Building Schools for the Future - One School Pathfinders in the South West COPROP SW Workshop
Date: Tuesday 12th December 2006
Venue: Taunton Rugby Club, Taunton
The attached documents summarise the outputs from the BSF Pathfinders Workshop at Taunton.
Please contact us if you wish to learn more, or if you wish to be involved in the Steering Group which is progressing this work.
For further information contact Tony Gale, Programme Manager for the COPROP South West Construction (Property) Programme tony.gale@beaufortwest.co.uk, tel 01363-776108, mob. 07894-439817
BSF Workshop Outputs
BSF Seminar evaluations
BSF Issues and Opportunities
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South West Regional Approach: Don't Waste it
Date: Friday 17th November 2006
Time: 10am to 4:30pm
Venue: The Loop Centre, Exeter
The South West Centre of Excellence (SWCoE) and the South West Local Government Agency (SWLGA) joint seminar on Waste Management took place on 8th March 2006 and was well attended with over sixty participants including sixteen Elected Members. The participants were updated on the national waste management agenda by representatives from DEFRA and given an overview on the progress of the Waste Workstream by the South East Centre of Excellence (SECE). Presentations were also given by key local authorities in the South West (SW) on the development of their strategies to achieve LATS compliance.
As a result of the seminar, the SWCoE has been working with a number of other agencies on the next steps, which include:
- Formation of a SW High Level Group (see below)
- Links to the Regional Centres of Excellence (RCE) Waste Strategic Delivery Plan (see below)
- A follow-on event this year (see below)
Formation of an SW Executive Group
Dr Richard Cresswell, Director of the Environment Agency, is leading the creation of a High Level Group for the SW for Waste Management. The group would be charged with overseeing the delivery of specific regional projects. Possible membership includes:
- Environment Agency
- SWLGA, RA
- GOSW
- SWCoE
- Representatives of the Service Providers (Environment Services Association)
- Local Authority Representatives
Links to the RCE Waste Strategic Delivery Plan
The 2007/8 national Annual Efficiency Statement (AES) target for environmental services is £299 million. The 2005/6 AES showed that Local Government was able to deliver £99.2 million, an encouraging result. However there are some very large efficiencies that have yet to be captured.
The RCEs led by the South East Centre of Excellence (SECE) have prepared a Strategic Delivery Plan, the main thrust of which is to capture as many of the remaining efficiencies as possible.
In order for the South West to play its part in implementing, and reaping the benefit of the Strategic Delivery Plan, the Southwest Centre of Excellence (SWCoE) will apply for funding for a SW regional waste programme manager to deliver those projects in the Plan to which the South West gives priority.
The funding application will be presented by the SWCoE’s Director, Julian Morley, at the next meeting of the LIFT Executive Group on 28th November 2006.
To gain the approval of the LIFT Executive Group, the funding application needs to be supported by a robust business case showing that the South West has agreed on one or a number of major regional collaborative waste projects that the programme manager will be capable of delivering within 2 years and generating a worthwhile return on investment.
Follow-on Event
This Officer and Member workshop has therefore been called in order to enable delegates from the South West local authorities and government agencies to have their say in determining which regional projects should be given priority in the funding application to the LIFT Executive Group. An agenda for the day can be access below.
Waste Seminar Agenda
Presentations from the seminar can be downloaded below:
Item 2. Presentation from Julian Morley (Director SWCoE), SWCoE Update
Item 3. Presentation from David Greenfield (Assistant Director SECoE), Update on activities of the Regional Centres of Excellence
Item 4. Presentation from John Enright (Head of Local Authority Support Waste Information Programme, DEFRA), Progress of Waste Infrastructure Projects in the UK
Item 7. Presentation from Tom Kinally (Procurement Dorset County Counc), Waste Infrastructure Projects in the South West
Item 8. Presentation from Craig Frost (Regional Policy Manager, SWRA), Waste Policies and Regional Waste Planning
Item 9. Presentation from Alasdair Brown (Waste Manager Planning and Environment Team, SWRDA), Recyclates Market Development
Item 10. Presentation from Terry Coleman (Waste Strategy Manager, Environment Agency), Lifecycle Assessment Tool for Sustainability
Item 13. Presentation from Richard Cresswell (South West Regional Director, Environment Agency), South West Regional Waste Strategy
Waste Seminar notes 17th November 2006
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Business Transformation Event
Date: Thursday 26th October 2006
Venue: The Loop Centre, Exeter
The presentations from the day can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.
Morning session:
DCLG presentation (151kb pdf)
Afternoon session:
Business Process Architecture - Sarah Bellis-Jones (1.40mb pdf)
SWCoE C&TS Programme - Julian Morley (668kb pdf)
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AES - capturing gains and embedding the efficiency agenda into wider LA processes
Date: Monday 11th September 2006
Location: Taunton - Rugby Club map
Timing: 09.30 to 15.00 including buffet lunch
Participants: Senior practitioners from Counties and Unitaries
Follow this link to download the agenda (28kb)
The presentations from the day can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.
Julian Morley, Director SWCoE - How can the SWCoE help LAs drive efficiency gains
Diana Gerald, Director RSe Consulting, Capturing and measuring efficiency gains
John Cooke, Programme Manager, Devon County Council - Improvement and Efficiency Programme Update
Trevor Prior, Assistant Director, Dorset County Council - Linking the Gershon process to the budget preparation process
Workshops
Continuous improvement workshop Chaired by John Cooke:
Write up of participants answers to 7 FAQs
Devon model answers to 7 FAQs
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South West Children's Services Provider Forum
Date: 13th July 2006
Time: 9:30
Venue: Westlands, Yeovil
A number of Children's Services Projects are being undertaken by the County, Unitary and Health Authorities in the South West supported by the South West Centre of Excellence
One project is to sponsor the setting up of a Provider Forum to be attended by representatives of Residential Homes Providers, Independent Fostering Providers and Independant and Non-maintained Special Schools together with the South West Authorities that use these services.
Providers of Children’s Services to the South West Region are invited to send two representatives to this first meeting of the South West Children’s Services Provider Forum which will end after a light lunch.
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Driving Efficiency in Revenues and Benefits
Date: Thursday 29th June
Time: 10am to 4:00pm
Venue:Taunton Rugby Club, Bathpool, Taunton, TA2 8BU
Member and officer workshop
Driving out waste and delivering service improvement from revenue and benefits is a key part of the forward plans of many unitary and district councils.
A number of councils have already embarked on work in this area. This seminar, aimed at Elected Members and senior officers brings together a wealth of experience from across the SW and nationally.
The seminar is a practical, hands-on session with plenty of time for interaction and discussion.
There will be plenty of opportunity to network and meet other local authorities at all stages of activity in both revenues and benefits and other areas of potential transaction efficiency.
The presentations from the day can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. If your local authority supports video playback you can also view webcasts of some of the presentations from the event by clicking on webcast where available:
Julian Morley, Director of SWCoE (286kb pdf)
Sir Chris Clarke OBE FRSA, Improvement and Development Agency (82kb pdf)
Tim Savill, Audit Commission (363kb pdf)
Michael Worron, Regional Centre of Excellence East (94kb pdf)
Sharon Jones, The Anglia Revenues Partnership (266kb pdf)
John Seddon, Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff University (421kb pdf)
John Seddon Webcast
John van de Laarschot, Torridge District Council (219kb pdf)
John van de Laarschot Webcast
Andrew Grant, Gloucestershire Strategic Directors Group (40kb pdf)
Andrew Grant Webcast
Jason Vaughan, Weymouth & Portland BC (70kb pdf)
Jason Vaughan Webcast
Kevin Toller, Taunton Dean BC (33kb pdf)
Kevin Toller Webcast
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Regional Supporting People value improvement project seminar
Date: Wednesday 21 June 2006
Venue: Taunton Holiday Inn
The seminar provided an invaluable opportunity for Supporting People Lead Officers, Accountable Officers and Procurement professionals to:
- learn about the work of Value Improvement projects
- identify opportunities for further improvement and efficiency projects
- explore collaborative ventures with other local authorities and public sector bodies in this region, supported where appropriate by the Regional Centre of Excellence.
The programme featured three master classes, designed to allow knowledge sharing of key topics in a small group setting. A range of tools and techniques was demonstrated which could be used to deliver efficiencies and improvements in the Supporting People sector.
The presentations from the day can be downloaded below:
Presentation by Julian Morley, Director of SWCoE (375kb pdf)
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South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum
Date: Thursday 15th June
Time: 09:30
Venue: The Loop Centre, Exeter, close to junction 30 of the M5. Details on www.swconferencing.co.uk. Click the Contact tab for a map
The second meeting of the South west Children's Services Commissioning Forum with Colin Diamond in the Chair.
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NePP/ SWCoE e-Procurement Workshop: e-Sourcing
Date: 14 June 2006
Venue: Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton
A detailed introduction to the tools and services councils can use to improve their tender, contract and supplier management. The day will include information on the likely benefits available to councils from the use of these technologies.
Recommended for those involved in Procurement Management, Performance Management, Contract Management, Legal and Gershon Efficiency Management.
The presentations from the day can be downloaded below:
Note some of these files make take up to a minute to download.
e-Source System Overview by Due North Limited (1mb)
e-Sourcing: A Local Authority perspective, by Dorset County Council (70kb)
Bluelight eTendering by Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (958kb)
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Corporate Services ISiS Programme Update
Date: Friday 9th June 2006
Time: 10am to 4:00pm
Venue: The Loop Centre, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7LW
In 2005, Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council set up a collaborative project to seek a strategic partner, to help both councils radically modernise and improve their corporate support services through a joint venture project.
When the contract was advertised in December 2005, 36 authorities registered interested in the framework agreement for the “ISiS” (Improving Services in Somerset) programme, which will be only the second two tier partnership programme in the country.
Five months on, the ISiS team has made significant progress, some of which you will have heard about through the regular email bulletins.
Notes from the day can be viewed here
ISiS SW Corporate Services Framework Questionnaire - for Signatories, following the ISiS update 9th June 2006
The presentations from the day can be downloaded below:
Julian Morley, South West Centre of Excellence (273kb pdf)
Sue Barnes, ISiS Programme Director (105kb pdf)
Alan Jones, Somerset County Council (68kb pdf)
Penny James,Taunton Deane Borough Council (104kb pdf)
IBM Consortium presentation(331kb pdf)
BT presentation (246kb pdf)
Capita presentation (293kb pdf)
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Directors and Senior Executives Efficiency Forum
Date: Friday 21st April
Time: 10am to 4:00pm
Venue: Old Pavilion Somerset County Cricket Club, The County Ground, Taunton, TA1 1JT
Primarily aimed at Country and Unitary Councils running large change programmes, this seminar aims to bring together Directors and Senior Executives from across the South West, to understand barriers to change and share solutions and successful approaches.
The seminar also aims to establish a peer-to-peer network of like-minded individuals to engage together going forwards.
We are fortunate to have a number of presentations from both the private sector and the public sector from companies and authorities engaged on change programmes:
- Julian Morley, Director of the SW Centre of Excellence will talk about current trends in the South West.
- Mike Watson, VP of Supply Chain for Avon Cosmetics, who have continually delivered both efficiency gains and service improvement
- Tony Gosling, Critical Change Ltd, who has helped turn-around a number of change programmes in the private sector
- Professor Veronica Hope-Hailey, University of Bath, who is a Founding Member of the Change Management Consortium
- John Rogers, Programme Manager for Wiltshire's Customer First Partnership
- Kelly Forrester, Leading SW Centre of Excellence Skills Development Programme
In the afternoon we will have a series of workshops aimed at sharing current programmes and best practice.
If required, the SWCoE could support this forum on an on-going basis with the help and support of interested local authorities.
The papers from this event can be found below.
Agenda (130kb)
SW Centre of Excellence update (276kb)
Trends in change management and organisation (203kb)
Organising change management to deliver efficiency and service (179kb)
What it takes to make change programmes succeed (552kb)
Overview of current trends and direction (303kb)
Skills Development in the SW (271kb)
Three parallel workshop-type breakout sessions focussing on large change programmes (63kb)
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NePP/ SWCoE e-Procurement Workshop: e-Marketplace Integration
Date: 12th April 2006
Venue: Taunton Rugby Club
A detailed look at the integration of marketplaces including how integration could provide access to a wider range of supplier catalogues and reduce the costs of supplier adoption.
Recommended for those involved in Procurement Management, IT Management, Performance Management and Gershon Efficiency Management.
The presentations from the day can be downloaded below:
Note some of these files make take up to a minute to download.
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CSR07 Review
Date: Tuesday 28 March 2006
Venue: Old Pavilion Somerset County Cricket Club, The County Ground, Taunton, TA1 1JT
ODPM is organising a national series of round table consultations with key personnel from local government to feed into the CSR07. They have asked the national CoE network to support them in doing this.
The South West event is aimed at local authority Chief Executives or Deputies. For background information see the attached letter from David Jenkins, Chair of Management Board SWCoE.
An event for elected members will be organised in London by the LGA. This may be piggy backed onto the Efficiency Member Champions event planned for the 14th March (see above).
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Supplier Exhibition - University Of Exeter (UEC)
Venue: 23rd March 2006
Venue: UEC Tremough Campus, Penryn Cornwall
The University of Exeter (Procurement) on behalf of the University of Exeter in Cornwall (UEC), Tremough Campus Services (TCS) and University College Falmouth (UCF) are hosting a supplier Exhibition at the Tremough Campus (UEC), Penryn on 23rd March 2006.
This event will attract exhibitors across a wide spectrum for goods and services, together with attracting individual visitors from public and private organisations through Devon and Cornwall.
If you wish to be part of this event please find attached more information and booking form.
Invitation letter (28kb)
Exhibitor Booking Form (210kb)
Conference layout (162kb)
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CIPFA Finance Advisory Network Planning for Efficiency
Date: 14 March 2006
Venue: Exeter
Working with the Regional Centres of Excellence and drawing on practical experience of guest speakers from authorities that have done well in their VFM scored CPA theme, this series* of events will review the outcomes of Gershon so far and consider the latest guidance from ODPM's Measurement Task Force (due out 14th February 2006).
The series will also introduce delegates to other improvement projects and supplementary guidance currently being developed by IPF and the Audit Commission.
*This event is one of a national series of identical events throughout England.
Click the following link to the CIPFA website to read more and book attendance.
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Member Efficiency and Procurement Champions Seminar
Date: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Time: 11am - 2.30pm
Venue: Local Government Association, London SW1P 3HZ
The next seminar for Member Efficiency and Procurement Champions will take place at the LGA on Tuesday 14th March from 11am - 2.30pm. At the seminar members will have the opportunity to hear from ODPM on the efficiency gains and the link to SR07; IDeA will speak on the efficiency peer reviews and the East RCE on some innovative collaboration work they are doing in the region. In addition good practice examples from local authorities will be presented. Lunch will also be provided at the seminar.
Feedback from previous seminars has show that members greatly value these opportunities to network and share ideas and good practice with others from across the country.
For more information or to book your place please complete the attached booking form below and return to LGconnect, the LG's information centre by email info@lga.gov.uk or fax 020 7664 3030 or call 020 7664 3131 by 28th February 2006.
Draft Agenda (28kb)
Booking Form (35kb)
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Don't Waste it - Member and Officer Waste Management Workshop
Date: Wednesday, 8 March 2006
Venue: The Loop Centre, Exeter
Waste management is an important subject for County, Unitary and District councils alike and increasingly an area where coordination is delivering benefits in other regions accross the UK. District councils are key to this process with a direct impact on the efficiency of the disposal effort.
The aim of this workshop session is to bring together elected members and strategic officers with a responsibility for driving forward the waste management agenda in the SouthWest in order to:
- Exchange information and views on how each WDA plans to achieve its LATS compliance.
- Gauge how the plans of each WDA are progressing.
- Establish any major issues and concerns and how they are being addressed.
- Highlight any specific issues which may be better resolved on a regional rather than a local basis.
- Agree any further actions.
We also want to use the workshop to form a regional steering group or forum, that will meet regularly during the year and progress projects. The event will share progress and learning to date with inputs from those currently engaged in developping and implementing waste partnership arrangements.
The lineup includes the experience of the South East Waste Steering Group, contributions from DEFRA, and from the WDA'S accross the South West.
Please note: some of these files are quite large and they may download slowly, depending on connection speeds.
'Dont Waste It' seminar flyer and agenda (145kb)
Item1. Julian Morley - SW Regional Approach (278kb)
Item2.Mike Ebert - Update on the National picture (1.5mb)
Item3. Ron Bates - PFI landscape in the UK (546kb)
Item4. David Greenfield - Waste in the SE (74kb)
Item5a. Cornwall WDA (723kb)
Item5b. Devon WDA (2mb)
Item5c. Dorset WDA (40kb)
Item5d. Wiltshire WDA ( 239kb)
Item5e. South Gloucestershire WDA (2mb)
Item5f. Somerset WDA (2mb)
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Selling To Local Government - Tuesday 7th March, Bristol Marriott Royal
Selling to local Goverment 2006 will provide you with the information necessary to identify what influences the buying decisions of the people who buy your products and services and how to access this major market sector. Do not miss this opportunity to maximise your sales potential.
Includes presentations from Bristol City Council, Cornwall County Council, Devon and Cornwall Police and the South West Regional Centre of Excellence.
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