Reflections from the Strategy

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• Reflections from the Strategy
• Sub-Committee to the Closure Sub-Committee
• A very successful programme?
• Yes
• Biggest ERDF programme
• Major project successes
• Started with 844m, ended with 929m but never
  allowed de-commitment
• Outcomes achieved

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• Why was the programme successful?
• Programme strategy was not afraid to build on
  what was already in place.reshaping existing
  plans that were relevant to the programmes
  objectives
• Worked with strategic partners and not afraid to
  commission the delivery of strategic outputs
  required
• Early investment in the quality of management
  information was crucial to guide and re-tune
  strategy e.g. ESF intervention strategy in
  pathways
• Used learning action to drive new strategies in
  innovation (Helsinki) and sectors (Copenhagen)
• Calibre of members and officials challenging
  but reaching firm agreements
• Took risks European Commission could be very
  supportive

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• Why was the programme successful (continued)?
• Learning from the first programme
• Quality of the thinking and the papers, and the
  focused and purposeful debate reaching clear
  decisions
• The transparency
• Doing the deals the willing partners did not
  need to become experts in measure management or
  develop euro-anorak tendencies. The issue was
  simply what investment was required to deliver
  realistic outcomes required by the programme and
  was this good value?
• Reasonably user friendly
• Joined up too

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• Example of joined up thinking?
• The creation of knowledge industries
  partnership
• Complicated no exploitation path for
  IPR/knowledge is ever exactly the same but some
  broad principles and paths are followed
• Partnership needed
• Universities did the front end
• ERDF did seed fund through MSIF
• ERDF/NWDA did the Science Park
• NWDA will create the conditions for the final
  commercial phase (?)

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• Is this strategy working?
• Factoids-
• Liverpool Science Park fastest growing science
  park in UK under management of people that used
  to run the Cambridge Science Park
• i.e. new knowledge-based businesses
• LSP foundation building 86 occupied (FULL) with
  all companies being required to conform to the
  strict gateway policy
• LSP second building already 40 let in advance of
  completion
• LJMU has 96 spin-out companies and 50 active
  years of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, much
  licenced IPR and 1,000 students undertaking
  specialist entrepreneur training

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• Reflections on where we
• have arrived and the future
• We have certainly delivered a successful
  programme
• Personal favourite projects that will make a
  significant difference long term?
• The Arena
• The cruise liner deck
• The canal extension (quality build)
• 08
• Liverpool Science Park
• The seed fund
• Spaceport

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• Reflections on where we have arrived
• and the future
• Passing on the learning
• Beneficiaries Database rich and detailed
  research tool
• Challenging assumptions on what was actually
  delivered compared to what was expected to have
  been delivered
• Not being afraid to release the results (grown
  up)

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• And dont forget the important
• cross-cutting themes..
• Equality and diversity (cutting)
• ICT (Cutting)
• environment
  (cutting)

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• In summary,
• The crucial factors
• Clarity of purpose outcomes required
• Leadership (many purposeful leaders) with
  determination and guts
• Rapid decision-making and transparency of such
  decision-making
• Taking calculated risks
• Joint planning and productive strategic
  partnership
• Effective governance - trust
• Quality of officials

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• The Officials - the Sir Humpreys
• They do not fit the public image of career civil
  servants
• They care its personal
• They have worked tirelessly and effectively
• They have not hidden behind euro-regulations
• They have gone out on a limb when required
• They have coped with complexity and frustration
  quietly and with determination
• They have been prepared to be pragmatic
• They have invested every euro for Merseyside
• They have been helpful and they have managed an
  impossible scenario of complexity and pressure
  with skill, determination and humour
• We have been fortunate to have enjoyed their
  commitment and friendship they have made it
  happen!

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• Thank eu
• The officials
• For an extraordinary outcome and your dedication
  to achievement for us all.
• And you are still smiling! ?

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• The End