Key Publications

The Regional Economic Strategy for the South East 2006-2016

The Framework within which every Regional Development Agency (RDA) works is the Regional Economic Strategy (RES). This Strategy is produced every three to four years in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders and defines the region's priorities and targets for the work of all the partners in its delivery – public, private and voluntary. It acts as the pivot between national Public Service Agreements (PSA) targets and local objectives.

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) undertook a comprehensive consultation with stakeholders in business, local government and the voluntary sector to produce the third RES for South East England, 2006 – 2016.

Living and working in one of the world's most advanced regional economies brings both benefits and challenges, and the decade ahead will test our resourcefulness and ingenuity to the utmost. The purpose of this strategy is to set a course for the region's economy that addresses those challenges, and secures the benefits of success for all who live and work in the South East.

http://www.seeda.co.uk/RES_for_the_South_East_2006-2016/RES_2006-2016/

Corporate Plan 2008-2011

The Corporate Plan defines SEEDA’s contribution to the Regional Economic Strategy for South East England 2006-16 (RES) over the next three years.
The RES establishes the vision of a world-class region achieving sustainable prosperity.

The South East faces three key challenges indentified in the RES:

• Achieving and maintaining global competitiveness;
• Raising productivity and increasing employment opportunities for smart growth that will spread the benefits of competitiveness;
• Investing in sustainable prosperity for quality of life, a key source of the South East’s competitive advantage.

By the end of the Corporate Plan period, SEEDA will have:

• Embedded a living RES as the mechanism through which regional economic development can be monitored and reviewed, allowing targets to be adjusted in the light of progress, new knowledge and unexpected events;
• Established strong regional sub-regional partnerships which deliver RES targets with the active involvement of councils. Business, all tiers of education and research, the third sector and communities through strategic, cross-cutting SEEDA teams;
• Enabled new ways of working which deliver targets at the most effective geographic levels that align local, regional and national resources behind the RES;
• Allocated priorities and resources involving local partners transparently and effectively;
• Prepared the region to deliver a Single Regional Strategy. SEEDA will have worked closely with local authorities, local partners and stakeholders. It will be a strong and effective advocate for the region’s needs.

http://www.seeda.co.uk/Corporate_Plan_2008-2011/