Paul Blackmore

Economic Development & Enterprise,

Liverpool First

WHAT I WILL COVER

Background to UK Local Strategic Partnership’s / Liverpool First.

Liverpool – A Story of Place

Local Delivery and Partner Development

Liverpool’s Local Area Agreement with National Government

What’s working well and what could be better

London

Liverpool

Liverpool City

Region

City

Centre

North

Liverpool

Liverpool

Docks

Liverpool

John Lennon

Airport

South

Suburbs

River

Mersey

Liverpool

UK Local Strategic Partnerships –

The National Context

Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP) – government policy

Why do we need LSP’s

What should they look like

What is the role of Central Government

What is the role of Local Government

UK Local Strategic Partnerships –

The National Context – in the beginning

Central Government Support:-

Ensuring involvement

Rationalising Partnerships

Regional Co-ordination Unit (RCU)

Government Departments working with LSP’s

Regional Government Office Support:-

Facilitation

Mediation

Accreditation

UK Local Strategic Partnerships –

The National Context – and Now

A new framework and renewed relationships:-

The Vision – Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS)

Agreeing National Priorities through a national indicator set of 198.

Government ‘giving way to local priorities’

Local Area Agreements (LAA)

A 3 year Delivery Plan for the SCS

A planned and shared agreement between Government and a Local Area.

The only vehicle for setting shared targets between Government and a local area

Up to 35 locally identified targets negotiated and agreed with Government.

Role of Liverpool First

Local Strategic Partnership – government policy

Public, private, voluntary, community and faith sectors

Develop a common vision for the City

Co-ordination

Joint working

Simplify structure and procedures

Prevent duplication

Role of Liverpool First

Liverpool's Local Strategic Partnership – Partnership of partnerships

Chief Executives of public sector bodies, voluntary, community & business sectors

Provide joint solutions to Liverpool's needs - Duty to co-operate

Management of thematic issues including:

Housing

Health & Well-being

Education, employment, skills, business

Cleaner, greener, safer, stronger communities

Community cohesion

Culture

Environment

Key aim - To make Liverpool a better place to live, work, visit and study

Local Context

Where we want it to be by 2024

How we will get there?

New Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) by 2008

Long term vision for the City - World Class City, Thriving city

Cultural Strategy Development to help deliver the vision

Local Development Framework – physical planning

New Multi Area Agreements – City Region agenda

New LAA by June 2008 – 3 year delivery plan for the SCS

Neighbourhood Agreements – Delivery mechanism for LAA

Neighbourhood Partnership Working Groups – Local Priorities

Liverpool First Structure

Liverpool First Executive Board

Strategic Thematic

Group(s) relevant to each

partnership

Neighbourhood

Partnership

Working Groups

Neighbourhood

Partnership

Working Groups

Neighbourhood

Partnership

Working Groups

Neighbourhood

Partnership

Working Groups

Neighbourhood

Partnership

Working Groups

Tasking Groups

If appropriate

Tasking Groups

if appropriate

Tasking Groups

if appropriate

Tasking Groups

If appropriate

Tasking Groups

If appropriate

Liverpool First Forum 3 times per

year

Links with other

Merseyside Groups

City

Council

LCC

Executive

Board

Liverpool First Executive

Advisory Group

Cohesion, Culture, Environment

LCC - 6 Ward

Neighbourhood

Committees

Strategic Partnership Boards x5

• Liverpool First for Health

• Liverpool First for Housing

• Liverpool First for Safer

Communities

• Liverpool First for Children & Young

People

• Liverpool First for Economic

Development and Enterprise

Liverpool :- a city of opportunity

Liverpool’s economy is in the fast lane

Increase of 24,600 jobs 1998 – 2005 (12% Growth)

17,100 net new jobs expected by 2010

Further growth expected of 23,400 net new jobs by

2015

Jobs growth strongest in;

Business Services

Retail

Construction

Leisure & Tourism

Hospitality

Liverpool :- Our Challenges

Liverpool’s employment and skills profile

Liverpool’s Employment Rate 63.5% (74.3% UK Rate)

34% Worklessness rate in our most deprived areas

(which is nearly twice the regional rate)

23% of Liverpool’s working age population has No or

Low qualifications

78% of all Liverpool’s worklessness have

qualifications below Level 2.

Of Which: 45% have No Qualifications

Liverpool :- Our Strategic Response

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

Working together to achieve ‘Economically sustained skilled

working communities’

Integrated employment & skills

Adding value to mainstream delivery

Streets Ahead – engaging local people through proactive

methods

Step Closer 2 Work project

City Council Transitional Employment Programmes – a

demand led approach

Aspire Programme - retention and progression programme

to support sustainability.

Key Issues:- What’s Working

Locally a more mature joined up approach

Greater understanding and awareness – strategically

and operationally at a local level

Building strengthened partnerships through:

Transparency and trust

Clear lines of communication and dissemination

A ‘Marriage’ of local actors

One voice will be heard many different voices will not

Understanding self interest to reach the consensus

Partner secondments and staff exchanges

Key Issues:- What could be better

If there wasn’t an LSP would we want one?

Outcomes not process

Shared ownership – shared reward

Partnerships ‘A cast of thousands’ or non-inclusive

Central Government:-

A renewed relationship

Local problems need local solutions

More support less direction

Mutual trust based on actions

Keep your eye on the ball

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