To successfully bid for some funding opportunities, you will need to show how your bid will fit with the current economic and policy environment in the East of England. This area of the site is designed tohelp you to do this. It contains links to the FRESA and the RES, the most important strategy documents in the East of England, and to factsheets showing the most important issues facing the region, with data to support these ideas.
Regional Economic Strategy (RES)
‘Progressing a Shared Vision: the draft economic strategy for the East of England’ is the revised regional economic strategy (RES) for the East of England. Produced by EEDA, the RES sets the long term vision for the sustainable economic development of the East of England. The RES is an economic template or direction for regional action planning and delivery. The RES covers the following areas; skills and learning, competitiveness and productivity, science, technology and research, social inclusion and sustainable development.
Framework for Regional Employment and Skills Action (FRESA)
FRESA is a partner approach to employment and skills across the region. The FRESA is a plan of action, specific to the East of England, bringing together all of the major agencies in the region involved in skills and learning. It moves the East of England towards actions and priorities and focuses on where further research and collaborative work is required.
Labour Market Information (LMI) Factsheets
Labour Market Information factsheets are available to help address the following
FRESA priorities - Skills for Employability, Increasing Participation in
Higher Education, Response to Redundancies, Workforce Development and Career
Choices for Young People.
This area is primarily aimed at users who have identified a funding opportunity for which they wish to bid. Click on the "Funding Area" button above to use the "Funding Search" tool if you wish to search for suitable funding opportunities.
