Transcript Communities Programme Executive – Evidence Base

Sustainable Cities Conference
22 November 2007
Economics forum – the economics of
sustainability
Professor Mark Kleinman
Director, Migration and Social Research, CLG
Importance of place
• Globalisation driving ‘place’ as a competitive asset
• Journey from manufacturing to knowledge
economy
• Cities need to develop clear view of their offer –
economic, physical, environmental, social and
cultural
• Success will increasingly be defined by quality of
life, sustainable development, enterprise and sense
of community
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Cities as drivers
• Cities:
• drive economic performance of regions and
country as a whole
• are where we will meet challenges of social
justice and inclusion
• are key to tackling climate change
• Need to manage tension between these imperatives
• In fact, economic growth will increasingly
depend on sustainable development
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Macro drivers play out differently
in different places
Globalisation
Globalisation:
More
integrated
global
economy,
mobile finance
and footloose
firms and rapid
technological
change
Demographic
change
Climate
change
Impacts
differently in
places
Demographic change:
Growing population, ageing
society, smaller households,
migration
Climate
change:
greater chance
of extreme
weather, need
to decarbonise
economy
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The Sub-National Review
• Ensure that localities and regions have the tools and
incentives to respond quickly to changing economic
circumstances.
• All areas, including the most deprived, are able to
contribute to and benefit from economic growth.
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Three Broad Principles
Managing economic development and regeneration policy at
the right levels – proposes a devolved approach, giving local
authorities and regions the powers to improve economic outcomes
Ensuring clarity of roles at each level – clear objectives at each
level with streamlined decision-making, rationalised strategies and
funding streams and reduced bureaucracy
Enabling places to reach their potential – an inclusive approach
to developing regional strategies and incentives to promote
economic growth and tackle problems in the most deprived areas
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Reforms in four key areas
•Strengthening the local authority role in economic
development
•Collaboration across sub-regions
•Strengthening the regional tier
•Clearer objectives and responsibilities within central
Government
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Strengthening the local authority role
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Proposal for new focused economic development duty
Concordat between local and central Government
Reform of NRF
 more intensive approach in fewer areas
 targeted on poorest neighbourhoods within LAs
 focus on worklessness
Business Rate Supplement
Reform of LABGI/BIDs
Economic development indicators as part of LA performance
management framework
Delegation of RDA funding14-19 education funding to LAs
Employment and skills boards
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Collaboration across sub-regions
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Multi-area agreements
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CDCs
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Statutory sub-regional authorities
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Reformed PTAs
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ESBs
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Strengthening the regional tier
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Single integrated regional strategy – RDAs to develop, working
closely with LAs
Regional economic growth objective
LA scrutiny of RDAs
Regional Assemblies will cease to exist in their current form
Expanded Regional Funding Allocations exercise
More effective RDAs
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Central Government reform
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RDAs sponsored by BERR
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BERR takes responsibility for regional economic performance
PSA
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Homes and Communities Agency sponsored by CLG
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CLG to produce a clear framework for regeneration
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Role of government
• Economic assets: e.g. Regional Economic
Performance PSA (BERR), clear view of role of
cities and city-regions in driving performance
• Human capital: education, skills, innovation
• Quality of place: CLG focus e.g. Housing Green
Paper, Local Government White paper, planning
policy reform, 2016 target, EP, Housing Corporation,
CABE, ASC
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Responsive places
• Successful places are those developing and
capitalising upon their assets in the context of the
macro picture
• Assets should be understood broadly: physical,
economic, human and social capital
• Role of government is to support investment in
each of these aspects, providing framework and
tools for effective action at regional, sub-regional,
Local Authority and neighbourhood level, to ensure
sustainable economic growth
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