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Insight East

Insight East is a new initiative within the East of England to establish a public-facing economic research unit for the region.

The core role of Insight East is to improve the understanding of the economy in the region and inform decision-making. Its outputs will be accessible to a non-technical audience and its dissemination will be aimed at a wide range of decision makers. Insight East incorporates the wealth of data and information housed on the former East of England Observatory.

The roles and objectives are to:

• improve understanding of the economy in the region and inform decision making
• inform non-experts in research and economics
• conduct research on strategic issues of regional importance; work that will inform the needs of a wide audience
• become a hub or focus for the discussion of economic issues and research via events and reports
• provide expert advice and assistance to partners throughout the region.

The types of outputs and reports that Insight East will produce in the first two years of operation will include:

• regular reports on the performance of the regional economy
• reports and insights on themes such as skills and the labour market, enterprise, innovation and how the region compares internationally
• profiles of key sectors in the region
• economic projections
• briefings on current economic issues
• links to, and collation of, useful externally authored materials.

For further information see Insight East's website.

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