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Lead bidder | Highlands and Islands Enterprise ( HIE) Bill Sylvester, Partnership Projects Director
Tel (01463) 244313 E-mail: Bill.Sylvester@hient.co.uk |
Brief Description | To pilot a regional and cross service approach to identifying and securing efficiencies in Highland using a proven approach. The approach is to create a Business Improvement Team ( BIT) staffed by secondees from across the Community Planning Partnership and beyond. The BIT requires stage 2 bid development support for up to one year in order to develop business cases for efficiencies through partnering in: property and grounds maintenance; joint procurement; co-location of services; IT; aspects of HR; reducing duplication; sharing data and intelligence; and common approaches to legislation and SE policies. Efficiencies would be cash releasing and time releasing. |
Clear description of what the EGF money would be used to buy | Up to £140,000 (50% of total cost) is required from EGF towards the running costs of the Business Improvement Team. Specifically funding support is required to permit the back filling of key secondee posts who could not otherwise be released, training, co-location and specialist input. |
Partners to the project likely to commit resources | The Highland Council, HIE, Highlands and Islands Fire Brigade, NHS Highland and Northern Constabulary |
Names of other organisations with whom the project has been discussed | All of the above plus the remaining community planning partners of SNH, Communities Scotland and Voluntary Action Highland. Negotiations are in hand to draw in other smaller NDPBs located in Highland and Scottish Water on property and grounds maintenance. At the date of the bid, HIAL and Bord na Gaidhlig have been able to express their support for the project |
Evidence that the suggested approach has been deployed successfully elsewhere | The BIT model has been in operation for over 2 years within Highland Council to identify internal efficiencies. A range of efficiency savings have been identified and are being implemented. |
Are there any restrictions to enlargement of the project | No |
Benefits projected from the project (other than cash or time) | Benefits and efficiencies need to be quantified better by the BIT, with a bid for stage 2 funding anticipated by March 2006. Other benefits include making community planning more tangible and possibly pioneering new models of public service delivery with single access to appropriate services. |
Estimated financial projections | Total | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
Overall project cost | Estimated £285,500 maximum | £10,000 | £260,500 | £15,000 | |
Estimated projected benefits | Estimated £800,000 to 2008 Estimated £1.8m to 2010 | £0 | £50,000 | £250,000 | £500,000 recurring |
Is a pilot required? | Yes - the approach is to pilot a proven method across a wider partnership. |
Additionality: why is EGF funding required | Without EGF assistance partners will be unable to provide staff resource and other support at an adequate level. In addition the commitment of EGF funding adds a credibility to the project which will make the participation of other partners more likely. |
Is this project complementary in any way to other EG work? | Regionally, this project will complement the following: - HIEs work with smaller NDPBs in the Highlands and Islands;
- Internal efficiencies within partner organisations
- Potential cross boundary and cross agency efficiencies being considered
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