Liverpool City Region Transforming our economy

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Liverpool City RegionTransforming our
economy Dave Moorcroft Director of Economic
Development The Mersey Partnership
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• Liverpool City Region
• Transforming our economy

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• Introducing Liverpool City Region
• 2 million people within travel to work area
• 950,000 jobs
• 40 of North West GVA, 34 of employment
• Fast short term growth
• - GVA growth consistently higher than UK and
  North West
• - 50,000 new jobs by 2010
• But key economic challenges
• - Delivering a step change in economic
  performance
• - High productivity and business density
• - Matching employers skills demands
• - Addressing areas of market failure (labour
  and housing)

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• Liverpool City Region Strategic Proposals
• Regain our status as a premier European City
  Region by 2025. We will secure an
  internationally competitive economy and cultural
  offer and outstanding quality of life and
  vibrant communities contributing to and sharing
  in sustainable wealth creation
• Drivers of Change
• Productivity Skills, innovation
  knowledge, enterprise, investment,
  infrastructure
• Full employment
• Quality of place and life

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• Maximising our assets and opportunities
• 5 key themes
• Premier destination
• Capital of Culture (90million secured)
• Mersey Waterfront (120km of enhancements to the
  Mersey / Dee Coastline)
• Liverpool City Centre Regeneration (2bn
  investment programme)
• Well Connected
• LJLA Airport Expansion (12.3 m.p.p.a. by 2030)
• Port Growth Strategy (80m deep sea container
  berth)
• Mersey Gateway (305million second Mersey
  crossing)
• Superport potential (development of a national
  logistics hub)

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• Creative and Competitive
• 500m of knowledge asset base investment
  (Liverpool science park, Liverpool School of
  Tropical Medicine, National Bio-manufacturing
  Centre)
• Knowledge and innovation transfer (the Liverpool
  Research Alliance, Vaccine Research Centre)
• 21st Century Business Environment
• Developing key growth clusters
• Talented and Able
• City Region Skills and Employment Working Group
• Sector Skills Agreement (Food, Maritime and ICT)
• Mersey-Dee Alliance (linking people with
  employment)
• Knowsley Skills and Employment Pilot
• Sustainable Communities
• City Region Housing Strategy (Newheartlands HMRI
  pathfinder)
• Health Commission Research (linking health and
  employment)
• Liveability Strategy (public space, crime,
  and social disorder)

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• How are we working together?
• City-region collaboration on strategic themes
• Northern Way Collaboration
• Refinement of LCRDP in line with Northern Way
  Routemap
• Alignment of Regional Spatial, Housing and
  Transport Strategies
• Sub-regional activities
• - Merseyside Action Plan (end of March 2006)

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Our Offer Liverpool City Regions Assets of
National importance Liverpools international
attack brand The best ever European Capital of
Culture 2008 A world class reception and
gateway to the North for passengers and
goods, through Liverpool City Regions Port
and Airport facilities and the Mersey Gateway.
Our knowledge and innovation assets vaccine
research, zoonosis, environmental science,
engineering design, digital design and
digital content.
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• Barriers/ Challenges
• Requirement for new type of partnership with
  Government and some new enabling tools
• Some re-ordering of national and regional
  priorities and re-focusing of resources
• New and more effective ways of working with
  Government between City Region partners