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 did
SEEDA was wholly focused on supporting economic development in the South East. Economic growth brings regeneration and enables people and places to grow and ultimately to build their futures. To achieve growth we worked at the strategic level – through partnerships in the public and private sectors – and managed practical programmes to support businesses, champion innovation and drive global competitiveness.
Read more about the work we did:
- helping business growth and development
- Skills - supporting people and business
- inward investment and trade – securing new opportunities
- policy and strategy – setting the framework for sustainable prosperity
- economic intelligence and research
- the green economy
- infrastructure and development – critical for business growth
- European investment – investment for the South East
- rural investment – investing in the rural economy.
For a regional view of what SEEDA contributes to and leads on in the South East, please look at our SEEDA in Action section.
