Financial management was one of the main areas for improvement identified in the Energy Procurement Action Plan Opens in a new window self assessment returns. In support of this, a Financial Energy Management workshop was held on November 20th 2007 in central London.
The objectives of the workshop were
- to help authorities to consider whether/how they might implement integrated financial and energy management processes
- to provide working examples of how some organisations have managed this change and what the pros and cons were
- to examine issues such as e-billing, bill checking, data uploads, supplier responses and e-enabling financial processes.
The workshop was attended by representatives of 28 authorities from London, the South East and Midlands. Susie Owen from the OGC opened the event with a presentation on the drivers for change and the case for e-billing. This was followed by case study presentations from Gateshead Council, LB Haringey, Tesco plc and Suffolk County Council. The workshop ended with a panel question and answer session giving delegates the opportunity to ask any questions raised by the morning's presentations.
Copies of the speakers' presentations are available to download below.
Susie Owen (OGC) Opens in a new window (147KB)
Bob Wilson (Gateshead Council) Opens in a new window (249KB)
Amanda De Swarte and Kamar Zaman Opens in a new window (4.7MB)
Rob Etherington (Tesco) Opens in a new window (1MB)
Paul Bonello and Pam Oakshott (Suffolk County Council) Opens in a new window (114KB)
