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 Newsletter August 2008
Download the ERN response to 'Prosperous Places: Taking forward the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration'.