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Commissioning from the third sector
Date/Time: 14 September 2010
09:00 - 17:00
Venue: Various
Cost: (ex VAT) £ Free
Places available
Date: July to October 2010
Location:
26 July - venue: tbc, Exeter
29 July - venue: tbc, Newcastle
14 September - MacDonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham
21 September - Royal York Hotel, York
5 October - Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum, London
12 October - Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Manchester
19 October - Radisson Blu Hotel, Bristol
2 November - MacDonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham
Cost: Free
About the event
LG Improvement and Development has partnered with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) to deliver a comprehensive training programme for commissioners and finance staff across the public sector.
Courses will increase awareness and understanding of the third sector, help improve engagement and enable greater access to specialist knowledge that will benefit the delivery of public services.
The initial day-long courses, aimed at commissioning organisations new to working with the third sector are now available. The courses will cover:
- the policy context for the national programme (strategy, key drivers, aims and objectives of phase 2)
- greater involvement and engagement: potential benefits and perceived barriers
- building relationships with the third sector
- keys to successful engagement, partnering, commissioning and service delivery
- research and analysis, promoting innovation, stimulating the market
- measuring outcomes and assessing impact
- accounting for social return and social value
- working within the EU procurement framework and other regulation
- joint commissioning and joint provision
- performance measurement; proportionality and materiality
- risk: assessment, management and mitigation.
The day will be interactive and case-study based to ensure the programme will be highly relevant and of real practical value to both senior officers involved in setting policy and finance and commissioning practitioners.
Who should attend?
Commissioners and finance officers (level 1).
Programme
9.00 Registration and refreshments
9.45 Welcome and Introductions from the chair
10.00 National programme (Office of the Third Sector):
- Context/the policy framework
- Current issues
- Aims and objectives of phase 2
10.30 Greater involvement:
- Potential benefits
- Case study 1: third sector adding value to public services
11.00 Greater involvement:
- Potential barriers
- Case study 2: overcoming barriers, addressing perceptions
11.30 Coffee
11.45 A model for more effective involvement (1):
- building relationships
- forms of engagement; the commissioning lifecycle
- market research
- promoting and stimulating innovation
- Case study 3: effective engagement
12.30 A third sector perspective ? Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
13.00 Lunch
13.45 A model for more effective involvement (2):
- match-making
- requirements, language and terminology
- measuring performance and achieving success
- case study 4: effective commissioning
14:30 Breakout sessions:
A: Finance
- Tools for decision-making
- Funding models
- Risk management
- Separation of roles
B: Commissioning
- Procurement law
- Proportionality
- Social Return on Investment (SROI)
- Joint commissioning
16:30 Barriers to change
17:00 Summary and close
Booking information
Exeter
Newcastle
Birmingham
14 September online booking form
York
21 September online booking form
London
Manchester
12 October online booking form
Bristol
19 October online booking form
Birmingham
2 November online booking form
Please note: delegates are liable for £100 charge if cancelled under a days notice without a replacement.
Presentation materials
We plan to distribute all presentation materials on a memory stick on the day, and these materials are also available on our Community of Practice (CoP). However if you prefer to receive these in hard copy format please complete the relevant section on the booking form.
National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning CoP
Further information
Contact:
Gemma Pullen
telephone: 020 8667 8595
email: Gemma.Pullen@cipfa.org.uk
Who should attend
Commissioners and finance officers (level 1)
Further information
Equality and diversity
The LG Group operates an equal access policy to events, and endeavours to meet delegates' requirements wherever possible. We can provide infomation in different formats as requested. Due to the pressures on the provision of BSL interpreters, the LG Group will need six weeks' notice to provide this service.
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