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Local Partnerships 2010 Conference - Ready for the Challenge: the Coalition, the Economy, the Reality

19 October 2010

Local Partnerships 2010 Conference
Ready for the Challenge: the Coalition, the Economy, the Reality
A One Day Conference
Tuesday 19th October 2010

Open Letter from Cllr. Edward Lord, Local Partnerships

With the general election behind us, the Coalition in place and an emergency budget this is a great opportunity to hear and discuss in detail the issues of infrastructure renewal, Total Place and securing efficiencies in the public sector. The Local Partnerships 2010 Conference – “Ready for the Challenge”will provide delegates at this key event with a detailed briefing of the new landscape for the Government.

We are delighted that Cllr Dame Margaret Eaton, Chairman of the Local Government Association and James Stewart, Chief Executive of Infrastructure UK will give keynote speeches at this event, setting out their perspectives of what is a challenging landscape.

The morning session will focus on the localism agenda, the role and implications of Total Place following the publication of the report by CLG and HM Treasury at the Budget, the efficiency strategy and the future of partnerships generally at a time of straitened finances. The session will conclude with a panel debate that will discuss the new political environment post-election and the wider ramifications for local authorities and other public bodies.

Building on the success of last year’s event, we have carefully structured this year’s programme to reflect the significant challenges facing local public bodies in delivering key services and stimulating local economic growth and regeneration, while at the same time realising efficiencies and making cost savings. This is a challenging agenda which colleagues from within the public, private and third sectors need to understand fully to ensure they can navigate what are potentially choppy waters ahead.

We sincerely hope that youwill be able to join us and contribute your views and expertise alongside those of our high-profile and expert speakers to ensure a lively, valuable day at what will, we are sure, be one of the premier conferences on the subject of public service reform to take place this year.

With best wishes,

Cllr. Edward Lord
Chairman, Local Partnerships

08:55 Coffee and registration
09:25 Chairman’s opening remarks
Councillor Edward Lord, Chairman, Local Partnerships
09:30 Keynote address I – What does the future look like?
Baroness Margaret Eaton DBE, Chairman, Local Government Association
09:50 Keynote address II – Local Partnerships and the localism agenda
• Local Partnerships’ new strategic offer
• Localism and Place
Michael Gerrard, Chief Executive, Local Partnerships
10:10 Keynote address III – The future of partnerships
• Financing, funding and innovation at the local level
• Local Partnerships and Infrastructure UK
James Stewart, Chief Executive, Infrastructure UK
10:30 Morning coffee
10:50 Shared services
• Efficiencies in the public and third sectorsthrough shared services
Helen Bailey, Public Services Director, HMTreasury
11:20 New agenda,new government, new policies
– a panel discussion moderated by; David Smith, Sunday Times
• Transformation of communities through shared service models and infrastructure
• Joint working for efficiency and developing commercial skills to deliver efficiencies
• The focus on outcomes at the local level
• Devolved decision making and the efficiency agenda
John Tizard, Director, Centre for Public Service Partnerships
Danielle Procter, Corporate Director, Local Partnerships
John Beckford, Partner, Beckford Consulting
David Pokora, Executive Director, LIFT Council
12:20 Delivery Mechanisms – creating effective solutions to meet the new agenda
Nick Ogden, Partner, McGrigors LLP
12:50 Lunch
14:00 Keynote address IV
• The Government’s priorities on the localism agenda
• The role of Place
• How efficiencies and innovation can deliver against Government goals
Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government (invited)
14:30 New models for housing delivery
• Setting the scene, HCA and Local Partnerships
• Responding to the Localism agenda
• New approaches to public land and choice of delivery partner
Steve Carr, Head of New Business, Economics and Growth, Homes and Communities Agency
15:00 A new approach to strategic asset management
Jonathan Stewart, Managing Director, Gleeds Advisory Ltd
15:30 Afternoon tea
CONCURRENT INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
15:45 Workshop A: Devolution: cheaper, better and more efficient – all the fashion but how?
• Creating the step-change in public sector markets to deliver better services
• Enterprise development
• The benefits and impacts
Facilitated by Claire Phillips, Director, Local Partnerships
Mark Lawrie, Partner, Consulting, Deloitte
John Watt, Associate Partner, Government and Infrastructure, Deloitte
Workshop B: Accountability without the money – how does the money flow these days?
• Best practice in performance management – from conception to close
Facilitated by Danielle Procter, Corporate Director, Local Partnerships
Plus private sector speakers to be confirmed
Workshop C: Asset Management – sweating the value and carbon conscious
• Co-commissioning for efficiencies Facilitated by Nyall Farrell, Director, Local Partnerships
Dave Neilson, Fusion 21
16:45 Concluding remarks, including feedback from workshops
Councillor Edward Lord, Chairman, Local Partnerships
16:50 End of conference

Deloitte

Deloitte is delighted to support the Local Partnerships 2010 conference. Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting and corporate finance advice to many leading businesses, government departments and local authorities.

Deloitte is a nationwide firm with teams operating out of 23 offices across the UK. Over 12,000 people work for Deloitte in the UK with over 1,500 focusing on the Public Sector. This approach enables local Deloitte teams to work closely with the local authorities in their regions whilst leveraging a national network of experts.

Deloitte’s infrastructure team provides the following advice to local authorities:
•             Project commercial and financial structuring
•             Running competitive financing processes
•             Development of policy and governance
•             Contract negotiations (including risk transfer, payment mechanism, claw backs)
•             PPP procurement (including deal concept & commercial marketing, bid evaluation)

Local government is transforming, and the pace of change is unprecedented – driven by the need for better outcomes for citizens, new delivery models and the need for efficiency improvement. Deloitte has been at the forefront of delivering change in local government for many years and can offer bespoke and innovative solutions to local authorities during these challenging times.

Fusion 21

Fusion21 is a social economy business which promotes collaboration to save money and create jobs. We improve lives and communities through our approach to procurement, employment and training. Working nationally the Fusion21 supply chain helps to deliver our clients’ capital and cyclical procurement works programmes, we create sustainable jobs for local people and also generate cashable savings.

Since 2002 when Fusion21 began, we have gained national recognition to our approach to collaborative procurement, training and employment.

Delivering c£15m of cashable efficiency savings over 3 years, as well as many non-cashable benefits
Creating 614 permanent jobs in construction
Generating an estimated financial benefit to Merseyside boroughs in excess of £22m, through regular paid work and reductions in benefit claims
Winning the first ever Housing Corporation Gold Award for 'Innovation In Procurement’ 2006
Winner of Women in Construction Awards 2008 'Best Training Scheme'
Winner of Women in Construction Awards 2009 'Lifetime Achievement Award'

Our aim is to help create the conditions where it is easier to deliver efficiency savings, to control costs, to create jobs, to train people and to share best practice. We work by collaborating with clients, residents, contractors and suppliers – delivering a wide range of planned maintenance programmes, skills training courses and commissioned consultancy projects.

McGrigors

McGrigors LLP is the only law firm in the country with strength and depth across all three UK jurisdictions. The firm, which has over 100 partners, is renowned for its strength and expertise in the infrastructure sector. The McGrigors Infrastructure Team brings together a uniquely broad range of expertise across the entire infrastructure sector. The team has spent many years advising clients from all sides of the industry including contractors, developers, facilities managers, service providers, SPVs, InfraCos, funders, secondary market funds and public sector bodies. As well as being an industry leader in areas such as education, transport and healthcare (in which we have closed around 200 deals), the team also advises on PPP / JV arrangements related to or with the public sector, strategic service partnerships, infrastructure funding, housing, large scale property development & regeneration, waste, water, funds, m&a, secondary markets and public law & procurement.

International Project Finance Association (IPFA)

The IPFA is the largest and the only international, independent, not-for-profit Association dedicated to promoting and representing the interests of private companies and public sector organisations in Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships throughout the World.

The IPFA was established in 1998 to create a membership forum to represent the interests of both the public and private sector in the project finance industry. Established as a not-for-profit Association headquartered in London, IPFA now has branches across the globe represented by Council Members in each region. Today the IPFA is at the heart of best practice, transferring knowledge across country boundaries and between sectors, educating and training the industry and encouraging innovation.

Our aim is to raise awareness and understanding about project finance and PPPs and their crucial role in infrastructure and economic development. The Principle objectives of the IPFA are to encourage networking and dialogue between the public and private sector, to provide up to date information on best practice, industry trends and new developments that can be immediately applied to projects.

The IPFA has attracted 400 worldwide members including government and multilateral agencies (honorary members) and international private sector companies from a variety of fields within the project finance industry including firms with financial, legal, sponsor, engineering, architecture, consulting, construction and insurance backgrounds.