This day is about:
Sponsored by CIPFA’s Local Government Policy Panel this timely conference will provide a policy and financial overview of the latest LAA-MAA developments, together with practical experiences from senior officers in the field. As Local Area Agreements are rolled out nationally, this conference will provide timely and essential information for all those involved with maximising their potential for local citizens. With 13 pilot areas expected to have Multi-area Agreements in place by next summer, proposed growth will extend far beyond council borders. There are issues of financial accountability to be addressed and this is likely to mean more obligations being placed upon local authorities.
It will cover:
• LAAs - Effective Local Government Service Delivery or Performance Framework Assessment from Central Government?
• Lessons learned from Local Area Agreements – making strategic financial decisions
• LAAs and Financial Responsibility: Audit and accountability of partnership arrangements
• Cross-boundary regional working through MAAs
• Case Study: How does Multi-area Agreements fit into LAA arrangements
• Case Study: How to successfully develop a cross boundary partnership
Who should attend:
• Chief executives
• Chief financial officers
• Executives involved with the four blocks:
– Children and young people,
– Safer and stronger communities,
– Healthier communities and older people
– Economic development
• Senior civil servants and government offices for the regions
• Finance directors from large charities, voluntary and community sector partners
• Local strategic partnership officers
• Finance executives dealing with neighbourhood renewal and regeneration
Chair: Tony Knights, former Director of Finance, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Speakers: Tony Travers, Rob Whiteman, Chris Leslie, Eamonn Boylan, John McBride
| Course Programme |
| 09.30 |
Registration and coffee |
| 10.00 |
Chairman’s Introduction and Welcome |
| 10.15 |
LAAs - Effective Local GovernmentService Delivery or Performance Framework Assessment from Central Government?
Speaker: Tony Travers, Director, The Greater London Group, London School of Economics |
| 11.00 |
Morning Refreshments |
| 11.20 |
Lessons learned from Local Area Agreements – making strategic financial decisions
• Key financial arrangements relating to Local Area Agreements
• Assessing the challenges of partnership funding arrangements and service delivery
Speaker: Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
| 12.00 |
LAAs and Financial Responsibility: Audit and accountability of partnership arrangements
• The Impact of CSR on Local Area Agreements
• Governance issues
• Establishing clear lines of accountability
Speaker: tbc: Audit Commission |
| 12.45 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Cross-boundary regional working through MAAs
• Creating MAAs to maximise the scope for regional collaboration and
development
• Adding value and working in concert with local authorities
• Future fit with other sub national governance reforms<
Speaker: Chris Leslie, Director, New Local Government Network |
| 14.40 |
Case Study: How does Multi-area Agreements fit into LAA arrangements
• Developing Multi-area Agreements
– what is being achieved by existing partnerships
• Matching priorities between economic entities and administrative boundaries
• Improving the performance of the city region in respect of enterprise and economic growth
• Future economic partnership ambitions
Speaker: Eamonn Boylan, Deputy Chief Executive, Manchester City Council |
| 15.20 |
Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15.35 |
Case Study: How to successfully develop a cross boundary partnership
• Collaboration between different authorities with different priorities
• Establishing working relationships in a competitive world
• Maximising the potential of future partnerships
Speaker: John McBride, Chief Executive, Borough of Poole
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| 16.15 |
Chairman’s closing remarks |
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