Monitoring and Review of Regional Development Strategy

The Regional Development Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly agreed the implementation of the Regional Development Strategy and Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements paper in April 2002. The performance of the RDS is tracked over time by comparing the efficiency of the strategic planning guidelines within the targets and measures of the Programme for Government. This PPS provides policy amplification and advice in relation to the strategic planning guidelines set out in paragraph 22 of this document. Each guideline establishes a number of supporting actions to enable the achievement of the set objectives within the 25 year timeframe of the RDS. As part of the annual reporting on the implementation and monitoring of the RDS, a representative number of these supporting actions have been selected with overall indicators set to measure outcomes. Trends emerging from these measured outcomes will inform the 2005/6 focused assessment of the RDS and the 10-year review, to account for any aspects of the document where in-course adjustments might be appropriate. This policy guidance will be examined in the light of any amendments being made to the RDS.