Improvement Partnership
Improvement Partnership 2005-08
The Improvement Partnership for North East Local Government (IP) has now merged with North East Connects, and North East Centre of Excellence. From April 2008, these 3 organisations became the North East Improvement & Efficiency Partnership (NEIEP).
Click here to find out about the NEIEP
The Work of the Improvement Partnership 2005-08
Inception and Management
The Improvement Partnership was formally launched in July 2005. It was a regional voluntary partnership led by North East local authorities and agencies with a shared goal of improvement in local government.
The Executive Committee of the Association of North East Councils provided the political accountability for the IP. Its management arrangements were handled through a Steering Group of local authority Chief Executives and senior officers from partner agencies.
Who was Involved?
All 25 North East local authorities
Association of North East Councils
Audit Commission
Government Office for the North East
IDeA
North East Centre of Excellence
North East Connects
North East Regional Employers Organisation
Department for Communities and Local Government
One NorthEast
What did it do?
The Partnership acted as the 'umbrella' organisation for the promotion and co-ordination of local government improvement activity in the region.
This was through the use and management of a three-year funding allocation of around £5 million from the joint Local Government Association/CLG capacity building fund.
IP Projects
Over 50 individual projects are now complete; each arose from the IP's Delivery Plan and its associated work streams.
The IP work streams were:
Leadership: Skills development for the modern elected Member, corporate top teams and the region's most senior officers.
Workforce Capacity: Building capacity of 3rd and 4th tier officers.
Performance Management: Embedding a performance management culture
Challenge and Inspire: Exploring innovations and ideas for service improvement via a series of bespoke events, seminars, workshops and regional programmes.
Communicating local government: A range of projects to raise the image, reputation, profile and PR capacity of local authorities.
Essential Development Support: A grant fund supporting authorities to address specific improvement needs.
District Vision: A series of projects providing tailored support to the region's District Councils
IP also supported:
E Democracy for Elected members: delivered in partnership with North East Connects
In addition to this, IP managed the CLG National Programme Subsidy which provided further opportunities for officers and Members to get involved in the following programmes:
Future Leadership programme
National Graduate Development Programme
IDeA Councillor Mentoring
IP Evaluation
Please click here to see the evaluation report.
Click here to find out about the NEIEP
The Work of the Improvement Partnership 2005-08
Inception and Management
The Improvement Partnership was formally launched in July 2005. It was a regional voluntary partnership led by North East local authorities and agencies with a shared goal of improvement in local government.
The Executive Committee of the Association of North East Councils provided the political accountability for the IP. Its management arrangements were handled through a Steering Group of local authority Chief Executives and senior officers from partner agencies.
Who was Involved?
What did it do?
The Partnership acted as the 'umbrella' organisation for the promotion and co-ordination of local government improvement activity in the region.
This was through the use and management of a three-year funding allocation of around £5 million from the joint Local Government Association/CLG capacity building fund.
IP Projects
Over 50 individual projects are now complete; each arose from the IP's Delivery Plan and its associated work streams.
The IP work streams were:
IP also supported:
In addition to this, IP managed the CLG National Programme Subsidy which provided further opportunities for officers and Members to get involved in the following programmes:
IP Evaluation
Please click here to see the evaluation report.
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