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Regional Centres of Excellence
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has the role of co-ordinating and leading the local government efficiency agenda amongst central government departments
Local Government Association LGA represents local authorities in England and Wales and exists to promote better local government
IDeA Mobilisation and delivery of packages of funding and support to 'poor' and 'weak' councils and those struggling with particular agendas like e-government
4Ps Procurement support for large scale procurement projects. Training and development and co-ordination of Gateways peer review programmes
Employers Organisation (EO)
One of the main routes to enhancing efficiency and improving service lies in effective people management
Download the LGA Performance Partnership Prospectus (pdf, 28 pages, 85kb) to find out the support packages available to Local Government through the LGA, IDeAm and the 4Ps
Project Nomad the national project working to support and facilitate opportunities for efficiencies arising from the introduction of mobile and flexible working
Audit Commission responsible for CPA and external audit of local authorities. Review annual efficiency statements.
Department for Health local councils spent approximately £12.5 billion on adult social care services in 2003-04. The Care Services Efficiency Delivery Programme has been established to support the implementation of the Efficiency Review
Care Services Efficiency Delivery (CSED)Department of Health established the CSED Programme in June 2004 to support the implementation of the recommendations of Releasing Resources to the Front Line. The programme works collaboratively with local councils, the NHS and service providers to develop and support initiatives to gain sustainable efficiency improvements in adult social care over the period 2005/06 to 2007/08
Esd-toolkit Annual efficiency statements (AES) must be submitted online using the electronic template available through this toolkit. The toolkit is a resource that is owned and managed by local government with support from the IDeA
Society of Procurement Officers in Local Government (SOPO) engages in a range of activities to promote its strategic purchasing, contracting and supplies functions. Representing over 1800 members, SOPO provides area networks and forums and produces guidance on best practice
Society of Information Technology Management (SOCITM) professional association for ICT managers working in and for the public sector. Members are drawn primarily from local authorities but also from the police and fire services, housing authorities and other locally delivered public service. The Society is a significant provider of advice and guidance on ICT and e-government to local authorities
CIPFA professional accountancy body specialising in public services, provides a range of high quality advisory, information, training and consultancy services to local authority practitioners
Local Government Task Force part of the wider Constructing Excellence organisation aiming to achieve a step change in the construction productivity by tackling the market failures in the sector and selling the business case for continuous improvement. The LGTF acts as a bridgehead between the local government and construction communities
National e-Procurement Project NePP aims to enable authorities to take full advantage of e-procurement by the target date of 2005 and to raise the profile of procurement in line with the last Local Government White Paper and the Byatt
Department for Children, Schools and Families aims to achieve efficiencies from Schools, Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services
Department for Work and Pensions transactional services undertaken by local government include the administration of Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit which come under the DWP
Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs a programme of actions has been established building on existing work under the Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) to deliver targeted support to local authorities
Department for Transport DfT and Highways Agency recognise that collaboration is essential for the successful delivery of efficiency gains and will be using every opportunity to engage with local authority stakeholders to seek advice, develop partnerships and share best practice
Office of Government Commerce OGC is the organisation responsible for developing Gateway reviews of major projects to support better delivery, and is driving forward and co-ordinating implementation of the efficiency programme