The Regional Infrastructure Consortium (RIC) in the North East has been established to identify infrastructure needs that can not be met a local level and/or are specific to regional organisations.

It has recently undertaken a consultation exercise to identify needs and recommend activities and projects that will improve infrastructure within the region. This work forms the basis of a Regional Infrastructure Strategy 2008-2014 and Regional Business Plan for 2008-2011.

Tender Briefs

Development of an Infrastructure Communication Strategy

The RIC has allocated some of the Consortia Development Fund from Capacitybuilders to improve communication and consultation with internal members and external stakeholders.

The project aims to:

• Improve internal and external communication within and across the Third Sector.

• Improve consultation with and communication with consortium members.

• Ensure clarity of roles of the Consortia, Development Group and Strategic Partnership internally and externally.

• Improve information sharing with public sector organisations on regional and national policy and infrastructure impact/achievements.

• Develop protocols for online communication via the Regional Infrastructure North East website.

• Develop guidelines for communication across infrastructure groups in the region or a consistent and coordinated approach.

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Evaluation of Regional Infrastructure Developments

The RIC has allocated some of the Consortia Development Fund from Capacitybuilders to carry out two pieces of work to measure the impact of the new consortium and the impact of the regional ChangeUp projects that were funded during 2006 to 2008.

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Training Needs Analysis for Consortium Members

The RIC has allocated some of the Consortia Development Fund from Capacitybuilders to carry out an analysis of the training needs within the consortium. The group is still in a forming stage and has around 50 members, so it is expected that a skills audit will improve the shared knowledge and relationships between members.

The successful candidate will be expected to identify the skills needed for consortium membership, audit existing members skills, and carry out a needs analysis for the consortium.

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