Issue - meetings

There was a presentation of the strategic review of the HSP and its theme boards that highlighted some of the emerging findings from the review to date. The presentation was led by officers from Shared Intelligence who had been commissioned to undertake the review.

The presentation focussed on the background behind commissioning the review, where the review was in its programme, and the information gathered by a series of consultation exercises with members, officers and general “users” of the HSP and its theme boards. The findings found that overall, there was a very high level of commitment to the HSP and a strong belief in its potential, and had gathered a lot of thoughtful comments about how the HSP might be improved such as its

                        • Role and impact

                        • Participation

                        • Focus of activity

                        • Structures

                        In terms of the next steps for the HSP, Shared Intelligence would make recommendations on the following:

                        • the scope and role of the HSP.

                        • Strengthening the strategic vision for the HSP.

                        • links between the HSP, the sustainable community strategy and the Local Area Agreement (LAA).

                        • Strengthening the Theme Groups.

                        • Improved membership and meetings.

                        • Tightening support and organisation.

The Board had a brief discussion after the presentation which highlighted the role and purpose of the HSP in relating to the ambitions outlined in the recent White Paper, Strong and Prosperous Communities, which placed greater emphasis on local strategic partnerships using LAAs as delivery plans. It was also highlighted that representation from the business, community and volunteering sectors should be enhanced whilst clarifying membership arrangements generally. The Board expressed a wish to see this addressed in Shared Intelligence’s final report. The Board also heard that there would need to be a greater understanding of relationships between leadership and partners, and the roles associated to this, by way of training. It also heard that the final draft of the LAA would need to be articulated in a way that engaged partners fully in order to ensure success in delivering the targets. In terms of the theme groups, concern was raised that they were currently taking on issues regardless of their “strategicness”. One way of remedying this was highlighted, namely that there should be clarity over delegation from the HSP to its theme boards, and vice-versa. The Board noted that partners and the organisations/agencies that they represent were not equal in terms of the resources they brought to the HSP and thus support arrangements would have to factor this in.

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RESOLVED

That the Board consider the options presented to it by Shared Intelligence at its next meeting and that partners submit any further views they may have directly to Shared Intelligence in due course.