Agenda item - Maximising the Regional Innovation Ecosystem

Report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board

1)             That the Board agree to set up a working group, with agreed Terms of Reference, to investigate the development and establishment of a Greater Brighton Innovation zone (February 2021).

2)             That the Board agree that the working group should investigate the relationship between infrastructure activity and the Innovation Region proposition (March – June 21).

3)             That the Board agree that the working group should report back to the July/October 2021 Greater Brighton Economic Board on the initial findings of the Working Group.

21.1      The Board considered a report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board that proposed beginning the process of the development of a transformational innovation zone by coalescing the Greater Brighton City Region’s innovation excellence, knowledge economy and place-making assets to meet the economic challenges of the next ten years.

21.2      RESOLVED-

1)             That the Board agree to set up a working group, with agreed Terms of Reference, to investigate the development and establishment of a Greater Brighton Innovation zone (February 2021).

2)             That the Board agree that the working group should investigate the relationship between infrastructure activity and the Innovation Region proposition (March – June 21).

3)             That the Board agree that the working group should report back to the July/October 2021 Greater Brighton Economic Board on the initial findings of the Working Group.