Best Value
31st May 2006, Radisson SAS, Glasgow
Agenda
- 09:00: Conference Opens 9.00am- closes 5.30pm
- 09:00 - 10:00: Registration & refreshments in exhibition area.
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Plenary: Key note addresses
Running time: 10:00 - 13:00
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10:00 - Chair's opening address - Clodagh Memery, Head of Best Value, Improvement Service
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10:10 - Pat Watters, President, COSLA
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10:30 - Isobelle Low, Deputy Chair, Accounts Commission
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10:50 - Colin Mair, Chief Executive,The Improvement Service
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11:10 - Q & A
- 11:20 - 11:40: Refreshments & networking in the exhibition area.
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11:40 - View from Glasgow Council & The Highland Council after their Best Value Audit
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12:20 - Tom McCabe, MSP, Minister for Finance & Public Service Reform
- 13:00 - 14:00: Lunch and networking in the exhibition area
- 14:00 - Set of 5 breakout sessions
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1: Better Performance Management
Running time: 14:00 - 15:00
Effective performance management is fundamental to demonstrate to citizens, communities and service users, that organisational objectives are being achieved. Through Best Value we have learned that we require a consistent approach to performance monitoring and we are working with local authorities to deliver a common framework to support this.
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2: Leadership at all levels in Local Government
Running time: 14:00 - 15:00
In this interactive session, Paul Cowan will discuss the leadership challenges facing local government now and in the future.
The session will ask the question: What exactly is leadership?
Delegates will also gain an insight into the organisational development work currently taking place within the Improvement Service.
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3: Diversity
Running time: 14:00 - 15:00
The Local Government Act Scotland 2003 requires Local Authorities to demonstrate that they have developed a culture which encourages both equal opportunities and the observance of the equal opportunities requirements. In the light of the new equality duties on race, disability and gender how can Local Authorities demonstrate their commitment to mainstreaming, equality impact assessment, procurement, monitoring and employment issues”.
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4: Before & After the Best Value Audit- a View From Councils
Running time: 14:00 - 15:00
From the experience Dundee City Council and West Lothian Council, how they prepared for the audit, built their submissions, managed the audit process, arrived at an agreed report and handled the publication of the report. The session will also cover some reflection on what has happened since.
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5: Workforce Issues & Their Implication for Asset Management in Local Government
Running time: 14:00 - 15:00
Best Value applies a duty on local authorities to secure continuous improvement through their Corporate Management arrangements. This interactive session explores incentives and possibilities for increasing effectiveness n the challenging field of Property Asset Management and the Improvement Service role in supporting innovation and best practice.
- 15:00 - 15:20: Refreshments & networking in the exhibition area.
- 15:20 - Set of 5 breakout sessions
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10: Sustainable Development
Running time: 15:20 - 16:20
How can organisations challenge the economic thinking with regard to public procurement and other government rules to deliver shared social outcomes. What are the key questions on maintaining sustainable development issues and the impact on organisational objectives.
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6: Adding Value Through Community Planning Partnerships
Running time: 15:20 - 16:20
What has research informed us so far about effective Community Planning Partnerships, and how does collaboration and partnership working underpin this.
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7: Knowledge Sharing to Achieve Best Value Practices.
Running time: 15:20 - 16:20
What’s in it for me to share my knowledge and how can it help me achieve greater efficiency, quality and accountability? Using Best value examples, we will demonstrate the value that a practical approach to sharing knowledge can bring to Scottish Local Government – and the challenges of getting it right.
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8: Performance Management: An outcome-based Approach to Improving Services
Running time: 15:20 - 16:20
West Lothian Council Outcome Agreement.
In an outcome agreement, the outcomes are determined by combining the priorities of the community with Scottish Executive priorities. This gives a focus on front line services compared to the current initiative culture, which focuses on inputs and processes. Outcomes will be assessed by a rigorous and robust performance management system.
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9: Business Planning & Best Value
Running time: 15:20 - 16:20
Why do Best Value audits so regularly show flaws in the planning process?
Realising the ambitions laid out in planning is best achieved when they can be uniquely described in terms of people, process and information. Driving measurable service improvements that achieve Best Value through the use of customer focused process improvement is the basis of this workshop
- 16:20 - 17:30: Drinks reception & networking
- 17:30: Conference closes
*Agenda, speakers & timetable subject to change or alteration.
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