Below are details of New Economy events taking place over the next few months.

29/05/2013 (fully booked) and 31/05/2013 (fully booked)

Improving information sharing and management
New Economy training seminar

John L. Curtis, project manager,
Anne Hopwood, project officer
Improving Information Sharing and Management (IISaM) National exemplar project

10.00-16.00, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 (fully booked.)
10.00-16.00, Friday 31 May 2013 (fully booked.)
(Extra dates to be added shortly.)

Gaskell Room, 6th Floor, Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

With public service reform, there is a greater need to assess and use a multitude of relevant datasets so that effective intelligence can be provided to key decision makers. This training event aims to support appropriate information sharing and will include details regarding tools developed to support this, case studies and practical workshops. This one day workshop is designed for researchers and analysts.

If you would like to book a place on the course, please email: John.Curtis@neweconomymanchester.com

07/06/2013 and 19/07/2013

Greater Manchester Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
New Economy training seminar

Rupert Greenhalgh, principal – CBA, New Economy
Julian Cox, principal – economic modelling and CBA, New Economy
David Morris, principal – evaluation, New Economy

9.30 – 16.30, Friday, 7 June 2013
9.30 – 16.30, Friday, 19 July 2013
Gaskell Room, 6th Floor, Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

This one day training course is designed for performance and finance analysts who are looking to develop economic models of new interventions / projects to show their value for money. The course is based on the Greater Manchester CBA methodology and tools. It is a hands-on, practical training session, with participants working through a series of exercises to produce a completed CBA for a hypothetical intervention.

Training events are free to all Greater Manchester based officers and £199 for others attending. If you would like to book a place on the course, please email: David.Morris@neweconomymanchester.com

19/06/2013

Manchester science and innovation: looking to the future but learning from the past
Breakfast Briefing

John Pickstone, emeritus professor, University of Manchester
Dr Kieron Flanagan, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

08.30-10.00, Wednesday, 19 June 2013
New Economy Boardroom, 6th Floor Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

At this session, John Pickstone will present a brief analytical history of science and innovation in Manchester, through to the present. Kieron Flanagan will then discuss contemporary issues and the challenges and opportunities for Manchester. This briefing is an opportunity to engage with the Manchester story and its potential continuations.

Breakfast Briefings are free to attend but places are limited. If you would like to book a place, please email: Mike.Doocey@neweconomymanchester.com

21/06/2013

Economics for non-economists
New Economy training seminar

Rupert Greenhalgh, principal, New Economy

10.00-16.00, Friday, 21 June 2013
Gaskell Room, 6th Floor, Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

This one day training course will cover the rudiments and theory of economics and explore how these are applied to economic development. The session will include practical, worked examples and tasks relating to a range of economic topics including: schools of economic thought; production frontiers (demand and supply, opportunity cost); competitive advantage and comparative advantage; market failures; forms of capital and drivers of growth; and sustainable development. In addition, the training will update participants on contemporary policy agenda with lively debate focusing on economic growth and a brief overview of new ways of working and sources of investment for economic development.

Training events are free to all Greater Manchester based officers and £199 for others attending. If you would like to book a place on the course, please email: David.Morris@neweconomymanchester.com

01/07/2013

2014-2020 EU Funding, new opportunities and innovation for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Breakfast Briefing

Ian Hill, UK Contact Point NWE Interreg VB Programme
Fiona Castela, project manager, Enterprise Europe Network
Alison Gordon, director for project development, New Economy

10.00 – 11.30, Monday, 1 July 2013
New Economy Boardroom, 6th Floor Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

At this session, three European and SME / innovation experts will share with the audience the latest information on the main EU Funding Programmes that will support SME competitiveness and innovation: Horizon 2020 – the new European research and development (R&D) and innovation support programme; the Northwest Europe Interreg VB Programme; and the programme for Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME). Together they will have a joint budget of nearly EUR80bn over 7 years. This session is intended to generate some interesting debate on how Greater Manchester partners can / should engage better with these programmes in support of local businesses.

Breakfast Briefings are free to attend but places are limited. If you would like to book a place, please email: Mike.Doocey@neweconomymanchester.com

10/07/2013

LARIA North West Region

Insight, Intelligence, Impact – finding, using and analysing data

At this seminar there will be a presenation by Callum Foster of ONS on the use of Data Explorer to exploit Census and other data sets. There will also be interactive workshops and a chance for delegates to share their experiences and solutions on data issues. The programme is available here. (96kb).

Location: Boardroom, New Economy, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6EU
To reserve a place e-mail Mike Doocey.

17/07/2013

‘Nudging’ – using new insights from behavioural economics
Breakfast Briefing

Alan Spence, chief economist, Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
Simon Warburton, head of policy & research, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)

08.30-10.00, Wednesday, 17 July 2013
New Economy Boardroom, 6th Floor Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

Traditionally regulators have largely relied on passing legislation and providing information to change behaviour – in the case of the HSE, to ensure that workplace risks are properly controlled. However, policy-makers are increasingly aware that behaviour is strongly influenced by the context in which decisions are made and the way choices are framed, so that subtle ‘nudges’ can be very effective. Alan Spence will describe the growing body of evidence on these new behavioural insights, and explain what they may mean for HSE – for example, using what it knows about norms and trust when communicating with stakeholders. Simon Warburton will describe how TfGM is now building travel behaviour change activities into its core processes, utilising first/last mile principles and relationship marketing techniques, pioneered by the National Behavioural Insights Team, so as to drive up further the benefits delivered through infrastructure programmes.
Breakfast Briefings are free to attend but places are limited. If you would like to book a place, please email: Mike.Doocey@neweconomymanchester.com

20/09/2013

Evaluation masterclass
New Economy training seminar

David Morris, principal – evaluation, New Economy
Rupert Greenhalgh, principal, New Economy

9.30am – 13.00, Friday, 20 September
Gaskell Room, New Economy, 6th Floor, Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

This half-day session will involve practical, group-based exercises which aim to give participants an understanding of the pros and cons of the different methods they can use when commissioning, designing or undertaking an evaluation of the programmes and projects they are involved with. The session will include a section on the theory of evaluation and discussion of how the findings of evaluations can have a practical impact upon policy.

Training events are free to all Greater Manchester based officers and £199 for others attending. If you would like to book a place on the course, please email: David.Morris@neweconomymanchester.com

Census 2011
Breakfast Briefing

Dr Alex Roy, head of research, New Economy
David Morris, principal – Evaluation, New Economy

Date to be confirmed
New Economy Boardroom, 6th Floor, Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

Analysts from New Economy, the Office for National Statistics and the University of Manchester will give presentations on information uncovered by the second major release of Census 2011 data and discuss policy implications.

Booking: Breakfast Briefings are free to attend but places are limited. If you would like to book a place, please email Mike Doocey.