Business Transformation Programme

Regional Business Transformation Programme

The Business Transformation Programme will continue to provide a range of regional learning and development opportunities, either provided as a package or on a pick and choose basis. There will also be the opportunity for councils to access consultancy support for individual transformation projects such as shared management teams.

In addition to the above, at the meeting on 12th April the Board agreed that an investigation is commissioned of EM local authorities response to the reduction in grant funding. The aim of this review is to provide EM local authorities with information, ideas and measures to use as they take forward their efficiency programmes

‘New Ways of Working' event on the 29th November 2011, targeted at elected Members and Chief Executives from across the EM region. The aim of the event will be to disseminate the findings of the review outlined above and showcase good practice from across the EM in the areas of Collaboration; Back Office Transformation; Total Place and Community Budgets.

Regional Sector Led Support Programme

The EM IEP sector led support programme has been developed to ‘add value' to the LGID's core programme and to maximise EMC's offer to it's members, which would avoid overlap and duplication of activity. The LGID's core programme is comprised of 7 elements, which are listed below with bullet points of additional support provided by EM IEP:

1. Local Accountability
• Continued support for members and officers from EMC scrutiny network
• Identification and support on specific scrutiny issues

2. Peer Challenge
• To support delivery of improvement plans for councils identified as ‘in difficulty' (each submission of support would be presented to the Board for approval, using the delegated decision route if necessary)

3. Peer Support
• To support member development activity identified through the Peer Support offer

4. Knowledge Hub
• Supporting the LGID's aim of identifying and promoting centres of excellence through knowledge transfer and signposting

5. Data & Transparency
• Enabling the sharing of information and transparency of performance across the regions LAs

6. Leadership Support
• Rolling out a programme of development opportunities for members and senior officers
• Providing seminars for elected members and senior officers on the ‘big/tricky' issues e.g. Localism

7. Learning & Support Networks
• Continuing to provide support to the professional networks that have been
established in areas such as business transformation