One North East

One NorthEast is the Regional Development Agency set up in April 1999 to help the people of the North East create and sustain jobs, prosperity and a higher quality of life. The Agency is responsible to the people of the North East and to the Government. One NorthEast and all the other Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) across England share a common mission statement: The Agency is harnessing all the physical and human resources of the region, in both rural and urban communities, to: Accelerate economic development and regeneration Promote business growth and efficiency, boost investment and increase competitiveness Generate thousands of new jobs Develop the work skills of the people living here to meet the needs of a changing economy The Government will judge the success of the Agency and its regional partners by the improved economic performance of the region. This involves raising employment levels, the ability to attract more people back into the region’s workforce. and efforts to safeguard and enhance the environment. Boosting the confidence and well-being of the region is another wider objective.