Measuring Success:

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Measuring Success Englands RDAs 16 November
2004 TONY MEDAWAR RDA Sponsorship Finance
Directorate (REG RDA)
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Mummy, what is an RDA?

• RDAs are business-led non-departmental public
  bodies, accountable to Ministers and Parliament.
  
• Under the RDA Act 1998, each RDAs role, in
  relation to urban and rural areas, is to
• Further the economic development and regeneration
  of its region
• Promote business efficiency, investment and
  competitiveness in its region
• Promote employment in the region and enhance the
  development and application of relevant skills
• Contribute, where it is relevant to the region to
  do so, to achieving sustainable development in
  the UK and
• Formulate and keep under review a strategy in
  relation to its purposes.

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England expects

• In July 2001, the PM transferred the RDAs from
  DTLR as was to DTI, and Ministers agreed that
  Englands RDAs top priorities were to
• provide strategic leadership
• promote economic development, enterprise and
  regeneration
• tackle economic differences within each region as
  well as the differences between regions
• lead the implementation and development of their
  regions Regional Economic Strategy (RES).

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On target?

• The current RDA target and performance monitoring
  framework comprises three tiers
• Tier 1 4 objectives (similar to the RDAs
  statutory purposes)
• Tier 2 11 regional outcome targets (sustainable
  economic performance regeneration urban
  development rural development physical
  development employment skills productivity
  enterprise investment and innovation)
• Tier 3 5 milestone targets (employment
  opportunities new businesses remediated
  brownfield land learning opportunities
  leveraged investment for deprived areas)
• RDA performance against the targets and generally
  is monitored by GOs a 50m Performance Fund is
  allocated on the basis of GO assessments.

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So whats wrong with that?

• The targetry and performance monitoring
  arrangements
• dont reflect national priorities, as set out
  in departmental PSA Targets
• dont reflect regional priorities, as set out
  in Regional Economic Strategies
• dont provide a basis for RDAs and Departments
  to work on regional priorities in a way that also
  serves national interests more effectively
• dont provide any significant additional
  incentive for RDA senior managers to pursue
  continuous improvement.

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Brave new world

• Subject to Ministers views, RDAs are likely to
  be required to
• ensure a strong evidence base for the regions
  RES
• contribute, in a way that reflects the RES, to
  delivery of PSA targets with a significant
  regional economic dimension
• deliver, in a way that reflects the RES, against
  6 targets (for which there are a total of 4 set
  components) business creation and business
  support employment creation and support
  regeneration and skills
• report performance in delivering the Corporate
  Plan and undergo periodic comprehensive
  performance assessment
• strengthen the link between the performance pay
  of senior staff and the RDAs performance.

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