The North East Regional Employers' Organisation, previously the Association of North East Councils is a partnership body made up of representatives of local authorities in
North East England
North East England, commonly referred to simply as the North East within England, is one of nine official regions of England. It consists of County DurhamNorthumberland, , Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and part of northern North Yorkshire. ...
. It acts as the
regional employers organisation There are nine regional employers organisations in England, corresponding to the regions of England, and one each for Wales and Northern Ireland.
Structure
They represents the interests of local authorities as major employers, specialising in human ...
.
In April 2009 it assumed the role of the regional
Local Authority Leaders’ Board
Local authority leaders' boards are voluntary regional associations of council leaders that have been established in England outside of Greater London to replace certain functions of the now abolished regional chambers. The establishment of the boa ...
following the abolition of the
North East Assembly.
The Association of North East Councils became the North East Regional Employers' Organisation in March 2016,
[http://www.northeastcouncils.gov.uk/ Retrieved 31 July 2016.] following the creation of a
North East Combined Authority
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) is a combined authority in North East England. It has a directly-elected Mayor and seven member councils: two are unitary authorities ( Durham and Northumberland) and five are metropolitan borough counc ...
, which comprises local authorities outside of Tees Valley; with Tees Valley local authorities forming the separate
Tees Valley Combined Authority
The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is the Combined authorities and combined county authorities, combined authority for the Tees Valley urban area in North East England consisting of the following five Unitary authority, unitary authoriti ...
.
External links
North East Regional Employers' OrganisationStrategy Integration North East
References
Local authority leaders' boards in England
Local government in North East England
Local Government Association
2009 establishments in England
2016 disestablishments in England
{{planning-stub