cc: t.d.davies@uea,t.oriordan@uea,m.hulme@uea date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:18:17 +0100 from: Vincent Watts subject: Fwd: peterborough environment business cluster to: s.gerrard@uea,r.hey@uea You may be interested in this note from ukceed. It could be relevant to the Business Environment Club and /or possible partners for carbon trust/save uea from carbon Its a little old but I am sure still relevant >From: Jonathan Selwyn >To: v.watts@uea.ac.uk >Subject: peterborough environment business cluster >Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:33:11 -0000 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) > >Dear Vince >I recently had separate meetings with both Peter Lee and Steve Osborne at >which they both suggested I send you some further information on our >proposed environment business cluster. I have therefore attached our draft >working paper which provides a first attempt at mapping the cluster and >identifies some potential outcomes. >The cluster concept came out of a seminar we held last May upon our >relocation to Peterborough. We were interested in the significant number of >environment sector organisations here and whether they carried out any joint >projects/training etc. Also, we had been aware that although there had been >much discussion of cluster development regionally and nationally, noone >seemed to have identified one of the key sectors for future economic growth. >The seminar established that there were no formal links between most of the >organisations but that there was a great deal of interest in the idea of >establishing some sort of coordinating activity. Since then we have had a >couple of meetings of a small adhoc working group and then last month the >first meeting of an enlarged steering group involving: >myself, David Arnold-Foster (Chief Exec, English Nature), Ian Ripley >(Director of Finance, Envrionment Agency Anglian Region) Trevor Gibson (Head >of Environmental Services, Peterborough City Council), Paul Woodcock (Head >of Sustainability, Anglian Water), Dick Yates (Head of Environment, >Perkins), Charles Haynes (Manager, Posford Duvivier), Richard Donoyou (MD of >Peterborough Environment), Gloria Milne (chief exec, Greater Peterborough >Investment Agency). >It was agreed that the success of the cluster should be measured on its >delivery of substantive achievements in key environment areas such as >renewable energy and waste, rather than just in terms of its networking >ability. The integration of training and educational elements within the >initiative were also seen as crucial. We have the commitment of the >Learning and Skills Council for the former and a link up with appropriate >higher education establishments was seen as a priority. Although we have a >nacent university being developed here through Loughborough, some kind of >link-up with UEA would be extremely welcome. >We currently have a bid in to DETR through Go-East which would provide 40% >of the funding to get the cluster up and running and we are fairly confident >of success. We hope it may be possible for EEDA to provide some funding >through the ICF mechanism and the members of the steering group have also >suggested their respective organisations could contribute. >I hope you find the enclosed of interest and if you require any further >information, please do not hesitate to contact me. >By the way, you may know that UK CEED has had links with UEA in recent years >- Tim O'Rierdon was a founder Board member of the Centre back in 1984. >regards >Jonathan Selwyn >Executive Director >UK CEED >Priestgate House >3/7 Priestgate >Peterborough PE1 1JN >01733 311644 >www.ukceed.org > > <> Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\clusters paper v2.doc"