Investment Framework

North East Combined Authority

Our team was embedded with the new North East Combined Authority to scope, design and draft a strategic Investment Framework for the new CA in the runup to its official establishment. The work involved extensive engagement across the seven local authorities that comprise the North East CA, including both officers and members, as well as managing work by the RSA to engage with business, education and VCSE stakeholders from across the region.

The Investment Framework is based on financial information and principles developed with finance officers, reflecting the scale of financial resource available to the new CA – including its £1.44bn 30-year investment fund as well as other devolved regional funding. The Framework is built on a theory of change-based approach, as well as extensive socioeconomic evidence from within the region.