IDeA events

March 2010

Commissioning from the third sector
March 2010
The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) has partnered with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) to deliver a comprehensive training programme for commissioners and finance staff across the public sector.

IDeA Total Place seminar series
March 2010
This series of seven free Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) Total Place seminars are open to sector colleagues and partners.

Healthy rural communities: a national conference
17 March 2010
Defra, the Department of Health, the Improvement and Development Agency, and the Commission for Rural Communities are collaborating to present a major free conference on the health and wellbeing of rural communities.

Future communities: future engagement
17 March 2010
A free, national conference, funded by Communities and Local Government and the Community Development Foundation (CDF), to help you achieve better engagement and empowerment. 

Putting customers at the heart of Total Place: the role of customer insight and social media
18 March 2010
This event will highlight best practice in customer insight emerging from the CLG sponsored programme on Customer Led Transformation and the Total Place pilots.

Housing strategy: facing the future
16, 23 and 31 March 2010
The IDeA, supported by the Housing Quality Network, is hosting three free strategic housing events.

Facing the future: planning from 2010 – on the PAS website
February to March 2010
This event series is for heads of planning services and senior planners.  It looks at some of the key issues set to challenge planning services over the coming year.

Joining up at the frontline... how to effectively integrate neighbourhood policing and neighbourhood management
25 March 2010
This groundbreaking conference brings together 12 English and Welsh integrated service delivery exemplar sites with a range of international sites, allowing delegates to compare, contrast and learn from a broad range of experiences.

Measuring social value to improve value for money
15 and 29 March 2010
If you want to know how to identify and unlock the potential of the third sector, and other suppliers, to improve local outcomes and achieve better value for money then this session is for you.