What does the East Midlands Regional Assembly do?
It performs the scrutiny role in order to support the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) in the development and implementation of the Regional Economic Strategy. As the regional planning body, the Assembly advises the Government on strategic land use planning and transport issues in the East Midlands. It also has responsibility for the preparation and review of the regional spatial strategy, taking into account the views of local authorities, organisations and residents. The Regional Assembly also has an advocacy and policy development role, being a representative voice of the region to Whitehall and European institutions. It provides the strategic focus for integrating the development and delivery of regional strategy and partnership working under the overarching framework of the Integrated Regional Strategy. The Regional Assembly also provides the governance arrangements for the Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnership. For more detail, please click on the ‘What we do’ menu
