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: Infrastructure and development
SEEDA supported business critical infrastructure. Creating infrastructure and physical development that supports globally competitive and high growth business, within a low carbon framework, is crucial to the prosperity of the South East. We focused investment on projects that helped businesses in the six key sectors grow within the South East and globally.
Examples of our work included:
- Supporting knowledge transfer from academic institutions to business
- Enabling broadband supply across the region
- Promoting innovation and research
- Delivering 15,300 new jobs and 10,200 homes over the next 20 years
- Developing places which will be worth £1.7billion (in today's market) once completed.
SEEDA in action
For more information about our infrastructure projects go to SEEDA in Action.
