- Intermediate * 3 hours CPD
Governance is a key issue for local authority lawyers, officers and members, and changes to the governance regime have been made by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. This course will bring all those concerned with governance up to date on the latest rules and procedures. The course will cover:
- What is governance?
- Democratic accountability - how elections work, the roles and responsibilities of the different bodies
- Structural and boundary change - pre 2007 local authority structures, boundary reviews, impact of and challenges to orders made under LGPIH Act
- Forms of governance - the traditional committee system, political balance, principles of delegation, the Local Government Act 2000 and the executive/non-executive split
- Executive structures under LGA 2000 and LGPIH Act 2007
- Overview and scrutiny
- Community governance
- Partnerships
- Decision making
- Service delivery, planning and inspection
- Ethical conduct - members and officers' codes and protocols, standards committees, national regulators, the shift to local assessment under LGPIH 2007, changes to the Code of Conduct, official and private capacity
- Transparency and access to information
- Rules and audit - contract standing orders and procurement, financial control, audit committees, statement of internal control, anti-fraud and whistleblowing policies, risk management
- Promoting good governance in practice - the new CIPFA/SOLACE Framework