Issue - meetings

A presentation will be given.

The Board received a presentation on the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) from Jackie Barry-Purssell, Haringey’s link officer from the Audit Commission.

An overview was provided of how the CAA would assess the performance and effectiveness of public services in the Borough. The Assessment was comprised of two key elements:

• Area Assessment
• Organisational Assessment

The Area Assessment would focus on how well local priorities expressed community needs and aspirations and how effectively outcomes and improvements were delivered. The Organisational Assessment would be informed by the Area Assessment and would focus on the contribution made by public services individually and as part of the wider partnership.

In terms of the evidence based used local performance management information such as performance against LAA targets would form a key source of information. In addition evidence from existing inspection and audit  systems and information gathered by government offices and other agencies would taken into consideration. Views would also be sought from Third Sector organisations and local businesses.

The Board was advised that the CAA would be published on both the individual organisations respective websites and the Audit Commission’s website. A more customer orientated approach was intended and summary documents would be produced and categorised so that people were able to ‘drill down’ and obtain more detailed information.

It was noted that the CAA Framework had been published on 10 February and that CAA process would begin in March 2009. The final CAA report would be published at the end of November 2009.

Following the presentation the Chair invited questions from members of the Board.

In response to a query the Board was advised that the Assessment would be guided by the priorities contained within the LAA and Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS). However, if there were additional sources that were relevant these could also be considered.

In terms measuring and assessing Third Sector involvement and influence the CAA team would need to be able to see evidence of the mechanisms in place to facilitate this and the outcomes that had been produced.  

The Chair thanked Jackie Barry-Purssell for her presentation.

RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.