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Page Aim

Page 17 aims to bring together information about LSPs, CENs, Citizens’ Panels, and all other opportunities for people to influence decision making in the seven Coventry and Warwickshire Council catchments.

This will not only aid S&P work across the catchment but it will also give site visitors from other areas an idea of the sort of opportunities that exist where they live to become involved in grassroots decision making.

Outline Contents

The document is divided on an area basis, looking at the participation opportunities available in each.

 

       

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 Local Participation Opportunities

The Local Participation Opportunities file has been substantially revised, and now contains the following information:

More Inclusive Decision Making Nationwide.

More Inclusive Decision Making in the seven Coventry and Warwickshire local authority areas.

01      Community participation in Council meetings.

Influencing decision making through Locality Forums.

Peoples Panels and other consultation arrangements.

02      Local Strategic Partnership led opportunities:

LSP background details.

Is LSP work transparent?

Is the LSP board open to membership / do members have a representational role?

What theme groups are there?

Are Sustainable Community Strategies sustainable?

Performance monitoring through LAAs and NIs.

03      Voluntary sector led opportunities:

Third Sector Assembly.

Local Infrastructure Organisation.

VCS / Council forums.

04      Community Sector led opportunities:

Community Empowerment Network.

Citizens Panel.

Coventry and Warwickshire Contact Details.

Overview.

 Abbreviations Used in Coventry & Warwickshire

  Subregional Bodies

    A new feature.

 

 

        

“Over two thirds of the statements in Agenda 21 which have been adopted by national governments cannot be delivered without the commitment and co-operation of local government.”

“If LA21 is to lead to real changes, the thinking and principles which it stands for will have to be fully integrated into the heart of the local authority.  Sustainable development will have to form the vision for the local authority as a whole… it entails a complete rethinking of the function of local government, a new partnership between governors and governed, new priorities and a new way of thinking.”

Jane Morris, Management Adviser, Local Government Management Board.

 

 

   Did you know?

      The last LSP survey showed that 91% had VCS members.

      There is no statutory requirement for LSPs to involve VCOs       – although Government guidance says representation is       essential.

      Not all LSPs are led by an area’s council.

        

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