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Strategy needs to move beyond the rationalisation of wish-lists to become a meaningful tool in regional economic development. Priorities need to be identified and justified and hard choices often require to be made.
As evaluation techniques have become more sophisticated, the lack of hard results from low-common-denominator strategies has become increasingly transparent. We see growing frustration with the status quo, but vested interests, partnership dynamics and administrative rigidity often make change difficult.
Where organisations and partnerships are ready to face up to change, Fraser Associates can help in the process by:
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providing an independent and thorough analysis of issues to create a level playing field for partners to have an informed and inclusive debate.
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facilitating and progressing strategy development work.
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providing guidance on the relative costs and potential results from different interventions.
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identifying good practice among agencies and partnerships that are making the transition.
The experience of our team in Strategy Development includes:
- strengthening the needs analysis, facilitating development and supporting negotiation of Romania's Partnership agreement for 2014-20.
- developing the approach to territorial development across Croatia's cities, counties and islands.
- facilitating development of the Smart Specialisation Strategy for Tees Valley.
- ex-ante evaluation of Hungary's Human Resources Operational Programme.
- adapting Programme Strategies in response to recession in Scotland and North West England.
- ex-ante evaluation, mentoring and facilitation of the Regional Development Strategies for Banat and Branicevsko-Podunavski in Serbia.
- development of the West Midlands international Business Strategy and China Action Plans.
- preparation of Integrated Community Economic Development Strategy: City of Sunderland.
- facilitation and development of LEADER local development strategies in Scotland and the West Midlands of England.