How We Work
Projects and schemes supported and funded by the NWDA are
largely delivered by public and private sector partners, at a
sub-regional and local level. Once a project has been developed and
has secured Agency investment, a team of specialists will work
closely with partners to deliver the scheme.
The Agency works with a wide range of local and regional
delivery partners, including local authorities, community and
voluntary groups and the private sector. However, perhaps the most
significant partners are Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs).
The Agency has been instrumental in establishing URCs in key
towns and cities across the Northwest:
Acting as champions for their local areas, URCs aim to
coordinate focused plans for the regeneration and future
development of their towns and cities, and to stimulate new
investment.
To ensure local solutions to local problems, the Agency has
formed five Sub-Regional Partnerships, which bring together
business, the public sector and voluntary and community groups.
They are responsible for leading economic development within their
sub-regions and identifying economic priorities which will deliver
the Regional Economic Strategy (RES).
The five Sub-Regional Partnerships
are: