East Surrey Improvement Partnership

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East Surrey Improvement Partnership

• SOCITM South Region Meeting
• 26th January 2007
• Julian Osgathorpe

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Who are we?

• Three 2nd Tier Authorities
• Tandridge District Council
• Mole Valley District Council
• Reigate Banstead Borough Council
• South East Centre of Excellence

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Why come together?

• Strategic response to environment
• Central government funding decreasing
• Local government responsibilities increasing
• Pressure to change delivery mechanisms
• But
• Increasing customer expectations
• Inspection and performance regimes
• All mean this is not exclusively cost driven

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The Journeyso far

• Statement of Intent 2005
• Improve quality and value for money of services
• Ensure resilience of service
• Contribute to Local Government efficiency agenda
• Explore opportunities for trading
• Create stronger voice for the area on strategic
  issues
• But
• Not exclusive
• Must not compromise political independence

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The Journeyso far

• Collaboration Strategy 2006
• Restated original objectives
• Defined Governance Framework
• Set out core programme areas
• Reducing Duplication
• Building Strategic Platforms
• Service Reviews
• Allocation of some initial resource
• Initial consideration of priority service areas

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The Journeyso far

• Surrey Improvement Partnership 2006
• Successful bid - 300k
• Produce case studies/products
• Share learning
• Additional resource for programme
• Forced refinement of
• Objectives
• Pilots
• Timelines

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The Next Phase

• Pilot Projects
• Finance/ICT/HR
• Revenues benefits/Customer Services
• Legal Structures/vehicles
• Test a hypothesis
• Fully merged service by April 2010
• No decrease in service quality
• Enhanced capacity and resilience
• 20 reduction in total cost of service
• If ESIP not big enough, what would be?
• Output - Summer 2007

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The Successesso far

• Gaining Internal Commitment
• Partnership supported by Members and Senior
  Officers of all three Councils
• Clarity of objectives
• Attracting External Support
• SECE/SIP
• Managing Direction of Travel
• Learn from others
• Only move as far and as fast as we can see
• Building Block Investments
• ICT Infrastructure Link
• Programme Management