The North East is currently in the process of developing a new Local Growth Plan as part of its new devolution settlement.
A recent briefing produced by Insights North East highlighted a number of evidence-based ‘good practice’ lessons for development of local plans. One of these is to learn from what has worked in other places.
Jointly hosted by Insights North East, the Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR London) and the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University, this seminar and panel discussion provides an opportunity to hear and learn from the experience in Japan of creating local development strategies, with a particular emphasis on the potential of electrification to drive growth.
This event will hear reflections on the Japanese experience from Professor Naoki Fujiwara, Vice Dean and Professor at the faculty of Regional Development Studies, Otemon Gakuin University, Osaka. Naoki is a researcher specialising in regional industrial policy and how regional economic development strategies can support developments in advanced industries by fostering partnerships between academia and industry. This will be followed by reflections from a panel of academic and policy experts with opportunities for questions and reflections from participants.
Speakers:
– Jenny Hartley MBE (Newcastle City Council)
– Prof Colin Herron CBE (North East Battery Alliance)
– Fumi Kitagawa (City-REDI, University of Birmingham)
– Kevin Muldoon-Smith (Northumbria University)
