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Best Value

An opportunity to discuss ways to establish a culture of good management in local government.

10 19 Aug 2008 20:08

Children's services

A discussion on the many challenges faced by those working to deliver children's services.

 9 29 Aug 2008 20:08

Choice, voice and personalisation

Use this forum to discuss, debate and share ideas on how your authority is tackling the choice agenda.

 2 16 Apr 2008 18:35

Communications

A chance to exchange ideas on how to keep local residents informed of what their council is doing for them.

 35 05 Sep 2008 17:21

Councillors

Share your thoughts on the news, views and issues raised in the councillors' resource area.

 14 22 Aug 2008 15:47

E-government

How has e-government affected your authority? Use this forum to share good practice.

3 15 Apr 2008 17:07

Healthier communities

A chance to talk about improving the health of local communities and reducing health inequalities.

2 31 Jul 2008 14:48

Housing

Use the forum to share your strategic housing knowledge or to ask for help with an issue. You can also download the latest presentations from the Strategic Housing team.

13 03 Sep 2008 15:53

Knowledge management

Whether you are innovating or confused, debate the issues and share good practice on knowledge management here.

3 01 May 2008 23:44

Local area agreements

LAAs aim to reduce bureaucracy and enhance efficiency. No matter what stage of the process you are at, post questions and share experiences here.

 9 18 Aug 2008 14:04

Open space

This is an open forum in which you can discuss any topic you wish. If a topic in here prompts a lot of interest we can set up a new forum specifically dedicated to it.

 18 01 Sep 2008 17:55

Partnerships

An opportunity to join a series of lively discussions on all the issues about every aspect of partnerships.

 7 01 Sep 2008 12:15

Performance management, measurement and use of information (PMMI)

An opportunity to discuss how capacity, resources and people can be managed to deliver your ambitions.

 13 03 Sep 2008 13:17

Planning

Join this forum to discuss transport, regeneration, urban design and any other issues to do with planning. There are more planning-oriented discussion forums available at the

Planning Advisory Service Website

 4 30 Jul 2008 14:30

Scrutiny

Whether they are involved or not, every councillor will be affected by the work of overview and scrutiny. Debate the issues here.

 4 26 Aug 2008 14:33

Sustainable communities

Have your say on how local authorities can contribute to creating a cleaner, safer, greener and more sustainable world.

 6 28 Aug 2008 10:27

Working with the voluntary sector

An opportunity to spread knowledge on how valuable the voluntary sector can be in helping local authorities to deliver services.

 1 11 May 2008 15:24

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