Strengthening regional cooperation.

Regional challenges are high on the agenda. Provinces and municipalities are putting significant effort into bringing stakeholders in the region together. The Dutch Regional Deals have driven growing attention to what is happening at the regional level. With such a Deal, national government and region can work together on a joint agenda, with strengthening broad welfare as the starting point. A region is expected to produce a plan that improves the quality of living, working and life. Is your region in the starting blocks?

Looking for reinforcement?

Jester Strategy has been active for many years in strengthening cities and regions. Our partner Michiel de Vries wrote "City Strategy", a book on developing a robust future strategy for city and region. We have worked, among others, for the Municipality of Rotterdam, Metropolitan Region Amsterdam, Regio Groningen-Assen, Regio Zwolle, Metropolitan Region Eindhoven and Greenport Regio.

We offer reinforcement in, among other things:

• Taking stock of the strength of the region (with stakeholders) and setting the frameworks for a strategy. Our proprietary value system can add value here.
• Collecting wishes and ideas with and from the parties involved and translating them into a concrete application or regional agenda.
• Deploying a scenario analysis, among other tools, to build a joint strategy for the future together.

Our experience is that regional collaboration offers many opportunities. At the same time, it is challenging to give it shape within existing capacity. Our strength is that, drawing on our experience, we build solid connections between governments, businesses, education, housing associations, social welfare organisations and others. Are you looking for a partner to walk this road with you? Get in touch.