Issue - meetings

To advise Members of the implications of the Duty to Involve and to consider the arrangements required for ensuring effective involvement of local people in planning for and delivering services.

(Report attached)

RESOLVED that

1)                 the requirements of the Duty to Involve be noted:

2)                 a self assessment be conducted in order to establish areas of compliance, analyse gaps and identify actions required in order to meet the Duty to Involve; and

3)                 a Communications and Engagement Strategy be developed, taking into account the findings from the gap analysis.

Members received a report on the implications of the Duty to Involve, which came into effect on 1 April 2009 and seeks to ensure effective involvement of local people in planning for and delivering services.

RESOLVED that

1)                 the requirements of the Duty to Involve be noted:

2)                 a self assessment be conducted in order to establish areas of compliance, analyse gaps and identify actions required in order to meet the Duty to Involve; and

3)                 a Communications and Engagement Strategy be developed, taking into account the findings from the gap analysis.