Course focus

Annual Governance Summit

Date:
28 February 2012
Venue:
Bevan Brittan LLP
CPD:
5.25

Training programmes

Committees - Stage 2

Alternative date:

2nd December 2010 - London

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A practical workshop for Democratic Services Officers and Solicitors

  • Broaden your knowledge and understanding of the new Constitutions and ethical arrangements
  • Explore some of the more practical issues which may be causing difficulties back at the office
  • Share good practice with colleagues from other Local Authorities operating different executive models and alternative arrangements

If you’ve already grasped the basics, this will increase your confidence, improve your impact and enable you to be more effective in working with Members and managing meetings under the new Constitutions.

Topics for discussion include:

  • The implications of new executive arrangements for:
     - Decision-making
     - Access to information
     - Rights of Members
     - Member / Officer relations
  • Practical problems in managing meetings
  • Executive decision-making
     - Key decisions and the forward plan
     - Recording of Executive decisions
     - Decision making by portfolio holders
  • Overview and Scrutiny
     - Holding the Executive to account
     - Call in procedures
     - Officer support structures
  • The role and work of the full council
  • Dealing with issues of conduct

" Course was very engaging and thought - provoking, hearing others views and problems was very useful "

Derek Morgan, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

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