South East
Regional Economic Strategy
SEEDA uses the concept of the South East as a world class region to help define the region and its goals. It aims to invest in success across the region and to lift underperforming sub-regions, while protecting the high quality of life that is one of the region’s key competitive strengths. This requires a pattern of ‘smart growth’ relying on efficient use of scarce resources and productivity gains to deliver sustainable prosperity.
Its aims are encapsulated in three key challenges:
- Global competitiveness – ensuring the South East maintains its competitiveness in the face intensifying international competition
- Smart growth – focusing on the principles of raising levels of enterprise, productivity and economic activity throughout the region
- Sustainable prosperity – investing in the quality of life that is a key source of the South East’s competitive advantage.
