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Last changed May 30, 2008 12:44 by Dominic Potter
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills The new centre - a virtual information hub together with a range of offline support services - was unveiled by Baroness Delyth Morgan,...
Last changed May 22, 2008 15:25 by Dominic Potter
Labels: uk_government, participation, empowerment, public_services, draft_legislative_programme, personalisation, citizens, community, consultation The Government has just published its Draft Legislative Programme for 2008/09 One such theme is the Personalisation and Improvement of Public Services. In the next Parliamentary session the government is proposing changes to further put patients, parents,... Last night saw an elite few Local Authorities in the UK recognised at the Beacon awards ceremony celebrating innovation, excellence and quality local services. Each year, Ministers set around ten themes relevant to issues faced by authorities every day. Interestingly, this year one such theme was 'Transforming services: citizen engagement and empowerment' and the winner of this category are Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,...
Last changed Nov 06, 2007 15:57 by Edward Andersson
Through Participation Partners - a new pilot programme - policy teams across central government will have access to free expert advice and support on public participation. Participation Partners is funded by the Democratic Engagement Branch of the Ministry of Justice and is delivered by participation experts, Involve www.peopleandparticipation.net was today launched to a wider audience by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears as part of the Government's 'Empowerment Action Plan' The plan sets out how the Government will deliver on its commitment to empower communities through a range of activities, including more community power to trigger petitions, citizens' juries and an increased say for local communities over local budgets.... The UK Government has launched its review of consultation policy The consultation is aimed at anyone with an interest in responding to government consultation exercises,... |
