Issue - meetings

The Board received an update report on the four successful bidders awarded funding under the Greenest Borough Innovation Fund. The successful organisations were currently in the process of producing project management documents required for approval prior to the release of funding. It was confirmed that the Board would remain a forum for challenge and support for the projects and as such would receive regular updates as part of ongoing monitoring, including a presentation at the December meeting identifying delivery targets for each project.

The Innovation Fund project would be repeated in the new financial year, provisionally centred around proposed themes or streams to encourage a greater range of applications capturing the whole agenda. Consideration would also be given to improving the speed of the process, better promotion of the eligibility criteria and evaluating the selection panel. The community representatives on the Board also agreed to feed back their experience as an umbrella group supporting organisations in the submission of bids, to inform process improvements for the next round of funding.

RESOLVED:

·      That the report be noted.