But the region faces challenges in areas such as:
- infrastructure provision
- affordable housing, and
- levels of resource, use and availability of skills
The South East also has the widest range of social deprivation and economic
disparities of any region outside London.
The Government Office for the South East (GOSE) focuses on the big issues
and on the places where we can most add value. GOSE is uniquely positioned
– we are central Government in the South East, but at the same time
we understand our region, working with partners to identify local solutions
for local challenges.
This is how we add value to the delivery of the Government’s Public
Service Agreement (PSA) targets; working across Departmental agendas,
and with local leaders and local people who understand their communities
and know what can be done to improve them. We benefit hugely in
delivering our vision from our relationships with national, regional,
sub-regional and local partners.
GOSE’s refreshed strategic priorities
The GOSE Corporate Plan for 2008-11 identifies eight strategic priorities
which reflect the key challenges and opportunities faced in the South East.
We have sharpened and refocused our strategic priorities so that they
continue to reflect the issues which really matter and where we can add
value with our partners. They are:
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Strategic Priority A: Delivery of New Regional
Governance and the New Regional Strategy
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Strategic Priority B: Improving Local Government
Performance and Delivery
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Strategic Priority C: Thriving, inclusive, safer and
cohesive communities
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Strategic Priority D: Improve the outcomes for
children and young people and narrow the gap
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Strategic Priority E: Responding to recession:
economy, skills and employment
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Strategic Priority F: Sustainable growth and
affordable housing
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Strategic Priority G: Low Carbon Living
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Strategic Priority H: Balanced use of landscape
Our Corporate Plan for 2008-11, published in May 2008, sets out our
strategic priorities for the South East in more detail, however the
'Refreshed Strategic Priorities explained' (below)provides more detail on
why we have refreshed our them.
