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Our regional partners

EEDA works with a number of regional partners to ensure that we are fulfilling the needs of the region. This page shows some of the relationships we have and how these organisations fit into the plans for the East of England.

East of England International

The East of England is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, both in terms of population and economy. There are many reasons businesses wish to invest in the region, from the strong research and development base to the international airports and seaports.

East of England International logoIn addition to international trade support and attracting new inward investment, EEI has a wider remit including support for international business collaboration, helping our universities' international ambitions, outbound investment and developing our transport gateways.

EEI is England's first truly co-ordinated international business support service: it serves both businesses seeking advice in trading overseas and foreign-owned companies seeking to invest here.  EEDA's support for East of England International forms part of its business support priority and its commitment to help the region better exploit the huge potential of global markets and foreign investment.

East of England Tourism

EET logoCovering the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk - East of England Tourism is responsible for promoting sustainable tourism in partnership with the East of England Development Agency, local authorities and the tourism industry.

For more information visit http://www.eet.org.uk/

What are sub-regional economic partnerships?

SREPs are organisations which bring together public and private sector representatives to provide a strategy for local development. Most SREPs are informal partnerships, although Essex has a company limited by guarantee.

The partnerships usually include representation from local authorities, education, the Learning and Skills Council, JobCentre Plus, Business Links, Chambers of Commerce, the voluntary sector and local businesses.

The SREPs help achieve the objectives of the regional economic strategy via the development of sub-regional economic strategies (SRESs) and support the delivery of our priorities, in line with our corporate plan.

Click here to learn more about our priorities.

EEDA has three relationship managers who are responsible for managing EEDA's relationship with sub-regional partners.

Sub-regional economic partnerships

We work closely with sub-regional economic partnerships (SREPs) to understand and support activities to tackle area-specific economic issues.

The SREPs are:

Local delivery vehicles

wooden truck imageOther key sub-regional partners include local delivery vehicles (LDVs).  LDVs seek to achieve big physical transformations of specific areas. They co-ordinate investment plans from both the public and the private sectors, and attract new investment through promotion and regeneration of their areas. LDVs in the East of England include:

EEDA also has partnerships with other regional organisations - from region-wide organisations such as Government Office for the East of England (GO-East) and the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA).

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