The board's remit is to:
- develop a joint vision and focused outcomes for Dumfries and Galloway informed through community engagement and developed in partnership with our communities
- provide collective strategic leadership, oversight, direction and governance in relation to all community planning activities
- encourage a culture where relationships are built on mutual trust; that there is a shared commitment to continuous improvement and partners accept challenge and hold each other to account
- ensure partners are working together effectively and making a positive difference within our communities through a place planning approach
- seek opportunities to work collaboratively and strategically on areas of mutual interest such as additional external funding, national consultations on major developments and invitations from government to test or pilot ideas
- ensure that every opportunity is taken to join up the work of the strategic partnerships to maximise the added value that could be provided by the CPPB in delivering the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP)
They also:
- ensure partners align their collective resources in ways which support its local priorities effectively and efficiently
- approve partnership strategies and action plans within the context of the LOIP, as appropriate
- provide oversight and scrutiny of progress against agreed strategic plans ensuring connections are being made against cross-cutting themes and priorities identified within the LOIP
- lobby at national level with a collective voice on the key issues affecting our local communities.
- respond to key emerging issues impacting on our communities and those being experienced by thematic and strategic partnerships as identified through Community Planning Senior Leadership Team (CPSLT)
- scrutinise and approve the performance management framework for Community Planning and monitor risk
Board meetings
Find out when the next Board meeting is and previous meeting minutes.
Organisations and their representative
Organisations that are in the Community Planning Partnership Board (CPPB).
Community Representative
Representative: Community Councillor (currently vacant) (1)
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Representatives:
- Five elected members (leader and the four largest Political Group Leaders) (5)
- Chief Executive
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Representatives:
- One representative (Currently Chair of NHS Board)
- Chief Executive
Integration Joint Board
Representative: One representative (Currently Chair)
Regional Transport Partnership
Representative: One representative (Currently Chair)
South of Scotland Enterprise
Representatives:
- One representative (Currently Chair)
- Chief Executive
Third Sector
Representatives:
- Two representatives (Currently Chair and Vice Chair of Third Sector, Dumfries and Galloway)
- Chief Executive
Dumfries and Galloway Housing Sector
Representative: One representative
Dumfries and Galloway Private Sector
Representative: One representative
Observer Scottish Government
Representative: Location Director
Advisor from the Community Planning Senior Leadership Team
Representative: One representative
Police Scotland
Representative: Local Commander
Scottish Fire and Rescue
Representative: Service Local Senior Officer
Skills Development Scotland
Representative: Head of Operations
Dumfries and Galloway College
Representative: Principal
Criteria for membership
Members:
- who are appointed representatives as having a duty of Community Planning in legislation
- are Dumfries and Galloway Council elected members
- are representatives from a range of strategic community planning partners
- whose organisations are represented must have a strategic role in setting the agenda for the region and actively contributing to the identified LOIP priorities and addressing inequality across our region
- must be able to commit time, funding and/or other resources to Community Planning
- may nominate a substitute
Chair and Vice Chair
The partnership will be Co-Chaired by the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the NHS board on a rotational basis.
In the event that the Co-Chair are not at the meeting, a Chair will be chosen by those present at the meeting.
Existing resources
The Community Planning Partnership Board (CPPB) shall ultimately be accountable for scrutinising that services operate in line with Best Value; are shifting towards prevention; and are directed towards the priorities identified within the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP).
Future strategic developments
The Community Planning Partnership Board (CPPB) is responsible for setting the strategic direction for partnership developments and projects across the community planning partners.
The Community Partnership Senior Leadership Team (CPSLT) and the CPPB respectively shall be utilised to help identify and agree the joint collective resource required to tackle inequalities in our region and to support Locality Planning. As such, this means that where the CPPB agrees, board members will be expected to recommend to their individual parent organisations how resources should be utilised in order to deliver on the shared strategic activity.
Whilst the CPPB has a role in making recommendations about how one organisation might look to deploy its resources, it has no authority to make decisions about how one organisation will spend its money.
Monitoring and reporting
Information on aligned and joint budgets, together with a performance and activity report from the managers of the services, will be presented to the Community Planning Senior Leadership Team (CPSLT) and then the CPPB on an annual basis.
Information on joint resourcing and planning will feature as part of the Partnership’s annual update on the improvement plan.