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Recommendation

Progress

Action Date

2.1

The Authority considers the assessment of the current arrangements for the management of its partnership working (set out in paragraph 5 of the consultant's report) and seeks ways of building on the strengths of its current approach to ensure it is fully `fit for purpose' in respect of the Audit Commission's principles of good governance for partnership working.

A partnership policy has been drafted and included in a Service Order. This policy includes a `Toolkit' for assessing the validity of our existing partnerships and the suitability of those considered in the future. It is proposed that this action be closed.

Completed

2.2

The Authority builds on the recent rationalisation of current partnerships through the review of its Partnership Register by undertaking a further `light touch' audit of the arrangements for those partnerships that remain (using the checklist set out in Appendix 1 of the consultant's report) to reassure itself and its partners that the criteria for partnership working are satisfied.

All Partnership Managers have been asked to assess current arrangements for all partnerships against the Policy and toolkit. For those arrangements that they then assess to be valid partnerships, a return is being made to the Performance Review Team which will include on the Partnership Register. This work is scheduled to be completed by June 29^th 2007.

29^th June 2007

2.3

The checklist be used by the Authority at both a strategic and an operational level recognising that much partnership work is initiated by Group Managers - in its assessment of all future partnership proposals.

As detailed in para.2.1, the Partnership Policy and Toolkit, which is now included in a Service Order and will be used by the Authority at both a strategic and operational level. It is proposed that this action be closed.

Completed