Transcript To do what is necessary

Stephen Fox
19 April 2011
West Midlands UK
REGIONAL STRATEGIES
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West Midlands Regional Concordat
Regional Sustainable Development Framework
Regional Spatial Strategy
Regional Economic Strategy
Regional Housing Strategy
West Midlands Energy Strategy
Regional Transport Delivery Plan
West Midlands Regional Waste Planning Strategy
West Midlands European Strategy
West Midlands Visitor Economy Strategy
West Midlands Regional Forestry Framework
European Strategy
 Engaging with the Single Market
 Engaging with Europe's Research and Innovation
Agenda
 Tackling Climate Change and Ensuring Environmental
Protection
 The Social Cohesion Dimension
NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT
New strategy for regions in
England
30 new LEPS for ENGLAND
Local Enterprise Partnerships -6 in West Midlands
 Birmingham and Solihull
 Black Country
 Coventry and Warwickshire
 Stoke and Staffordshire
 The Marches
 Worcestershire
BUT 33 Local Authorities
NEW LEP AREAS
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Labour inter dependencies
Economic opportunities
Market opportunities
Inward investment birthplace of the industrial
revolution and is a ‘locator’ in terms of inward investment.
We can exploit this as a link to other international
opportunities and develop clusters e.g. high tech.
engineering or health
• Corridors of growth main transport corridors given
our location in England. 17 million lives within one hour
drive
•Regional facilities : major facilities such as the NEC
and Birmingham Airport attract major conference and
exhibitions
•EU Funding
•Responding to “financial crisis”
•Jobs losses in public sector
A framework for a regional strategy
in 2011+
 Support enterprise and SMES
 Develop skills and more apprenticeship
 Climate change and renewable energy
 Improve transport links
 Healthier population ( deal with demographics)
 Social cohesion
 Increase innovation and research
 Sustainability
 Develop clusters and smart specialisation
Do regions need a strategy?
 What happens when the unexpected happens?
 Flexibilty
 Able to respond to opportunities when they arise
 Is networking an effective alternative to a strategy
To do what is necessary
To do what is necessary, when
required