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SUMMARY BOARD MINUTES OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
HELD ON THURSDAY 18 MAY 2000 AT
THE VISITOR CENTRE, HEATHROW
Members Present
Allan Willett
CMG (Chairman), Professor Clive Booth, Cllr. Ken Bodfish OBE,
Bryan Davies, Caroline Williams, Sarah Ward OBE, Cllr. David Rogers,
Cllr. Kevin Wilson, Janis Kong, Russ Nathan CBE, Jim Baker
Apologies
for absence
Barry Camfield,
Cllr. Kit Oliver
Others in
Attendance (for all or part of meeting)
Anthony Dunnett
(Chief Executive, SEEDA), Jeff Alexander (Agency Secretary, SEEDA),
Phil Bailey (SEEDA), Barrie Giles (SEEDA, Director of Enterprise),
Paul Hudson (SEEDA, Director of Infrastructure and Regeneration),
John Parsonage (SEEDA, Director of Learning and Skills), Karen
Yeomans (SEEDA, Director of Business Development), Greg Ward (SEEDA,
Project Manager, Enterprise Hubs), Paul Lovejoy (SEEDA, Head of
Strategy)
Summary
of Meeting
1. The Board
:-
- Noted the
latest developments in regard to Rover and BMW
- Noted and welcomed
that SEEDA had organised (with Taste of the South East and the
East Sussex Local Food Consortium) a very successful visit by
the Prince of Wales to East Sussex to raise the profile of local
products from the countryside and to help develop opportunities
to improve the viability of farming in the South East;
- Reviewed arrangements
for the recruitment of the Chair and Members to the Local Learning
and Skills Councils;
- Discussed the
submission by New Greenham Park Enterprise Centre for support
of the development of an Enterprise Hub at New Greenham Park;
- Discussed the
key points to be raised by SEEDA in the response to the Government's
draft Regional Planning Guidance;
- Considered
the draft action plans for implementing the key objectives of
the Regional Economic Strategy;
- Reviewed and
noted SEEDA regeneration investment.
Enterprise
Hubs - Submission by New Greenham Park Enterprise Centre
2. The Board considered
the submission by New Greenham Park Enterprise Centre for support
of the development of an Enterprise Hub at New Greenham Park.
The submission sought funding principally for the employment of
an Enterprise Hub Director. The Board determined to support the
proposal, in principle, subject to the satisfactory resolution
of number of issues.
Regional
Planning Guidance SEEDA Response
3. Members agreed
that SEEDA should respond from the perspective of how the draft
RPG helps or hinders the implementation of the Regional Economic
Strategy.
Regional
Economic Strategy - Action Plan Priorities
4. The Board discussed
the priority objectives of the Regional Economic Strategy and
the draft action plans that had been drawn up by Executive Directors
as a basis for further development with partners. Action Plans
detailed the measurable milestones for each objective and were
designed to measure progress of that priority objective. Whilst
the priority objectives captures a significant part of the RES
they did not subsume all the RES. Members also recognised that
SEEDA was not responsible for, or in the lead on, all objectives
but in many instances would be supporting, influencing or facilitating
delivery.
5. The Board
emphasised the importance of the priority objectives and draft
Action Plans being fully considered and developed further with
SEEDA's partners before being formally adopted by the Board.
Date of
Next Meeting
6. Thursday 15
June 2000 at SEEDA Headquarters, Guildford.
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