Annex A
EXTRACTS FROM RDA CORPORATE PLANS
WEST MIDLANDS—CORPORATE
PLAN 2008-2001
To tackle the region's output gap and address
the key regional challenges, Connecting to Success sets
out ten Strategic Objectives for the region around its central
themes of creating a successful regional economy: Business, Place,
People, supported by a Powerful Voice for the region. Within the
Strategic Objectives, the WMES sets out 23 priorities for action.
[These include] stimulating innovation, creativity and knowledge
generation; maximizing our cultural offer and national assets.
EAST MIDLANDS—CORPORATE
PLAN 2005-08
The focus of our support for the region's creative
industries is collated under our Cultural Quarters programme.
We will work closely with the three projects in Nottingham, Leicester
and Derby to promote the cities' cultural quarters and will also
ensure that Lincoln and Northampton benefit from regional investment
in this area. We will support the establishment of Leicester's
Performing Arts Centre and will work with Arts Council England
and the SSPs to help bring forward other major investment projects
with the potential to give a significant boost to the economic
regeneration of cultural quarters within the region's main urban
areas.
YORKSHIRE FORWARD—CORPORATE
PLAN 2007-10
Implement action plans for knowledge based regional
clusters and review on a rolling basis: Digital industries—expand
to widen creative industries coverage South
WEST OF
ENGLAND—CORPORATE
PLAN 2005-08
The Agency aims to enhance obth competitiveness
and productivity in the following eight key sectors identified
in the Regional Economic Strategy: creative industries, (etc)
EAST OF
ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY—CORPORATE
PLAN 2005-08
With respect to the creative and cultural industries,
EEDA has worked with its partners to develop Space for Creativity,
a development strategy for the creative and cultural industries
in the East of England|EEDA will work with its partners to take
forward the priorities set out in this strategy over the corporate
plan period. EEDA will continue to support business networks and/or
support organizations providing specific business support to the
sector, including the East of England Multimedia Alliance and
Screen East. EEDA will also be guided by the Science and Industry
Council in assessing the feasibility of enterprise hub support
for the creative and cultural industries.
SOUTH EAST
ENGLAND—CORPORATE
PLAN 2008-11
SEEDA took the lead on seven targets, namely:
innovation and creativity (etc)
Funding by portfolio identifies £50,525,000
for the innovation and creativity programmes between 2008-11.
ONE NORTHEAST—CORPORATE
PLAN 2007-12 & BUSINESS
PLAN 2007-8
The Growth Scenario identifies that the great
majority of this growth over the next 10 years will most likely
come from business services, energy, health & health care,
creative industries, chemicals & pharmaceuticals, offshore
technologies and tourism. But this will require transformational
change in many aspects of the Region's business, people and place
performance.
NORTHWEST RDA—CORPORATE
PLAN 2006-08
The region's creative industries are growing
at twice the rate o the mainstream economy and employ 140,000
people across 40,000 companies. Annually they are worth over £6bn
to the region and the workforce is dynamic with 70% having degree
qualifications or above. The Creative Industires Development Plan
which will be delivered by a number of "cornerstone industries"
specifies a sub regional and sub sectoral approach to industrial
development in the region. As part of this the Agency has priorities
five sub sectors that have the most potential for significan economic
growth. They are: The Music Industry [etc]
LONDON DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY—CORPORATE
PLAN 2007-10
Creative London officers will be drafting frameworks
for the sub sectors, in order to guide the LDA's interventions
and investments. These investments are likely to be increasingly
focused on a small number of high-profile interventions and are
all being made on the basis of robust evidence, expressed industry
need and addressing market failure|The LDA currently runs specific
programmes tailored to three priority sectors: the creative industries,
science and technology, and the environment sector."
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