Welcome from the Member Chair, Councillor Peter
Goldsworthy of Chorley Borough Council:
"The vision for the North West Improvement and Efficiency
Partnership is to lead the ambition, foster the innovation and
share best practice to support the public sector in delivering
better outcomes for their communities. In doing so, we will
establish the North West's reputation as an innovator within the
national improvement and efficiency agenda."
Welcome from the Officer Chair, Joyce Redfearn of Wigan
Metropolitan Borough Council:
"The North West faces its greatest challenge in decades, not
least as a result of the recent and dramatic turn of economic and
political events. The economic situation has highlighted the
importance of other issues, such as the changing nature of our
communities and neighbourhoods, the need for better partnership
working and increased efficiency as well as pressing environmental
considerations and the relative health of our population compared
to other parts of the country."
Latest News
January 13th 2012
The January edition of the NWIEP’s Networks News is loaded with support for councils wanting to improve their performance, tackle priority issues and meet the key challenges being faced today.
There’s a new network being established by the NW Efficiency Network to provide support and learning for officers working with troubled families; there’s a second, new network being set up by the NW Improvement Network to offer coaching support and advice – and there’s a new toolkit been launched to help councils create their own dream teams.
December 23rd 2011
Wishing you a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
See you in 2012
December 2nd 2011
Senior managers who have undergone large scale change facilitation training are giving time back to regional projects; make a date for A BIT of Alright with representatives from 10 public sector organisations who have introduced training which has brought efficiencies for their organisation; find out how you can discover what’s being done to work with complex families in the North West. All these stories - and more – are in the December edition of Networks News.
November 28th 2011
A PUBLIC sector organisation, set up nine years ago to help local authorities in the North West to improve their e-Government performance, has been relaunched.
The North West E-Government Group (NWEGG) has announced that it will now be known as iNetwork and plans to open up its membership from North West public sector organisations, to a national audience.
November 10th 2011
The Adult Social Care Efficiency Programme is part of the LGA’s wider Productivity Programme and is seeking to engage with up to 15 local authorities in 2011-12.
The programme’s objective is to help councils take forward their efficiency and transformation agendas.
The programme will work with participants over a two-year period to support them to refine and develop the comprehensive efficiency / change approaches required to deliver the savings authorities need to make to meet the challenges of reduced funding, demographic pressures and personalisation.
November 7th 2011
On 31st October, a joint event between the NWIEP and LGA took place to discuss ‘taking the lead’ on Sector Led Improvement.
The event had an attendance of over 80 people and brought together individuals from local government, health, fire and police covering the whole of the North West, as well as Peers and officers from the LGA.
The next chapter in the conversation will take place on the 09 January 2012, when Sir Merrick Cockell, Chair of the LGA will be in the North West to engage with key thinkers and decision makers to move the discussion onto the next stage. The aim is to have a clear focus and direction for sector led work in the North West by March 2012. Read more.......
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