The English Regions Network (ERN) is the umbrella organisation for England's eight partnership Regional Assemblies:
Regional Assemblies are responsible for:
- preparing a statutory Regional Spatial Strategy, including the Regional Transport Strategy
- scrutinising their regional development agency
- integrating policy development and enhancing partnership working at the regional level across the social, economic and environmental policy agenda
- being the 'voice of the region' and speaking out on behalf of the whole of the region at a national and international level.
The role of ERN is threefold:
- to represent the collective views of Regional Assemblies to Government and other key national and European institutions
- to encourage new thinking and research on the regional agenda
- to share best practice and facilitate inter regional networking amongst Assemblies.
Download the ERN submission to the Business and Enterprise Select Committee inquiry into the role of Regional Development Agencies
Download the ERN response to 'Prosperous Places: Taking forward the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration'.