Liverpool First's Economic Growth partners lead and co-ordinate the activity that will deliver the Competitiveness outcomes of the Local Area Agreement and achieve the city's vision of Liverpool becoming a thriving international city by 2024.

Our vision is:

'By 2024, Liverpool will be Competitive on the world stage with a sustainable business sector and strong knowledge economy, supported by a workforce drawn from citizens who have lifelong learning ambition and competitive levels of aptitude and skills.'

Priorities

The key objectives for the Economic Growth partnership are to deliver the two competitiveness outcomes of the City Vision and the indicators within the Local Area Agreement:

• Increased sustainable wleath creation, jobs and businesses, particularly in the knowledge economy
• To grow and develop a larger more skilled workforce through improved skills and qualifications.

The Local Area Agreement indicators include:

• Increase the overall employment rate in the city
• Increase new business registration rate
• Increase the number of jobs in the knowledge economy
• Make Liverpool an environment for a thriving third sector

Membership and Structure

The partnership leads, operates and delivers through a sub group and variety of short-term task and finish groups, with representation from the public, private and voluntary sectors. The partnership comprises:

• Cabinet Member, Employment and Skills, Liverpool City Council (Chair)
• Senior External Relations Manager, Jobcentre Plus
• Chief Executive of Liverpool Community and Voluntary Services
• Area Director of Greater Merseyside Connexions
• Chief Executive of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• City Growth representative
• Director of Opertations of Merseytravel
• Principal of Liverpool Community College
• Representatives from the three Liverpool universities
• Director of Liverpool First
• GoNW representative
• Liverpool Vision representatives

The Advisory and Performance sub-group reports directly to the Board.

Economic Growth Partnership structure

The remit of the partnership is to oversee strategic planning, co-ordination of activity and delivery of activities to support the achievement of the Competitiveness and Connectivity outcomes of the city vision. The partnership also supports delivery of an outcome from the Distinctive Sense of Place driver.

Neighbourhood partnership working groups are currently being established.  These groups will have the job of overseeing and co-ordinating local skills, learning, employment, business support, enterprise and investment issues identified in the Local Area Agreement and Neighbourhood Agreements.

A key function of these groups is to develop and maintain a strong and accountable relationship with local businesses and their various Business Leaders, networks and associations to ensure the delivery of high quality public sector services to businesses. They also provide a similar bridge between businesses and the residential community to enable the building of sustainable skilled communities and neighbourhoods.

At a neighbourhood level these Local Neighbourhood Partnership Working Groups (NPWGs) will work with representatives and leaders of the local community to ensure that the issues of local people in the learning and skills environment and within the local labour market drive, enhance and accelerate local service delivery.

Agendas & Minutes

Liverpool First for Economic Growth usually meets every months. Here, you can download and read recent agendas, and minutes from previous meetings.

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Meeting dates for the Economic Growth partnership have now been set and will take place at 2pm at Millennium House on the following dates:

• 29 March, 2011 - Collingwood Room
• 21 June, 2011 - Collingwood Room

Partner briefings

To help partners, elected members and those interested in partnership activity to quickly understand the outcome of Liverpool First for Economic Growth meetings, partnership briefings will be produced after each meeting. Briefings should be read in conjunction with the related meeting minutes if further, more in-depth information is required on a subject or discussion.

Document downloads

• 11 January 2011 briefing (PDF 45kb)
• 20 July briefing (PDF 69kb)
• 02 February briefing (PDF 62kb)
• 01 December briefing (PDF 43kb)

Contact Us

To make a general enquiry about the partnership please contact:

Janine Peterson
Liverpool First
Municipal Buildings
Dale Street
Liverpool
L2 2DH
Tel: 0151 225 2545
Email: janine.peterson@liverpool.gov.uk