The North East LEP seeks evaluator to uncover learnings from the delivery of the North East Strategic Economic Plan and partnership working
The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (North East LEP) is looking for an organisation to undertake some evaluative research to uncover and explore key learnings in relation to the delivery of the North East Strategic Economic Plan.
Emma Ward, Evidence and Evaluation Programme Manager, explains why this is an exciting project that is looking to extract learning and insights that could help inform the transition to a new mayoral combined authority in 2024.
At the North East LEP, evidence and evaluation is at heart of everything we do – together, they help us learn and improve, and live our values to think bigger and make a difference. Over the last five years we have invested in embedding reflective learning and evaluation practices across our organisation. Part of our work in this area involved the completion of an interim evaluation of the North East Strategic Economic Plan in 2021.
As the Plan is now in its final year, we are looking for an organisation to work closely with us to uncover and explore key learnings in relation to its delivery, and the role of the North East LEP in facilitating this activity. We want to explore and capture learning around our added value to the regional economy, reflecting our role in terms of programme delivery, coordination and convening, and partnership working.
This project should not only reflect on the Plan’s effectiveness and impact where possible, but also explore organisational learning and capture what has worked well or not so well in areas such as systems and processes, delivery models, governance, and culture.
This evaluative project provides us with the opportunity to reflect on the North East LEP’s journey over the last 10 years, whilst generating new insights and knowledge that can help to inform the transition into a new mayoral combined authority. The project’s outputs and recommendations will need to be forward-looking and considerate of this emerging context.
We will work closely and flexibly with the appointed contractor throughout this project to ensure the highest quality and valuable outputs are generated. These will be shared amongst regional stakeholders and be something we can disseminate broadly via the North East Evidence Hub and other networks, contributing to our regional evidence base.
The opportunity to apply for this project closes on Wednesday 19th July 2023 at noon.