Neighbourhood Governance and Management: Challenge or Opportunity for Local Government?

December 1, 2004

Savoy Place (IEE), London WC2

Keynote speakers:
Hazel Blears MP, Minister of State, Home Office
Joe Montgomery, Director General, Tackling Disadvantage Group, ODPM

Cohesive and active communities are dependent upon local people having the skills, confidence and opportunities to contribute actively, as well as influence the policies and local services that affect their lives. Through duties on service provision and community consultation, and through schemes such as the Home Office’s Civic Pioneers Network, local government has been given the responsibility for delivering better and more extensive community decision-making.

Hosted by the New Local Government Network, the conference will consider how local government can work with neighbourhoods, exploring key issues such as: ‘What duty does local government have to deliver neighbourhood management?’, ‘Does neighbourhood governance represent a threat or opportunity for local democracy?’, and ‘How can neighbourhood management be used to shape local services and assess service performance?’.

Conference plenary and seminar sessions include:

New localism and neighbourhood governanceNeighbourhood management, local government and the effective citizenWhat kind of neighbourhood governance do people actually want?How can neighbourhood management help shape delivery?Are there lessons from other areas of community government?
How can key stakeholders empower community decision-making?In addition to the keynote speakers, the conference will hear from:
Sue Charteris, Director, Shared Intelligence; Ben Page, MORI Social Research Institute; Cllr Paul Rowan, Leader, Rochdale MBC; Richard Hewgill, Chair, Tenant Participation Advisory Service; John Laughlin, Professor of European Politics, Cardiff University; Chief Superintendent Terry Sweeney, Divisional Commander Rochdale, Greater Manchester Police; John Findlay, Chief Executive, National Association of Local Councils; Tony Breslin, Chief Executive, Citizenship Foundation; Kerry Bollister, Chief Neighbourhood Renewal Officer, Wolverhampton CC: David Maxted, Strategic Director for Local Services, Birmingham CC; and Dan Corry, Director, NLGN.

A full agenda can be found at www.nlgn.org.uk/conferences

For a free press place at the conference, contact Alison Payne on 020 7324 4341 or alison.payne@neilstewartassociates.co.uk

All NLGN press enquiries to ian@nlgn.org.uk / 020 7357 0116

Notes for Editors:
The New Local Government Network (NLGN) is an independent think-tank, seeking to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities. www.nlgn.org.uk


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