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The community involvement statement is our policy that sets out how you can become involved the development of the North East Strategy.

This report has been produced by the Association of North East Councils, One North East and regional partners. It brings together evidence, research and expertise from across North East England, painting a current picture of the region and highlighting the issues and challenges that we face.

One North East and the Association of North East Councils ran an informal consultation on the draft North East Analytical Report which closed on 12 March 2010.

This is a process to ensure that a policy, project or scheme does not discriminate against any disadvantaged or vulnerable people.  There are six identified equality groups. Or equality strands that are central to the equality agenda: race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age and religion and/or belief. 

We are collecting evidence and data from across North East England, to give us a solid evidence base that will help us to plan the strategy.

The draft North East Strategy will be subject to an examination in public (EiP) by a panel of independent inspectors who will test the strategy to check that it is supported by a robust evidence base, is deliverable, flexible and meets the requirements of legislation.

From April 2010, the formal stages of the development of the North East Strategy will include all the legislative requirements, alongside continued engagement with stakeholders and people with an interest in the strategy.

We are working with partners across North East England to identify the challenges and opportunities we all face in developing sustainably through a Futures and Strategic Direction Setting exercise. This will help us to identify the key things that will drive change and drive our approach to development.

Sometimes know as an Appropriate Assessment.  Under European legislation and the Habitats Regulations (1992), regional and local and use plans must consider the potential impacts on European designated sites and protect these sites.  Protected sites include Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) which have important habitat features, Special Protection Areas (SPA) which relate to bird populations and Ramsar sites which are internationally important wetlands and Offshore Marine Sites (OMS). 

This is a combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, program or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population.

This document will describe how the outcomes identified in the North East Strategy will be achieved and will focus on investment priorities over a three to five year period.

The informal stages of work focused on beginning the evidence gathering process for the North East Strategy and putting in place mechanisms to help us to work effectively in developing the strategy, such as the community involvement statement.  Informal work took place prior to 1 April 2010.

The IRF is the framework for sustainable development in North East England.

The Leaders Board is made up of the leaders and elected mayors of the 12 local authorities and the leader of Northumberland National Park Authority. TOn 1 April 2010 the Leaders Board became responsible for statutory duties as one of the responsible regional authorities (RRAs).  The One North East Board is the other responsible regional authority.

The Act received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009, giving local authorities in the region and One North East responsibility for developing, monitoring and implementing a new strategy for North East England.  Legislation was enacted on 1 April 2010 making the North East Strategy development process formal.

Local authorities are required by the Government to produce local economic assessments. These assessments will feed into the North East Strategy to ensure it is based around a shared understanding of the economic challenges facing local areas. 

The North East Strategy is a new strategy for North East England, which will set out how we will achieve sustainable economic growth over the next 15 to 20 years.

One North East is the regional development agency for North East England. Together with the Leaders Board, they are the regional responsible authorities.

Newcastle University's Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) and the national Economic Spatial Research Centre (ESRC) will provide a peer review to look at our processes in detail and test them to make sure they are robust during the informal and formal stages of our work. 

'Poverty proofing' is a phrase used to describe a process of checking the impact that policies and individual projects could have or have had on poverty and on inequalities, which are likely to lead to poverty, with a view to poverty reduction. 

The Regional Economic Strategy sets out how greater and sustainable prosperity will be delivered to all people of the North East over the period to 2016.

The North East of England Plan, Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021 forms the basis of the future spatial development of the region. 

The Leaders Board (made up of the leaders and elected mayors of the 12 local authorities and Northumberland National Park Authority) and the One North East Board are the regional responsible authorities and have a joint responsibility to develop, implement and monitor the North East Strategy.

'Rural proofing' is a phrase used to describe a process of checking the effect that policies and individual projects could have on rural communities.

This assessment incorporates environmental considerations into policies, plans and programmes.

The Government launched the 'Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration' on 17 July 2007. The review announced a reorganisation of statutory responsibilities at a regional level.