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This report sets out proposals for the work streams within the refreshed version of the Council’s Single Improvement Plan (SIP) for 2009/10, together with the basis for their inclusion in the SIP.

RESOLVED: That the draft Single Improvement Plan, and the areas proposed for inclusion, be approved.

REASON:      To ensure the effective management of key actions to be taken to support on-going development and improvement work at the Council critical to the achievement of the Effective Organisation corporate priority.

Members considered a report which set out proposals for the work streams within the refreshed version of the Council’s Single Improvement Plan (SIP) for 2009/10 and explained the basis for their inclusion in the SIP.

The SIP was a core element of the eighth theme of the Corporate Strategy, ‘Effective Organisation’, and was intended to cover continuous improvement of the Council’s internal processes and governance frameworks.  The original SIP had been reported to Executive on 30 June 2008.  Following a review of corporate governance earlier in the year and the recent staff survey, a number of further areas had been identified for potential inclusion in the refreshed SIP. 

A total of nine workstreams were now proposed for inclusion in the SIP, namely: HR, Equalities, Health & Safety, Member Training, Project Management, Code of Conduct Awareness, Partnership Governance, Internal Communications and Risk Management.  Details of the proposed coverage of these areas, and the lead Officers in respect of each area, were set out in paragraph 12 of the report.  Performance would be monitored via Corporate Management Team and the Executive on a quarterly basis.

Members thanked Officers for the work undertaken on this major cultural change and suggested that ‘Improvement Plan’ might be a less confusing title for the SIP.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED: That the draft Single Improvement Plan, and the areas proposed for inclusion, be approved. ¹

REASON:      To ensure the effective management of key actions to be taken to support on-going development and improvement work at the Council critical to the achievement of the Effective Organisation corporate priority.