EEDA - East of England Development Agency

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Strategy and Intelligence

Important decisions about the region's economic future - and EEDA's strategic development - require in-depth statistical, analytical evidence-based research.

EEDA's Strategy and Intelligence programme - including Insight East, the newly established Regional Intelligence Centre - significantly upgrades our evaluation capacity, providing the right kind of information for effective policy and decision-making.

EEDA's objective

To deliver high quality, evidence-based policy making, evaluation and investment planning in the East of England.

EEDA's strategy team

EEDA's strategy team coordinates the review process of the economic strategy for the East of England. This is done through stakeholder consultation and consensus. The role of the strategy team involves:

• facilitating core strategic documents that set the economic agenda for the region. These include the draft regional economic strategy and EEDA's corporate plan
• developing an evaluation policy that examines the outcomes of EEDA's programmes and projects
• maintaining EEDA's funding for research projects.

Insight East

Insight East is the region's economic intelligence centre. Launched in March 2009, it provides EEDA's strategy team and its partners with the evidence, intelligence and analysis to inform the development of the East of England's economy.

Insight's East role is to:

• provide easily accessible, high-quality economic research to non-technical audiences
• assist policy makers in making informed choices and decisions about the economy
• be responsive to stakeholder and partner needs
• work in a strategic manner to address regional economic priorities
• conduct research that is significant to the regional economy.

What will the programme achieve?

• a high quality regional economic strategy that drives behaviour and investment in the East of England
• a first class intelligence centre that supports EEDA's strategic planning, investment and management
• enhanced business intelligence for the region
• evaluation studies to demonstrate EEDA's impact on regional performance and policy development.

Latest news

• Support for Local Authorities transferring assets 19 January 2011 Local Authorities who are considering the transfer of assets can receive support from a new programme called The Place Makers.
• Open call for EEDA's economic intelligence assets 17 November 2010 Following feedback from partners and a growing interest in the future of EEDA's economic intelligence assets, we are operating an open call for proposals to take ownership and control of part or all of our economic intelligence assets.
• East of England suffers under-funding compared to rest of England 8 October 2010 As the government prepares to publish its Comprehensive Spending Review, a report published today reveals that local people and businesses from across the East of England currently receive the second lowest levels of public spending per head in England.
• East of England is patent leader in generating ideas 3 September 2010 The East of England is maintaining its reputation for turning ideas into commercial success a report from the East of England Development Agency’s (EEDA) economic intelligence unit published today shows.
• Businesses need to ‘punch harder and further’ to compete internationally 13 July 2010 Businesses in the East of England should look to China, Russia and Eastern Europe for new export opportunities but be prepared to compete aggressively in traditional markets says report from the economic experts at the East of England Development Agency.

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