Strategic Advice

SIB supports its partners by helping to develop innovative approaches to maximize economic opportunities in an increasingly competitive global environment.

Our Strategic Investment Advisory Team is working with stakeholders to:

  • assess the impact of regional, national and international trends and externalities on key public services, and formulate the right infrastructure policy responses – for example to counter rising energy costs;
  • develop and test alternative strategic investment plans to identify affordable and deliverable options for infrastructure development which represent value for money;
  • assess risk and build a case for investment to improve resilience in critical infrastructure;
  • evaluate wider market and other opportunities to secure additional revenue income to support core services and improve quality;
  • identify opportunities to secure better outcomes through effective partnering between government departments, local government, the private and third sectors; and
  • communicate strategically important messages to key stakeholders, and manage stakeholder relationships.
         

Our team brings informed thinking on sustainable economic development and an understanding of the role of infrastructure as an enabler of growth.  This work helps to identify and deploy best practice to strategic planning through visioning; objective setting; intelligence on what works; base-lining; mapping; and tracking NI's relative performance as reported by external bodies, e.g. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).  

Recent work includes:

Partner Overview
OFMDFM Supporting all Government Departments to develop the largest ever infrastructure Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland (ISNI) 2008-2018 with planned investment of £20bn over the next 10 years.
Developing the ISNI brand identity to assist Ministers in raising public and market awareness of this level of investment in new projects across the region.
DFP and the Office of Government Commerce Working to deliver the first ever comprehensive delivery tracking system for capital projects in Northern Ireland – using state-of-the-art secure internet technology.
Sustainable Development Commission and the Carbon Trust Working to advise Ministers and senior officials on the opportunities for infrastructure investment to support the Executive’s sustainable development policies and commitments on climate change.
DRD Supporting new methodologies and benchmarking in the review of the Regional Development Strategy (RDS).
Belfast City Council Consultation input to the commissioned OECD report on Belfast.
Capital Realisation Taskforce (CRT) Providing the secretariat and professional input to help deliver the independent (CRT) report in January 2008.

The Strategic Investment Advisory Team is focused on economic growth and competitiveness, in line with the Executive’s Programme for Government Opens new window. In an increasingly competitive global environment achieving this challenging agenda for the region's development requires innovative approaches to maximise opportunities.

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