Issue - meetings

Alwen Williams, Chief Executive and Iain Taylor, AMION Consulting to present report.  

·       To approve the Terms of Reference attached to this report as Appendix 1.

·       To submit an Expression of Readiness for a North Wales Local Innovation Partnership Fund proposal.

The report was presented by Alwen Williams, Chief Executive and Iain Taylor, AMION Consulting.

RESOLVED:

To approve the Terms of Reference attached to this report as Appendix 1.

To submit an Expression of Readiness for a North Wales Local Innovation Partnership Fund proposal.

DISCUSSION

The report was presented noting that, last summer, the Joint Committee had welcomed proposals for the North Wales Innovation Board. It was noted that the initial discussion with the Innovation Board Working Group had considered how a focused board could bring expertise and guidance on innovation themes. The Government had since announced its intention to administer funding for a UK-wide programme of Local Innovation Partnerships.

It was therefore expressed that this report brought these two plans together to be able to present an Expression of Readiness, in the hope that an offer would be made to the CJC inviting the region to prepare a proposal to support innovative plans for north Wales over a period of five years. It was explained that it was significant for the North to develop a structure to look at innovation and push and drive this across the region.