THE GREAT CAT MUSTER My experience of regional economic development in New Zealand 2007- 2017
Experiences of cat herding Regional economic development pre-2009 • Sector Policy – NZ Food Innovation Network 2009-2013 • Māori economic development and He kai ke aku ringa – 2012-2016 • Regional growth programme - 2013- 2016 •
Regional Economic Development Pre-2009 • Scale, capability and capacity • Regional Council boundaries became the ED boundaries • Regional Economic Development Strategies • Large Scale ED Fund – Enterprising Partnerships Fund
Regional Economic Development Pre-2009: Lessons • Money speaks ….but government money is not cheap • Passionate, innovative people challenge government • Regional councils have an important part to play in economic development
Sector-specific regional economic development FoodSouth, Otago FoodSouth, Christchurch FoodWaikato, Hamilton Food Hawkes Bay, FoodPilot, Palmerston North FoodBowl, Auckland
Lessons from NZ Food Innovation Network • He tangata, he tangata, he tangata • Implementation requires flexibility • Adaptation and evolution is required • Leadership is crucial to success • Good things take time
M ā ori Economic Development “… a ‘solutions focus’ is often a barrier to change… The path is not clear and is still unfolding. As a society we need to live our way into the solution. Life is a journey and it is through that journey that the answers will emerge.” Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi, Robert and Joanna Consedine, 3 rd Edition 2012
M ā ori Economic Development: Lessons • It is all about relationships • Openness • Respect & humility • Trust • Delivery • Walk alongside • … but you can’t walk on water • Commitment to build on pilot interventions
Regional Growth Programme: First the Studies Ministers (Economic Development, Primary Industries and Maori Development) Government agencies (MBIE, MPI , TPK) REGIONAL GROWTH STUDIES Regional offices of government agencies Within regions Business, Maori and local government (Advisory Groups)
Regional Growth Programme Partnership • Leadership – ministerial, regional, economic • Capability • Changing Paradigms •
….then the Action Plans Ministers (Economic Development, Primary Industries Maori Development, Social Development, Transport, Small Business, Local Government, Tourism) Senior Regional Officials Senior Wellington-based officials from a range of REGIONAL agencies to work with regional leaders ECONOMIC ACTION Government agencies (MBIE, MPI , TPK, MSD, MoE, NZTA, LGC, Treasury, DoC, PLANS MfE, DIA) Regions and central government Within regions Business, Maori and local government (REAP Governance Groups)
Regional Growth Programme • Cooperation & Collaboration • Partnership is a verb • Alignment “Is it hard?' Not if you have the right attitudes. Its having the right attitudes that’s hard.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Regional Growth Programme • Capacity • Co-investment • Navigation
“To see the world this way, as a ceaselessly complex and adaptive system, requires a revolution. It involves changing the role we imagine for ourselves, from architects of a system we can control and manage, to gardeners in a living, shifting ecosystem.” Joshua Cooper Ramos, “The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It.”
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