Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC Progress Report first – the Wakefield District Development Agency Rzeszów, Poland 30 th June 2010 Mick McKigney & Karen Harrison

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC BAIPs: the line of travel

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC first Surveys Establish baselines of the BAIPs –Gain information on the socio-economic context, formation background Survey the managers of the 17 BAIPs –Their roles, activities, USPs of their parks Survey the businesses on the BAIPs –Over 500 firms surveyed in seven countries –Size of premises, employees, sectors, skills, key issues

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC Surveys findings Diversity of age of BAIPs: 1949 to 2007 Most MITKE BAIPs ≤ 10 years old! Over ⅓ are still in first phase of development Diversity of size: 1.5 to 185 hectare Many have been set up to regenerate ‘old industrial areas’ - move from mass manufacture Still a substantial manufacturing activity Some concentrating on high technology activity

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC Impact of global economic crisis Most severe economic & financial crisis since 1930s New orthodoxy of public sector budget reduction Structural shift from public to private sector BAIPs even more important to regional and national economic growth!

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC 40 Good Practices! ThemeNumber of GPs Added value services on site5 Clustering and specialisation3 Collaboration and connections4 Energy and Transport savings1 Engagement with businesses3 Environment and sustainability2 Excellence and Management Environment Issues5 Image and Territorial Marketing3 Infrastructure, planning and design7 Innovation and R&D7 Security Issues1

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC Transferring Good Practice Matching priorities & partners Do partners need more information from partners about GPs? Have partner’s priorities changed? Can we tie the GP process into wider ERDF programmes?

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC Sustainability Sustaining initiatives on BAIPs: networks, associations & Business Improvement Districts Langthwaite: moving from subscription to a Business Improvement District Pilot beginning very soon Objectives –Stability and long term development –Extend the Langthwaite model: integrate GPs into BAIP –Use as a model for the district (NUTS 3) & region (NUTS 2)

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the INTERREG IVC Thank you Karen Harrison & Mick McKigney first – the Wakefield District Development Agency