The Government has announced that all Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), including SEEDA, will close by 31 March 2012.
Responsibility for economic development and regeneration in England is being passed onto successor bodies, including Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and central Government departments
Our objective is to ensure a professional and cost effective closure by this date. We have pledged to work closely with our partners, contractors and stakeholders to ensure that the past and future economic benefits of key programmes and assets continue to deliver the greatest economic value for the South East and value for money for the taxpayer.
Please click here for more details about our closure plan, transition arrangements and successor organisations.
What we do: The Green Economy
Climate change brings significant challenges and risks to the South East and its businesses. SEEDA believes it also brings market opportunities. A key focus is on changing the economy from high- to low-carbon usage to help the South East become more prosperous and improve the quality of life. We took action on:
- increasing the profitability and efficiency of businesses and organisations
- promoting environmental technology and sustainable construction
- changing behaviours at work and at home to reduce carbon footprints.
The South East green economy is about exploiting market opportunities locally and globally and driving behavioural change towards low-carbon lifestyles. To realise potential economic benefits our Ecological Footprint reduction targets were set out in the Regional Economic Strategy.
Areas of activity included:
- environmental technology
- sustainable innovation
- carbon capture and storage
- business support to go green
- investing in low carbon places.
By 2012, SEEDA expects that the South East will lead the way in demonstrating how businesses can thrive while cutting their environmental impacts. We encouraged businesses to maximise the economic and environmental opportunities of:
- retrofitting of buildings
- renewable energy
- using waste as a resource.
Examples of how SEEDA moved the Green Economy agenda are available here.
