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.
Rural investment
SEEDA helped rural areas in the South East through the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), a £63million rural funding programme. The programme supports the land-based sector and small business and communities through the 14 local Leader Partnerships across the South East.
Rural Community Support Programmes are aimed at helping small rural towns (where the population is less than 20,000) to improve access to services. These two programmes are delivered by local partnerships and will continue until September 2011.
For minutes of the Rural board meeting please click on the following links - 14th November 2008, 11th Dec 2009, 18th Sept 2009, 19th June 2009, 21st April 2009, 19th February 2010.
