Metro International Team

In 2006, an international team of five leading practitioners were commisioned to provide an international perspective on Auckland's challenges and opportunities.

Members of this team were selected based on their experience in successful city-region economic transformation, in particular in the areas of skills, business capability, and regional capability.

The international team visited Auckland in May 2006 and participated in the Symposium for Auckland. Their report considered Auckland’s strengths and weaknesses and included a series of recommendations, and was one of several inputs into the development of the Metro Project Action Plan.

The International Team:

• Greg Clark, Chief Advisor on City and Regional Development at the Office of the UK Deputy Prime Minister, Global Practice Advisor to the London Development Agency and Chair of the OECD's Forum on Cities and Regions.
  
• Ian Bromley, Director of Infrastructure & Innovation, Director of Commercialisation, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, Toronto, for infrastructure and innovation.
  
• Neil Fraser, Executive Director, Central Johannesburg Partnership, Johannesburg, for developing civic infrastructure and place attractiveness.
  
• Virginia Hamilton, Executive Director, California Workforce Association, for workforce and labour market knowledge.
  
• Elizabeth Rodriguez, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for community economic initiatives.
  
• David Wilson, Deputy Director, Institute of Public Policy, AUT, Auckland.

International review of Auckland metro-region full report.pdf