Issue - meetings

This report presents the Council’s Corporate Risk Management Policy and Strategy for discussion and comment.  The Policy and Strategy set out the Council’s commitment to managing risk and support the organisation’s overall governance arrangements.

Members considered a report which presented for discussion and comment the Council’s Corporate Risk Management Policy and Strategy.

Copies of the Policy and Strategy were attached as annexes A and B to the report.  The Policy set out the Council’s aspirations and objectives with regard to risk management, while the Strategy provided a framework of practical advice and guidance for implementing risk management practices within all activities of the organisation.  Both documents would form an integral part of the risk management training to be delivered to Members and Officers during 2009/10.

RESOLVED: That the format and content of the Risk Management Policy and Strategy attached as Annexes A and B to the report be noted and approved.

REASON:      To confirm that the Policy and Strategy meet the Committee’s requirements and expectations.