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GETTING YOUR WORKFORCE SYSTEM INVOLVED WITH EDA THROUGH THE REGIONAL CEDS

Paul RaetschRetired EDA Regional Director

Talent Pipeline Strategic Alignment SummitNERETA

April 29, 2016

Why should workforce developers care about the EDA Mission?

• To lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy.

Linden Pointe, Hermitage, PA ETA/EDA

EDA Investment Programs FY 2016• Public Works $100 M• Economic Adjustment $ 35 M• Planning $ 32 M• University Centers $ 10 M• Trade Adjustment Assistance $ 13 M• Regional Innovation Strategies $ 20 M• Coal Communities. $ 15 M

Tec Centro, Lancaster, PA

Eligible EDA Applicants:

• Economic Development Districts

• States• City and Local

Governments• Indian Tribes• Colleges and Universities• Nonprofit Organizations

Possible collaborations?Bioprocess Technology Training Center, UPR, Mayaquez

Secret to EDA Success?Bottom Up Development

• Investments selected consistent with Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

• CEDS developed regionally with broad-based local involvement

• EDA responds to, rather than dictates, local vision

• Federal dollars - local control

RESPOND, Camden, NJ

CEDS: A Guide to Prosperity

Purposes:• To guide the economic growth of a region through an ongoing

economic development planning process

• To qualify the region for EDA assistance

Northern Tier EDD (and a WIB), Towanda, PA

https://www.eda.gov/ceds/

What is a CEDS?

What is a CEDS Supposed to Do?

What makes the CEDS Process Successful?

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard BRAC

Summary Background;

SWOT Analysis;

Strategic Direction/Action Plan: The strategic direction and action plan (Vision – Goal – Objectives). The action plan should also identify projects and actions and the stakeholder(s) responsible for implementation, timetables, and opportunities for the integrated use of other local, state, and federal funds;

Evaluation Framework: Performance measures used to evaluate the organization’s implementation of the CEDS and impact on the regional economy.

Economic Resiliency

The Outline of the CEDS Report (according to 13CFR303.7)

Administration’s Job-Driven Training Checklist (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/skills_report.pdf)

How can economic development professionals get involved?

Strategy Committee: The Strategy Committee is the entity identified by the Planning Organization as responsible for developing, revising, or replacing the CEDS. The Strategy Committee must represent the main economic interests of the region.The Strategy Committee should include: • Public officials;• Community leaders;• Representatives of workforce development boards;• Representatives of institutions of higher education;• Minority and labor groups.

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said the new center is the result of a unique collaboration that includes the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County and local unions representing carpenters and electricians, along with Springfield Technical Community College and the Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy.

Vintage EDA

Getting prosperous means focusing on creating jobs with higher wages and better working conditions, reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunities for all of the region’s citizens.

The New Economy Model: Getting Prosperous

The New Economy Model: Getting BetterGetting better means boosting the skills of the region’s workforce, ensuring a technologically advanced infrastructure, fast and responsive government, and ensuring a high quality of life that will be attractive to knowledge workers.

Alamo College, TX Technology Center Nash CC, NC Training Center

Regions that meet the challenges of the New Economy focusing on innovation, learning, and constant adaptation… will be the ones that succeed and prosper.

Atlantic Cape CC, NJ, Aviation Technology Training Center

“Regionalism is an unnatural act among non-consenting adults.” Al McGeehan, Mayor of Holland, Michigan

Collaborate. Leading Regional Innovation ClustersTHE COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS 2010

In every successful case, there is a group of leaders who coalesce around the common recognition that the old, locally focused development strategies are not working and that regional collaboration offers the best chance for success.

The ability to act like a region frequently requires building temporary coalitions, but effective regional leadership requires an ongoing intermediary organization to keep regionalism alive.

Effective regional leadership can overcome the structural disadvantages posed by program stovepipes, local economic jealousy and competing political jurisdictions.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Regional Leadership1. Be Proactive 2. Begin with the End in Mind3. Seek First to Understand, then to Be Understood4. Put First Things First 5. Think Win-Win, Be Inclusive6. Synergize7. Sharpen the Saw

(TAKE THE ED DIRECTOR TO LUNCH, OR COFFEE????)

Knowledge economy assets

Collaborative institutions & organizations

Regional Mindset

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Regional Growth

Strategic Planning for a Technology-Driven WorldCollaborative Economics, 2002

The CEDS can be the glue that binds the collaborative institutions with a regional mindset.

ATLANTA REGIONAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

401 West Peachtree Street, NWSuite 1820Atlanta, GA 30308-3510404-730-3002404-730-3025 fax

Philip Paradise, Regional Directorpparadise@da.doc.gov

DENVER REGIONColorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming 1244 Speer BoulevardSuite 670Denver, CO 80204-3591303-844-4715303-844-3968 fax

Robert Olson, Regional Directorrokson@eda.doc.gov

AUSTIN REGIONArkansas, Louisiana,New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas327 Congress AvenueSuite 200Austin, TX 78701-4037512-381-8144512-381-8177 fax

Pedro R. Garza, Regional Directorpgarza@eda.doc.gov

PHILADELPHIA REGIONConnecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Curtis Center, Suite 140 SouthIndependence Square West Philadelphia, PA 19106-3821215-597-4603 215-597-1063 faxWillie Taylor, Regional Directorwtaylor@eda.doc.gov

CHICAGO REGIONIllinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin111 North Canal StreetSuite 855Chicago, IL 60606-7204312-353-7706312-353-8575 fax

Jeannette Tamayo Regional Directorjtamayo@eda.doc.gov

SEATTLE REGIONAlaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada,Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Rep. of Marshall Islands, Rep. of Palau

Jackson Federal Building, Suite 1856915 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 8174-1001206-220-7660206-220-7669 fax

A. Leonard Smith, Regional Directorlsmith7@eda.doc.gov

"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else — if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing.“

"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" [1]

For more information on any step in the process of preparing a CEDS, please contact your appropriate EDA regional office (see http://www.eda.gov/contact/).