2012 EDA SEATTLE REGION TRAINING CONFERENCE

PORTLAND APRIL 4, 2012∙

CEDS Part I: Know Your Region

Training Outline

1. Statewide CEDS initiatives2. Urban and rural innovation3. Rethinking your CEDS

Statewide CEDS InitiativesLinking, leveraging, and aligning

What’s driving interest?Fiscal environment: budget cuts at federal and state agencies motivating new partnershipsCollaboration: some EDDs using CEDS as opportunity to present “united front”Think tanks: promulgating advantages of “bottom-up” regional strategies

http://nyworks.ny.gov

http://nyworks.ny.gov

New York’s Bottom-Up ProcessNew regional councils did not take advantage of existing RPC boundaries and networksState employees were appointed as executive directors of new regional councilsLocal elected officials allowed to serve in advisory, ex-officio capacity only

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1251595201376

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1251595201376

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1251595201376

http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2011/1026_pragmatic_caucus_katz_rodin.aspx

http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/1213_new_york_economy_katz.aspx

Known Statewide CEDS Initiatives

Source: NADO. As of March 29, 2012.

http://ceds.alabama.gov

http://www.nctomorrow.org

NC TOMORROWA Collaborative for Sustainable Economic Growth

Takeaways for EDDsConsider your role in state delivery system—are you where you want to be?Think about potential of statewide CEDS for peer support and accountabilityConsult your peers—too soon for identifying best practices, but plenty of experienceDiscuss with EDA