East of England Development Agency
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The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is a non-departmental public body
and the regional development agency
for the East of England
region of England
.
It came into operation on 1 April 1999 and assumed the regional powers of English Partnerships
, the Rural Development Commission and the SRB Challenge Fund.
The total budget for 2005/06 was £140 million.
From 2010 many of the powers currently vested in the East of England Regional Assembly
will pass to the EEDA and to local authorities.
Non-departmental public body
In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body —often referred to as a quango—is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies...
and the regional development agency
Regional Development Agency
In the United Kingdom, a regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions. There is one RDA for each of the NUTS level 1 regions of England...
for the East of England
East of England
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
region of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
It came into operation on 1 April 1999 and assumed the regional powers of English Partnerships
English Partnerships
English Partnerships was the national regeneration agency for England, performing a similar role on a national level to that fulfilled by Regional Development Agencies on a regional level...
, the Rural Development Commission and the SRB Challenge Fund.
The total budget for 2005/06 was £140 million.
From 2010 many of the powers currently vested in the East of England Regional Assembly
East of England Regional Assembly
The East of England Regional Assembly was the regional assembly for the East of England region of the United Kingdom. It was based at Flempton, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The assembly was created as a voluntary regional chamber in 1998 by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. The first...
will pass to the EEDA and to local authorities.