The Economic inclusion Panel (EIP) held its first meeting in June 2008. The Panel has been formed to collectively work towards addressing the 20% element of the £10b output gap in the West Midlands that is attributed to economic exclusion. The Panel is chaired by the Director of Government Office West Midlands and is made up of 23 key regional organisations with a responsibility for addressing economic exclusion and worklessness. The Panel takes in areas such as: health; housing; sport; local government; and business, enabling a broad view of issues and solutions around economic inclusion to be identified.
The Economic Inclusion Panel joins the other advisory bodies that focus on the region’s five challenges:
Economic Inclusion (Economic Inclusion Panel)
Skills (Regional Skills Partnership)
Enterprise (West Midlands Enterprise Board)
Innovation (Innovation Technology Council)
Transport (Regional Transport Group)
The focus of the Panel is to identify how its collective initiatives can be more effectively delivered, by working more co-operatively, to meet the output gap challenge. This will include, where necessary, developing “new innovative approaches” to current initiatives, as well as exploring opportunities for “new initiatives”.
More information on the panel, its current activities and other sub-groups is available through the following links: