Accelerate Transition to Low Carbon Economy: Through Good Growth Workstream

1. Accelerate Transition to Low Carbon Economy:
Through Good Growth Workstream
September 2013 Update
Dr Jeanette Reis
(Email: Jeanette@CynnalCymru.com)

2. Roadmap for Good Growth- Progress
• A roundtable discussion with CCCW and others
was held in April 2013
• Followed up with a number of one-to-one
meetings.
• Draft proposal submitted to the working group
for the (Council for Economic Renewal) CER in
May 2013
• Formal submission to the Council for Economic
Renewal in June 2013.
• Confirmation to proceed with action plan is
expected at the October 2013 CER meeting

3. Draft Action Plan for Good Growth
A draft action plan has been developed that:
3. Links up
existing
activities
2.
Leverages
Funding
1.
Reinforces
sectoral
activities
…Which promotes 4 good
growth stimuli:
1. Facilitate localisation of
supply chains
2. Resource efficiency
3. Support of green
innovation
4. Expansion of the
renewable energy mix.

4. Action Area 1: Re-inforce existing sectoral activities
1. Develop an evidence base of
existing stakeholders and initiatives
2. Report against a set of good growth
measures building on those already
included within the Programme for
Government and Sustainable
Development indicators
3. Further develop the national
characteristics of “Brand Wales” by
increasing awareness, engagement
and capacity around good growth
stimuli

5. Action Area 2: Leverage Funding
1. Influence expenditure
of EU structural funds
by contributing to core
programme delivery
activities
2. Facilitate the
development of a
green investment
portfolio in Wales

6. Action Area 3: Link Up Existing Activities
1. Use international best practice to
identify common objectives
across sectors in order to
facilitate joint and co-ordinated
delivery.
(Eg Common objectives- Localisation of
supply chains, resource efficiency,
support of green innovation and
expansion of the renewable energy mix)
(Eg Int’ll best practice- New Zealand and
Ireland strategies for green growth)
World's Largest Human Domino Chain in China set Guinness
World Record- 10,267 people

7. Next Steps
• Early Steps:
• Get baseline study underway
• Ongoing:
• Continue to raise profile of the work
• Keep bringing partners together to
encourage stimuli
• Maintain a watching brief and input to WEFO
and green bank initiatives
• Next year:
• Manifesto on Good Growth in Wales
(outlining existing activities, success stories,
potential for development).