Social and Economic Audit

Social and Economic Audit for the North West Regional Assembly

06-Mar-2002

The Centre has been commissioned by the North West Regional Assembly to undertake a three year social and economic audit of the North West.

The project has six major objectives:

1. Assist the NWRA, NWDA and GONW with the delivery of Tier 2 targets and objectives.

2. Assess the impact of regional performance at the sub-regional and community level to identify benefits and/or adverse impact on particular social groups and sectors in the North West economy.

3. To contribute to the developmnent of appropriate performance measures, data collection, monitoring and assessment.

4. To identify ways in which social and economic assessment can be integrated into the planning process to improve policy and decision making.

5. To build capacity, understanding and support for regional targets at sub-regional and communiuty level and to provide a mechanism for involvement in the assessment process.

6. To produce a Social and Economic Audit of the North West.

The work will begin in April and focus on three Tier 2 targets, followed in subsequent years with the remaining targets.