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- Association of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Authorities
- represents 14 local authorities serving a population of 1.5
million people. Its objectives are: to provide a means for
facilitating co-operation between the constituent authorities,
promote the interests of local government in Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight, assist member authorities in the effective
performance of their duties and functions and to pursue issues of
common concern to member authorities and to represent their joint interests to other bodies.
- Association of In-plant Printers
- AIM is the only professional association for Local Government
officers who are Managers of Printing Units, Copying and
Document Centres within Local Authorities throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
- Association of Local Authority Business Consultants (ALABC)
- a 'not for profit' organisation open to Business Consultants who
are principally employed in Local Government. Its purpose is to
keep members up to date with trends and developments which
affect their work, to provide a forum for the exchange of
expertise and experience, and to raise the profile of consultancy
within the local government sector.
- Association for Public Service Excellence
- APSE was formed in the early 1980's in response to the 1980
Planning and Land Act and was expanded to deal with the
extension of CCT in the 1988 Local Government Act and again
when white collar services were subjected to CCT. With the
demise of CCT, APSE has now refocused itself around Best
Value issues; it has some 255 members.
- Best Value Community.com
- "The purpose of the BestValueCommunity site is to consolidate
on one web site a unique set of online resources to help Local
Government officers work more effectively and improve the
operational performance of their organisation. The offerings were
designed to help Local Government Officers in the UK to comply
with many of the government's directives regarding Best Value
and incorporate ebusiness into their operations."
- Cambridgeshire Association of Local Councils (CALC)
- CALC helps its member Town and Parish Councils and Parish
Meetings to carry out their role by providing legal and procedural
advice on a day to day basis.
- Care Direct
- new service being developed by the Department of Health in
partnership with some local councils for people aged 60 years
and older and their carers and relatives. Its aim is to make it
easier for older people to get information and help when they need it.
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
- COSLA exists to promote and protect the interests of councils
in Scotland by providing a forum for discussion of matters of common concern.
- e-Government Bulletin
- email service covering electronic public services,
'teledemocracy' and the information society in the UK and
worldwide. The Bulletin is a free, independent publication, aimed
at everyone in government, local government, the social sector
and their private sector partners.
- East of England Local Government Conference
- provides information of the role, functions and objectives of the
EELGC on behalf of the local authorities in the East of England.
- Employers Organisation for Local Government
- EO is one half of what used to be the LGMB. It will conduct
pay negotiations; give employment advice: advise on topical
personnel issues, such as European law; promote the interests of
local authorities on pensions; undertake surveys; provide equality
advice; and work closely with a wide range of partners on employer's issues
- Exchanging Information with the Public
- this web-site offers information about the work of the EIP
Group - a collaboration between UK local councils - moderated
by CDW & Associates Ltd. The EIP Group is dedicated to
understanding the practical issues of making public services more
accessible by the community - information management,
organisational development, and the appropriate use of
information and communications technologies benchmarking - a
valuable route to researching and sharing best practice developing
collaborative projects which further the aim of 'best value' for the
public. integrating this body of work with relevant 'Information Society' initiatives.
- Facilitating Inclusion in the North East (FINE)
- the website of FINE - the North East SEN Regional
Partnership. FINE brings together twelve Local Education
Authorities in the North East of England with the aim of
developing more effective inclusive educational practices. The
project operates with collaboration from stakeholders in the
Health, Social Services, Voluntary and Independent Sectors.
- Foundation for Information Technology in Local Government
(FITLOG)
- an independent non-profit-making body. Their aim is to help
senior policy and decision makers in UK local government
understand how information technology can contribute to
developing more effective local democracy and service delivery.
- Highlands & Islands Partnership Programme (HIPP)
- Access to a wide range of information on the Highlands &
Islands Special Transitional Programme, which brings around
£200 million of European funding which, together with public
and private resources, supports a £500 million programme to
be invested over the next 6 or 7 years for the benefit of people in the area.
- Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
- IDeA is the other half of what used to be the LGMB, and
conducts peer group review of local authorities through the Local
Government Improvement Programme, administers the
government's beacon services scheme and publicises good
practice. It will continue and greatly expand the areas of learning
and development for councillors, managers and staff, previously undertaken by the LGMB.
- From e-government to e-transformation
- details of how the IDeA is supporting transformation in
local government through innovation, along with some
useful resources and information to help authorities through the process.
- Information for Local Government
- This site is run by 5 central government departments and
provides the first, online, one-stop gateway for local authorities to
get quick and easy access to local government-related
information that is published on the web sites of central
government departments and agencies.
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- The leading UK independent think tank on the centre left.
- Institute of Trading Standards Administration
- This site provides a wealth of information for consumers and
businesses, schools, advice and information centres, community
organisations, local councils, business support agencies and trade associations.
- Joint Strategic Planning and Transportation Unit
- The Joint Strategic Planning and Transportation Unit (JSPTU)
prepares the Joint Replacement Structure Plan on behalf of the
Joint Strategic Planning and Transportation Committee, it also
supports the Committee and advises the Committee on strategic transport issues.
The Joint Strategic Planning and Transportation Committee is a
joint committee of the four councils of Bath & North East
Somerset Council, Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council
and South Gloucestershire Council. It is responsible for, amongst
other things, preparation of the Joint Replacement Structure Plan.
- Jobs go public
- Jobs go public is one of the the UK's premier sites for Public
Sector Jobs including Local Government vacancies.
- LEAP (Life Events Access Project)
- a £2million project of which £1.2m is government money
from the Invest to Save programme. It is a partnership project
between a group of Councils. LEAP aims to utilise knowledge
management in order to improve service provision to customers.
- Local Authorities coordinating Body on Food and Trading
Standards
- LACOTS is a UK local government enforcement coordinating
body giving advice, guidance and information on consumer
protection, trading standards, food safety and composition and regulatory best practice.
- LGOL Pathfinders
- This site is intended to help disseminate information to local
governement authorites on the 25 Local Government Online
Pathfinder Projects established by the DTLR in Spring 2001.
- Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association
- LARIA was established in 1974 to promote the further
development and understanding of research practices in local government.
- Local Government Association
- A new organisation to represent local authorities in England and
Wales, launched in April 1997
- Local Government Chronicle
- LGC publish a number of magazines; their website provides a
range of subscription services and election information.
- Local Government Commission for England (LGCE)
- Independent body set up by Parliament to review and make
recommendations on whether there should be changes to the
structure of local government, the boundaries of individual local
authority areas, and their electoral arrangements.
- Local Government Data Unit Wales
- The purpose of this unit is to meet the data needs of local and
central government in Wales by ensuring that they are better
informed about the characteristics of the services and activities of
local authorities and of the environment in which they operate.
- Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
- Established in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.Its
role is to keep under review all local government areas in Wales,
and the electoral arrangements for the principal areas, and to
make such proposals to the National Assembly for Wales as
seem desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government.
- Local Government Information Unit
- The LGIU provides an information, lobbying, publicity and
policy service to assist its affiliates in meeting its aims. It also
provides a forum for discussion between council politicians,
officers and trade unions; and develops networks to pursue issues
of common concern with the voluntary sector and other organisations.
- Local Government International Bureau
- British Section of the Council of European Municipalities and
Regions (CEMR).
- Local Government Management Board
- The LGMB has, as of 1st April 1999, been redesigned as two new organisations - the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and the Employers Organisation (EO)
- Local Government National Training Organisation: Smarter
Partnerships
- The purpose of the site is to help users improve partnership
skills and performance. It is designed to be widely relevant across
areas of partnership working.
- Local Government News
- Established 21 years ago for the senior technical and
professional officer in local government, Local Government News
regularly carries a wide range of informative articles and features.
- Local Government Ombudsman
- The Local Government Ombudsmen investigate complaints of
injustice arising from maladministration by local authorities and certain other bodies.
- Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
- Established under the Local Government Act (NI) 1972 for the
purpose of exercising general oversight of matters connected with
the recruitment, training and terms and conditions of employment
of officers of district councils, and of making recommendations to councils on such matters.
- LGjobs
- LGjobs is the Improvement and Development Agency's
recruitment website for Local Government jobs throughout the country.
- Local Business Partnerships
- website aimed at helping local councils work with small businesses and cut down red tape.
- Local Housing Strategy Guidance (Scotland)
- Draft guidance on preparing Local Housing Strategies. The
Housing (Scotland) Act will make it a requirement for local
authorities to make a comprehensive assessment of housing needs
and conditions, and to produce strategies to tackle the housing
problems in their areas. his draft guidance has been prepared
primarily for local authorities, but will also be of interest to those
who will be working with councils in the preparing strategies such
as Registered Social Landlords, the private sector, public and
voluntary sector agencies and local communities.
- London Connects
- London Connects is a new public sector partnership to lead the
development of electronic and public services across the capital
city. It will build confidence in the development of the information
society, respecting the laws, traditions and languages of
Londonâ€s diverse communities, whilst nurturing democratic
participation, freedom of speech and privacy in the practice of electronic government.
- London Research Centre
- London's leading provider of information, research, analysis and
consultancy, recognised for its impartiality, and serving all 33 London local authorities
- National Anti Fraud Network (NAFN)
- NAFN deals with all types of local authority fraud, including
Housing Benefits, Student Awards, Trading Standards, grant
applications, false invoicing and internal investigations. Since its
formation, NAFN has helped councils identify numerous frauds
which have resulted in considerable savings to the taxpayer.
Currently, approximately 230 Local Authorities in England and
Wales are fully paid up members of NAFN.
- National Association of Local Councils
- NALC represents some 10,000 town, parish and community
councils across England and Wales. It is the leading organisation
tasked with protecting the rights and representing the interests of these councils.
- New Local Government Network
- A (free) membership organisation promoting modernisation in UK local government.
- OGC Energy
- offer expertise in the procurement of gas, electricity, liquid fuels
and associated services for public sector customers.
- Parliamentary Monitoring and Intelligence Service (PAMIS)
- The LGA's Parliamentary Monitoring and Intelligence Service is
a specialist intelligence service which builds upon the unique
position of the LGA in national and local government and provides
coverage of all aspects of government and political affairs.
- Planning Officers' Society
- The Planning Officers' Society web site provides information
about the Good Practice Guide & relevant links.
- Public Finance
- Business magazine for the public sector.
- publicsector.org
- the staff benefits site for public sector employees. Launched at
the SOCPO conference in March 2000, they offer a free service
to all local government employees giving discounts on a wide
range of conventional and fairly traded goods and services.
- Scottish Council for Research in Education
- SCRE has lots of useful info on its site for policymakers as well
as schools. Includes press releases and short texts.
- Scottish Local Government Information Unit
- The Scottish Local Government Information Unit (SLGIU) was
established in 1984 as a local authority Joint Committee, to
provide information and research services for Scottish local
authorities and local authority trade unions.
- Signposts to Government from Kable Ltd
- focuses on information age government, with news and views on
policy and business issues related to electronic era government.
This an editorially independent news based site, updated weekly and access is free.
- Smarter Partnerships
- launched by The Local Government National Training
Organisation (LGNTO) it features: interactive tools to help work
through partnership issues and develop skills for partnership
working, case studies and resources to help users learn and make a difference on the ground.
- Society of County Treasurers
- The Society of County Treasurers is primarily a forum for the
discussion of financial, management, personnel and other matters
affecting local government generally, and English County Councils in particular.
- Society of Local Council Clerks
- The Society exists to promote the professional standing and
knowledge of its members throughout England and Wales.
- Society of Public Information Networks
- SPIN is an association linking public and private sector
organisations involved in, or wishing to become involved in, the
electronic dissemination of public information.
- Society of IT Management
- SOCITM 's primary objective is to promote the effective and
efficient use of IT in Local Government and the Public Sector.
- Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland
(SCOTSS)
- SCOTSS is the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards
in Scotland, an association of professional officers representing
every Scottish local authority trading standards service.
The Society liaises with LACOTS and provides advisers to CoSLA on Scottish matters. It has it's own constitution but is also
a section of the Trading Standards Institute (TSI). The Society
meets four times a year with the express objective of properly
co-ordinating the enforcement activities of discrete trading
standards services across the country.
- SOLACE
- The representative body for senior strategic managers working
in local government. The Society promotes effective local
government and provides professional development for its members.
- South West Regional Assembly
- Voluntary grouping of councillors from local authorities in the
region and representatives of various sectors with a role in the
region's economic, social and environmental well being. Together
with the seven other regional chambers in England, the South
West Regional Assembly has been given a specific role by the
Government to scrutinise and monitor the work of the
appropriate Regional Development Agency. In the South West,
the Assembly also acts as the Regional Planning Body for the region.
- Syniad - the Improvement, Development and Employers' Agency
for Local Government in Wales.
- Wales Wide Web
- a wide range of information, including useful contact names,
addresses and phone numbers for the Welsh local authorities.
- West Midlands Local Government Association
- a website which aims to provide a guide to the work of the
Association, the WMLGA Committees and their partner
organisations. Furthermore, they hope that the site will assist to
increase networking opportunities around the West Midlands region.
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