and is the key delivery plan for the region’s urban areas. The UAP will be reviewed against the priorities of the new RES over the next 12 months, and this later revision will be reflected in future iterations of the Implementation Plan. Next Steps The Regional Coordination Forum Steering Group (RCFSG), will play a role in the future monitoring of the implementation Plan with ongoing support from emda. Member organisations of this group include GOEM, emda, LSC, EMRA, Job Centre Plus and East Midlands NHS. The exact role being played by the RCFSG will be discussed and finalised over the coming months. The Implementation Plan will be reviewed and updated every two years, with support from emda. 4 Issue Number 1 January 2007 1B) Contributors to the RES Implementation Plan Successful development of the RES Implementation Plan has only been possible through the support of a wide range of stakeholders in the region. We are particularly grateful for the considerable effort that the following contributors have made through their formal responses to the Implementation Plan. 1. Association of Colleges 43. Lincolnshire County Council 2. Bishop Grosseteste University College 44. Lincs Chamber of Commerce 3. Carbon Trust 45. Local Government East Midlands 4. Catalyst Corby 46. Loughborough University 5. Community Development Finance 47. Learning & Skills Council Association 48. Meden Valley Making Places 6. Culture East Midlands 49. Minority Enterprise East Midlands 7. DeMontfort University 50. National Housing Federation 8. Derby City Council 51. The National Forrest 9. Derby City Transport 52. National Trust 10. Derbyloans 53. Natural England 11. Derbyshire County- Transport 54. National Industrial Symbiosis Programme 12. Derbyshire Chamber & Business Link 55. National Offender Management Service 13. Derbyshire County Council 56. NHS East Midlands 14. East Midlands Airport 57. Northamptonshire County - Transport 15. East Midlands Development Agency 58. Northamptonshire County Council 16. East Midlands Tourism 59. Northants Chamber of Commerce. 17. East Midlands Destination Management 60. Nottinghamshire Business Venture Partnerships 61. Nottingham City - Transport 18. East Midlands Universities Association 62. Nottingham Development Enterprise 19. Centre for Excellence 63. Nottingham Trent University 20. EM Regional Assembly 64. Nottingham Regeneration Ltd 21. EMRAF 65. Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce 22. English Heritage 66. Nottinghamshire County - Transport 23. English Partnerships 67. Nottinghamshire County Council 24. Environment Agency 68. Pera 25. Envirowise 69. Police 26. First Enterprise Business Agency 70. The Prince's Trust. 27. Forestry Commission 71. Prowess 28. Government Office for the East Midlands 72. Regional Housing Group 29. GOEM - Transport 73. Small Business Service 30. Groundwork 74. Social Enterprise East Midlands 31. Highways Agency 75. South Humber Business Advice Centre 32. Innovation East Midlands 76. Sport England 33. Jobcentre Plus 77. Sector Skills Development Agency 34. Kettering Business Venture Trust 78. UK Trade & Investment 35. LEAP (Leicester City) 79. University of Northampton 36. Leicester City - Transport 80. University of Derby 37. Leicester Regeneration Company 81. University of Leicester 38. Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce 82. University of Lincoln 39. Leicestershire County - Transport 83. University of Nottingham 40. Leicestershire County Council 84. Visit Britain 41. Leicestershire Money Line 85. Welland Enterprise Agency 42. Lincolnshire County - Transport 86. WRAP 5 Issue Number 1 January 2007 Section 2 RES Implementation Plan 6 Issue Number 1 January 2007 Structural theme 1: Raising productivity 1. Employment, learning and skills 1a. Developing the skill levels of the current and future workforce 1a-1. Engaging schools and colleges with businesses Equip school and college leavers with the skills and knowledge that businesses require by: developing stronger linkages between education providers and employers; working with businesses to ensure that every young person has access to a week’s work experience every year from the age of 14; improving the delivery of the provision and coordination of STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects, along with work-readiness of school leavers. TIMING OF DELIVERY PARTNER RELATED PARTNER ACTIONS RESOURCES INVESTMENT East Midlands Our focus is on connecting schools with businesses £374,000 2007-08 Development Agency to improve young people's understanding of the world of work with a particular emphasis on increasing interest in careers in science, maths and technology". Association of College Missions/Strategies
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