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Regional Funding Advice 2 (RFA2)
The Regional Funding Advice process involves
regional partners coming together to advise Government on regional
spending priorities for transport, housing, skills and broader
economic development in order to influence public spending.
The final Regional
Funding Advice 2 (RFA2) was agreed and submitted to the
Regional Minister on 28 February 2009. This was the second
RFA process. The region submitted previous advice to government in
2006, leading to tangible outcomes such as the development of the
Regional Infrastructure
Fund and progress on a number of major
transport schemes.
The Regional Development Agencies and (the
former) Regional Assemblies had a key role to play in
developing RFA2 which was based on wide consultation with a
broad range of stakeholders, including the business community,
local authorities, social, environmental and economic partners, and
the third sector. Government Offices facilitated the process in
each region and a number of stakeholder meetings were held to
gather the views of the wider community.
In July 2009, Government formally responded to
the South West’s RFA2 submission. Ministers praised the South
West’s ongoing work to develop joint approaches to tackling the
region’s key challenges. They also acknowledged the region’s
leading position in delivering the low carbon economy agenda,
including welcoming further exploration of two major energy pilots
for the region. Ministers recognised the region’s commitment to
public transport solutions, and made available an indicative sum of
up to £2.8bn to deliver a number of priority transport
infrastructure projects across the region over the next 10
years. Increased allocation to the Regional Infrastructure Fund was also
prioritised.