Developing the Local Area Agreement 2008 Jenni Naish, Partnerships Manager Simon Leftley, Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services Southend-on-Sea Borough Council ‘ ‘ Creating a better Creating a better Southend’ Southend’ Safe – Clean - Healthy - Prosperous - Excellent Safe – Clean - Healthy - Prosperous - Excellent
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Developing the Local Area Agreement
2008
Jenni Naish, Partnerships ManagerSimon Leftley, Corporate Director of
Adult and Community Services
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council ‘‘Creating a better Creating a better Southend’Southend’
Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council
Local Area Agreements – the principles
• Medium term delivery plan of Community Strategies• Tackle issues unique to the locality • Alignment of partners priorities• Provide value for money from joined up services• Win ‘hearts and minds’ on long-term challenges
(housing, climate change, cohesion, health)• Deliver measurable better outcomes on the ground
Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council
Local Area Agreements – the practiceLocal Area Agreements – the practice
Focus on Focus on area outcomesarea outcomes and performance rather and performance rather than individual partnersthan individual partnersLAA LAA only placeonly place where government will agree where government will agree targets with local authorities and partnerstargets with local authorities and partnersReduced performance reporting Reduced performance reporting to Gov’t?to Gov’t?Single Single area based grantarea based grant rather than lots of funding rather than lots of funding streams. streams. AlignmentAlignment with partners priorities – including with partners priorities – including Council’s Corporate Priorities Council’s Corporate Priorities A vital component of A vital component of Corporate Area Assessment.Corporate Area Assessment.
Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council
35 designated targets35 designated targets 22 local targets22 local targets
LAA PrioritiesLAA Priorities •Strengthening the Strengthening the local economylocal economy• Raising Raising aspirations and achievementaspirations and achievement• Making a Making a safersafer place to live place to live• Leading a Leading a cohesive communitycohesive community• Tackling Tackling health inequalitieshealth inequalities• Safeguarding a high quality, sustainable Safeguarding a high quality, sustainable environmentenvironment• Revitalising Revitalising Southend’s imageSouthend’s image
Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council
Timeline for agreeing LAATimeline for agreeing LAA
Scrutiny Committees review LAA Scrutiny Committees review LAA – end March/ – end March/ early April early April
Southend Together Board agree LAA priorities and Southend Together Board agree LAA priorities and indicators indicators – 15 April– 15 April Full CouncilFull Council agree LAA priorities and indicatorsagree LAA priorities and indicators
– – 24 April24 AprilConclude negotiation on targets Conclude negotiation on targets - early May- early May LAA formally submitted to GO East LAA formally submitted to GO East - 16 May- 16 May Central Government ‘sign off’ LAA Central Government ‘sign off’ LAA - June 2008- June 2008
Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council
Democratic engagementDemocratic engagement
• Represented on Represented on Southend Together BoardSouthend Together BoardSouthend Together ExecutiveSouthend Together ExecutiveKey Strategic Partnerships (KSPs)Key Strategic Partnerships (KSPs)
• Preparation of SCS in 2006Preparation of SCS in 2006• Stakeholder eventsStakeholder events• Member’s briefing sessions Member’s briefing sessions • ScrutinyScrutiny• ‘ ‘Sign off’ of LAA by Cabinet and Council Sign off’ of LAA by Cabinet and Council
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