Chairs Meeting 27/01/17 Agenda Drivers Media scrutiny - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Chairs Meeting 27/01/17

Agenda

– Drivers

• Media scrutiny
• Assurance Framework

– Response

• Governance
• Executive

– Issues for consideration

• Projects to Programmes

– Next steps

Media Scrutiny

• No mention in Daily Mail campaign, however
• Inconsistency of registering COIs
• Need to ensure contractors procure openly
• Information not readily available
• Internal files
• Website
• Scrutiny will remain a key issue to respond to

LEP Peer Review

• Paired with:
• Marches LEP
• York, N Yorks & East Riding LEP
• Commences Feb 2017
• Not an audit exercise

Assurance Framework

• Revised guidance issued November
• Mostly change of emphasis ‘should’ to ‘must’
• Draft review underway
• Revised AF to be submitted by 28 Feb

Starting from a position of strength

LEP Governance

– Focus on Programme Boards

• Revised Terms of Reference required – clarity of roles
• Ongoing assessment & prioritisation of schemes – no ‘annual calls’
• Ownership of ‘their’ programme (inc. risks)
• Chairs to provide updates at LEP Board (& decisions required)
• Delegated budgets? (with ceiling?)

– PMC

• Monitoring whole programme (& agreeing changes with PBs)
• Recognised scrutiny role - e.g. Peer Review

LEP Board

focused on overall strategy, and the delivery of Perfectly Placed for Business – through advocacy, partnership working and resourcing

Skills and Employment Programme Board (S&E)

Growth Hub

Local Transport Body Enterprise Zone Partnership Board Enterprise and Innovation Programme Board (E&I) Strategic Infrastructure Programme Board (SIB) Programme Management Committee (PMC)

including Hertfordshire County Council (Accountable Body), and scrutinising overall patterns of spend (between programme areas) and approving delegated funding decisions

£23m (plus £16m DfT) £6m £300k £100k Growth Deal and Growing Places Fund, 2017/18

LEP Executive & Programme Management

– Executive:

• Need to differentiate roles & skills:

– Thematic leads (e.g. Infrastructure, Skills, Enterprise) – commissioning – Overall programme management & contracting – Scrutiny and monitoring

• Separate reporting arrangements & revised JDs with clear accountabilities
• Consultancy support – revised frameworks

– Programme Management:

• No core funding confirmed beyond March 2018
• Need to agree legitimate programme costs with HCC
• Incorporate Programme Management into revised Operational Plan

LEP Executive

Neil Hayes Executive Director 50370622 Sally Stanley Office Manager 50542355 Molly Curtis Team-co-ordinator 5053477 Norman Jennings Skills & Employment Manager 50565649 Vacancy Senior Enterprise Co-ordinator Lisa Bishop Project Executive 50542355 Paul Witcombe Enterprise & Innovation Manager 50564408 Tim Burton ERDF Projects Facilitator 50583467 Andrew Lee LEP Programme Manager 50521404 Sam Hudson LEP Projects Executive Morag Saunders Programmes and Performance Manager 50576570 Gemma Fulton Assistant Programmes & Performance Manager 50582277 Lucy Gravatt Communications & Engagement Manager 50569908 Daniel Barcroft Communications Intern Adam Wood Infrastructure Delivery Manager 50564409 Vacancy LEP Project Director - Stevenage Neil Hayes Executive Director 50370622 Sally Stanley Office Manager 50542355 Molly Curtis Team-co-ordinator 5053477 Norman Jennings Skills & Employment Manager 50565649 Vacancy Senior Enterprise Co-

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Lisa Bishop Project Executive 50542355 Paul Witcombe Enterprise & Innovation Manager 50564408 Tim Burton ERDF Projects Facilitator 50583467 Adam Wood Infrastructure Delivery Manager 50564409 Andrew Lee LEP Programme Manager 50521404 Sam Hudson LEP Projects Executive Vacancy LEP Project Director – Stevenage Morag Saunders Programmes and Performance Manager 50576570 Gemma Fulton Assistant Programmes & Performance Manager 50582277 Lucy Gravatt Communications & Engagement Manager 50569908 Daniel Barcroft Communications Intern

Projects to Programmes?

– Increasingly place orientated

• Watford

Hemel Hatfield Stevenage

– New governance models being established – Potential efficiencies via ‘packaging & delegating’ schemes – Could potentially deliver more effective recycling mechanism(s) – Could also apply thematically – e.g. Transport

• Separate Transport theme from Strategic Infrastructure
• Revise governance to ensure Local Transport Body & LEP roles are clear
• Delegate full transport package to HCC (with funding profile & outputs)

Next Steps

– Revised Assurance Framework – 28 February – Revised ToRs for LEP Boards - March – Revised JD’s & reporting lines - March – Update on progress to Board – 8 March – Full paper to Board – June – Further changes to Assurance Framework - Sept