Sharing our knowledge and experience is part of our business
philosophy.
GENECON works collaboratively with the public and private
sectors, and directly with communities, to build local capacity to
overcome challenges and enable more efficient delivery, as well as
ensuring knowledge sharing to improve local outcomes.
The new localism agenda is shifting responsibility
for the planning and delivery of development and regeneration from
local authorities, to communities and others, including the private
sector.
Local authorities are now becoming service enablers not purely
delivers - requiring new skills and competencies, and communities
are being empowered for local delivery - an equally steep learning
curve.
We have:
- advised Black Country LEP and Leeds City Region LEP on the
establishment of a programme office and project appraisal framework
for Local Growth Fund and other funding streams;
- prepared the project appraisal framework for Sheffield City
Region's Investment Fund;
- designed and run workshops for local authority officers on
Business Case preparation;
- worked with communities to establish capacity to develop and
deliver regeneration projects, including in East Kent and, through
the Town Team mechanism, in East Yorkshire;
- managed the development and delivery of Regeneration Academies
for local authority officers in Bradford and York;
- provided interim management for Yorkshire Forward, ONE North
East, and Integreat Yorkshire;
- delivered bespoke project appraisal training for public
agencies, including for Yorkshire Forward and ONE NorthEast;
- facilitated events at key stages of strategy development,
investment planning and project delivery, including stakeholder
workshops and local consultation events;
- developed leadership propositions for economic strategy
management, such as in Sunderland and Derby;
- provided a 'critical friend' role to senior managers in public
agencies.