VONNE - Development Group

Development Group

Regional Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG)

To create a co-ordinated approach to planning, and to improve communications across the five consortia in the region, VONNE has established a group which pulls together consortium representatives to share best practice and concerns, and work together at a strategic level.

The vision of the development group is that all VCS groups throughout the region are able to meet their own potential and to fully contribute to the social, environmental and economic development of the region.

The purpose of the RIDG is:

to facilitate a strategic approach, by sharing information, linking VCS strategies and plans to analyse need at a regional level, and liaising with regional agencies
to develop a 3 year meta-plan and a 6 year meta-strategy
to identify possible areas for combining across sub-regional agendas in order to maximise effectiveness in delivery of services to local groups
to voice views and concerns to other regional players.

The aims for the RIDG include:

to prepare a meta-plan and a meta-strategy for infrastructure across the North East by March 2008
to influence the development of regional policy and distribution of resources via the Strategic Third Sector Partnership
to collaborate across the sub-regional and regional consortia and provide a platform for information sharing
to gather regional information and measure impact of infrastructure development.