Economic Development at the Coalface

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Economic Development at the Coalface

• A presentation to the Economic Development Forum
  2004

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Who drives local Economic Development?

• Business, industry , local or central government.
  
• There are many models internationally
• - centrally driven
• - local authority dominated
• - organic needs based
• What tends to happen is someone reacts to a
  vacuum by leading an initiative
• Specific structures tend to reflect historical
  factors and endorsements, such as a regions
  size, governmental structure and/or legacy
  organisations

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My Experience

• All parts of a community have a critical role to
  play
• Those roles are distinct
• The key challenge is getting the balance right
  and the roles clearly defined.
• Local development is based on promoting local
  approaches to local conditions
• There is no single model of how to implement
  local development, no blue print of what
  strategies or actions to adopt.

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Those Roles

• Central and Regional Government are incredibly
  important in providing the Strategic framework,
  resource and environment
• But it is at a local level that strategy and
  action come together. Where the rubber hits the
  road.
• It is at a local level connectivity is made.
• And where collaboration is an EDAs most
  effective tool.

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Those Roles

• Strategy

National Regional Local
prioritization
Local delivery
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Case Studies

• It is connectivity that I will focus on in this
  presentation with 2 examples of central
  government agencies, industry and local action
  coming together to deliver locally with effect.

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Connect Waitakere An Employment and Skills
Project

• Job Sector Business Led Industry
• ITOs
• The
• Community EDA Facilitator
  NZTE
• local CEG
• Council WNZ Career Secondary TEC
• Services Schools
• Case Study One

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Screen Production Industry
National Framework
Local catalyst Partnership EW / ACC
Producing regional results
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Conclusions

• Connectivity is made at a local rather than a
  national or regional level.
• You cant do without it.
• National organisations can not deliver at a local
  level as they fail to connect and integrate
  effectively with local resources and networks.
• Need to work with natural business and
  community processes to be effective.
• EDAs with their model of local partnership can
  be a catalyst.

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The EDA relationship A local partnership
Skills Experience Time
Funding Staff support
Board
Council
Trustees
Vibrant Local Economy and Optimal
Council/ business relationship
Satisfaction From Improving Business
and community outcomes