Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Chief Officers’ Group will take place in Committee Room 2, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Thursday 19 May 2016 at 11.00 am.

You are invited to attend the meeting and the business to be considered is noted below.

Lunch will be provided at 1.00 pm.

Business

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Chief Officers’ Group – Note of Meeting

There is circulated for approval Note of Meeting of the Chief Officers’ Group held on 21 April 2016.

3. Implementing the Community Empowerment Act

i. Workshop Session on Draft Guidance and Regulations

As agreed at the COG on 21 April 2016, a workshop session will take place to formulate partnership responses to the Consultations on Draft Guidance and Regulations for a) Part 2 Community Planning; b) Asset Transfer Requests; and c) Participation Requests.

Partners are requested to bring copies of their individual agency responses to aid discussion on the day.

ii. Taking Forward Local Partnerships

There is circulated Report COG/12/16 dated 9 May 2016 by the Acting Head of Policy which provides the COG with an update on discussions to take forward Local Community Planning Partnerships.  The report asks the COG to agree:-

• a COG recommendation around the geography for local community planning structures;
• how these local community planning structures will be led, supported and resourced;
• how the COG and CPP Board will be supported and resourced going forward;
• the framework for the guidance for the Local Partnerships; and
• the COG’s recommendation to the Board in June in relation to all of the above.

The Group is asked to consider three key questions:-

i. Geography for Local Partnerships – What is the preference of partners and what is the COG recommendation to the Board?
ii. Resourcing – What is the preference of partners in relation to supporting and resourcing the Board, COG and Local Partnerships going forward and what is the COG recommendation to the Board?
iii. Local Partnership Guidance – Are there any other elements that should be included within the framework for the terms of reference and agree draft terms of reference to be considered by the Board?

4. National Park Partership Plan

The Chief Executive, Cairngorms National Park Authority, will give a verbal update on the National Park Partnership Plan.

5. HIE Youth Survey

The Sector and Business Development Director, HIE, will give a presentation on the HIE Youth Survey.

6. Partnership Approach to Improvement Methodologies

The Chief Executive, NHS Highland, will give a presentation on the partnership approach to improvement methodologies.

7. Active Highland Strategy

There is circulated Report No COG/13/16 dated 12 May 2016 by the Head of Health Improvement, NHS Highland, which presents a brief overview of the development and direction of Active Highland – a refreshed framework of outcomes and commitments for promoting opportunities around physical activity and sport for our population.  It replaces Highland Council’s Physical Activity and Sport Strategy.

The Group is asked to:-

i. endorse the Active Highland strategy and outcomes framework;
ii. support the direction of travel for continued development of the strategy;
iii. support the consultation exercise for the Active Highland strategy;
iv. commit to support implementation of the strategy;
v. agree that the Active Highland strategy should go the CPP Board meeting on 30 June 2016 to ask for sign off.

8. The Redesign of Highland Council

The Group will be asked for views on phase 1 of the redesign which focuses on the purpose and values of the Council and the outcomes it has to achieve.  Following a short presentation, the Group will be involved in a workshop discussion.  For background information on the phases of redesign, the report agreed at the Council’s Redesign Board on 10 May 2016 is circulated.

9. Future Agenda Items – Community Planning Board

Agenda items proposed for the Community Planning Board on 30 June 2016 are listed below:-

• Quarterly Progress Reports (Q4 2015/16) for all CPP themes
• Presentation on the Economy (including the City-Region Deal)
• The Commission on Highland Democracy
• Audit Scotland National Report: Community Planning – An Update
• Implementing the Community Empowerment Act:-
  • Report(s) on partnership responses to Consultations on Draft Guidance and Regulations for a) Part 2 Community Planning; b) Asset Transfer Requests; and c) Participation Requests (Officer Group on Asset Transfer etc)
  • Taking Forward Local Partnerships – community planning at a local level
  • SEP Index - Targeting Partnership Action
  • Participatory Budgeting Update
• CPP approach to tackling fuel poverty
• Community Planning Improvement Programme
• Scottish Care Leavers Covenant
• Breakthrough Achievement – Social Isolation and Loneliness
• Syrian Refugees Update
• National Park Partnership Plan
• Presentation and Consultation on the SFRS Strategic Plan 2016-19
• Active Highland – Development of a Sports Strategy for the Region

Agenda items proposed for the Community Planning Board on 7 October 2016 are listed below:-

• HIE Youth Survey
• Partnership Approach to Improvement Methodologies

10. Future Agenda Items – Chief Officers’ Group

Agenda items proposed for future meetings of the Chief Officers’ Group are listed below:-

• Local Outcomes Improvement Plan
• The Scope for a Salary Sacrifice Scheme for HLH Membership

11. Future Meeting Dates

Group Members are reminded that the following meeting dates have been notified for 2016:-

11 August
11 November