Regional Development Agency (RDA)
Set up in 1999 in the nine English regions, they coordinate regional economic development and regeneration.
Further information
The nine RDAs are:
- Advantage West Midlands
- East of England Development Agency (EEDA)
- East Midlands Development Agency (emda)
- London Development Agency
- Northwest Regional Development Agency
- One NorthEast
- South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA)
- South West of England Regional Development Agency
- Yorkshire Forward
The nine Regional Development Agencies currently have the responsibility of producing Regional Economic Strategies (RES) - for an example see Advantage West Midlands (pdf).
The 2007 Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration (pdf) put in place proposals to widen the strategic remit of Regional Development Agencies to produce Integrated Regional Strategies and to devolve some delivery activities to local authorities.
With thanks to:
CLES - Centre for Local Economic Strategies
RENEW Northwest - the Regional Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Communities
