Liverpool’s participation is being led by Liverpool Vision in partnership with Liverpool City Council, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Liverpool Shanghai Partnership, working with private sector partners to maximise the opportunities presented by the World Expo.

 

Liverpool Vision is the economic development company charged with the city’s physical and economic regeneration. The company has played a key role in the city's transformation over the last decade, improving the city’s physical infrastructure and attracting significant new investment.

 

Northwest Regional Development Agency
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) leads the economic development and regeneration of England's Northwest and is responsible for:

• Supporting business growth and encouraging investment
• Matching skills provision to employer needs
• Creating the conditions for economic growth
• Connecting the region through effective transport and communication infrastructure
• Promoting the region’s outstanding quality of life

Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council provides public services and political leadership for the city of Liverpool.

Liverpool Shanghai Partnership
The Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership exists to present and promote a unified, powerful brand of Liverpool to the Shanghai authorities and wider Shanghai and Liverpool stakeholders, building on the good work that has gone before, maximising the impact of the separate strands of activity, and working towards Liverpool becoming one of Shanghai's top three international city-partners of choice. With joint backing from the public and private sectors our purpose is to help catalyse the tremendous potential of the relationship.