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The West Lothian Economic Partnership is a grouping of organisations who have an interest in West Lothian's economy. Formed in 1998 the partnership works to develop and deliver the Economic Strategy for West Lothian. The partnership monitors progress towards the targets set out in the Economic
Strategy and reports through an annual Economic Review which is presented each year at the West Lothian Economic Conference. The partnership also lobbys the Scottish and UK governments on funding issues for West Lothian. Past successes have included maintaining some RSA funding following the assisted area status review in 2007 and delivery of the Strategic Action Plan funding following the closure of Motorola and NEC in 2001. West Lothian Economic Partnership was also instrumental in the success of West Lothian in the UK Capital of Enterprise Competition 2005, which led to West Lothian being pronounced "Scotland's First Capital of Enterprise". The following organisations constitute the West Lothian Economic Partnership: - West Lothian Council
- Scottish Enterprise
- West Lothian Chamber of Commerce
- Jobcentre Plus
- West Lothian College
- Oatridge College
- Federation of Small Businesses
- Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian
- Skills Development Scotland
In addition, the following represent key economic partnership groupings in West Lothian / Lothian: West Lothian Community Planning Partnership Business Environmental Partnership Business in the Community West Lothian West Lothian Tourism Forum Visit Scotland Area Tourism PartnershipEdinburgh Film Focus More Choices More Chances Strategy GroupWest Lothian New Deal Strategic Partnership ESEP (East of Scotland European Partnership) Lobbying Partnerships include: SLAED (Scottish Local Authority in Economic Development) Sub-Groups COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) ESEC (Eastern Scotland European Consortium) The AllianceSCDI (Scottish Council for Development and Industry)
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