Issue - meetings

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The Board considered a report that presented the draft Enterprise Commissioning Prospectus, which covered the Board’s Area Based Grant (ABG) Allocation for 2009/10.

The Board was advised that the comments made at its last meeting had been taken into consideration and incorporated within the Prospectus where appropriate. In addition to the recommendations set out in the report the Board was also asked to agree to the formation of a sub-group that would consider applications for funding and determine whether they should be granted.

In addition to this a further sub-group would need to be established in order to monitor and evaluate the progress of projects that obtained ABG funding.

In response to suggestions that a more prescriptive approach should be adopted within the breakdown of targets and achievements that projects would be required to specify the Board was advised that this approach had been considered. However, it had been felt that this approach would be too restrictive, there would be clear guidance setting out what contract were expected to deliver.

In addition the pro forma used would place a weighting on locality and proven performance and innovation would also be recognised and encouraged.

It was confirmed that applications would need to be received in hard copy.

There was agreement that the membership of the sub-groups described above should be agreed outside the meeting and that members of the Board interested in sitting on these should contact the Regeneration Manager.  

Representatives from the Voluntary and Community Sector commended the Prospectus and welcomed the use of the Compact Tool Kit that had been applied.  

RESOLVED:

That the draft Enterprise Board Commissioning Prospectus for 2009-11 be approved and that the Economic Regeneration Team be authorised to begin the commissioning process.