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Papers from Programme Board meeting held on 29 September 2008

On this page you will find papers for the Capital Ambition Programme Board meeting which took place on 29 September 2008.

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Full agenda for 29 September 2008 (26kb) Opens in a new window

Agenda Items

1. Apologies
John O’Brien; Joe Simpson; Dick Sorabji; Ian Clement, Rob Whiteman,
Cllr Nick Stanton

2. Minutes of Last Meeting
Purpose: To consider and approve the minutes of the Capital Ambition
Programme Board meeting held on Monday 28 July 2008.

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Constitutional Items

3. Capital Ambition Procurement Practice Note and Financial Regulations
Purpose: To propose a revised procurement practice note and financial
regulations for Capital Ambition.

Recommendation:
That the Programme Board adopts the revised procurement practice note
and financial regulations for Capital Ambition as appended to the report.

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Progress Reports

4. Report of the Director of Programmes
Purpose: To receive a progress report from the Director of Programmes
on activity and issues since the last Capital Ambition Programme Board
meeting.

Recommendation:
That the Programme Board notes the report.

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Appendix Bi - hackney Opens in a new window

Appendix Bii - hounslow Opens in a new window

Appendix Ci - population flows Opens in a new window

Appendix Cii - behaviour change Opens in a new window

Appendix Ciii - carbon reduction Opens in a new window

Appendix Civ - worklessness Opens in a new window

5. Report of the Chair
Purpose: To receive an oral update from the Chair.

6. Draft Efficiency Delivery Plan
Purpose: To seek early views on the draft Efficiency Delivery Plan (EDP)
and current work programme attached to this report, and to note the
process for the development of the efficiency priorities from April 2009,
prior to approval by the Board on 25 November 2008.

Recommendations:
That the Programme Board:
I. Comments on the Draft Efficiency Delivery Plan
II. Notes the overall financial position for 2008/09
III. Comments on the process for the identification of strategic priorities
and development of the work programme commencing April 2009.

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Appendix 1 - Draft efficiency delivery plan Opens in a new window

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7. Efficiency Peer Review
Purpose: To approve the funding and development of a framework for an
efficiency peer review process to support London authorities to achieve
and exceed the 3% efficiency target set under National Indicator 179.

Recommendation:
That the Programme Board:
I. Approves the £300,000 funding for 2008/11
II. Comments on the proposals and options for the development and
implementation of the Efficiency Peer Challenge.

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Appendix 1 - Efficiency peer challenge proposal Opens in a new window

Appendix 2 - PID final draft Opens in a new window

8. Sub-regional working
Purpose: To seek views, and a recommendation, from the Programme
Board on the allocation of Capital Ambition monies to sub-regional work
programmes.

Recommendations:
That the Programme Board:
I. Notes the report
II. Agrees Option E as a protocol for the allocation of the remaining
funding for this work stream.

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9. Community Empowerment
Purpose: This report is provided for information only, to update the
Programme Board on various elements of Capital Ambition’s/London
Councils’ work around community empowerment.

Recommendations:
That the Programme Board:
I. Notes the report.

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Appendix B Community empowerment Opens in a new window

Appendix C Community empowerment Opens in a new window

Appendix D Community empowerment Opens in a new window

10. Comprehensive Area Assessments
Purpose: To comment on the draft of London Councils’ response to the
Second Joint Consultation on Comprehensive Area Assessment.

Recommendations:
That the Programme Board:
I. Notes and comments on the report.

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Appendix 1 CAA consutation Report 080928 DRAFT6 Opens in a new window

Appendix 1a CAA consutation response 080928 DRAFT5 Opens in a new window

11. Local Area Agreements – National Indicators
Purpose: To consider the main trends in relation to those priorities
chosen for Local Area Agreements in London.

Recommendations:
That the Programme Board notes the report.

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Closing items

12. Current issues and AOB

13. Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Programme Board will be held on Tuesday, 25
November 2008 at 2.30pm at the London Councils offices, 59½
Southwark Street, London SE1 0AL

Papers from meeting held on 29 September 2008