RDAs' Learning Legacy

A learning legacy event took place on 19 July 2011,  hosted by the Sheffield City Region LEP, where Les Newby of Yorkshire Forward and Diana Gilhespy of the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) talked about the achievements of their respective Regional Development Agency and lessons that LEPs could learn from them. 

 

The Yorkshire Forward presentation is available for download at the foot of this page, along with a number of other documents that may be of interest.

 

 

emda's legacy documents and other research and information can be accessed from a 'knowledge bank' lodged with Nottingham Trent University at 

http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/R?func=collections&collection_id=1301

 

The Learning Legacy is a series of reports that captures knowledge, achievements and lessons learned from twelve years of regional economic development in Yorkshire and Humber.  It seeks to pass knowledge on to other bodies who may be able to apply it now or in the future. 

 

The work has been completed at a time when Yorkshire Forward is working towards closure.  So it is rooted in the art of the possible, bringing information and insights to the fore as far as possible.  Whilst it does not seek to be comprehensive it spans a suite of documents.

 

Each module is a standalone document that covers the purpose of the work, the approaches adopted, results and lessons learned.  Each one also includes a short Executive Summary.  All are available to download below (please note, some of the larger files may take a few moments to open).

 

The team that produced the documents is no longer at Yorkshire Forward, although the agency may be able to assist with general enquiries about the work for a short period.  Alternatively, Les Newby may be able to assist you with enquiries about it and is available at les@lesnewby.com