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Building Consortia and Working in PartnershipTuesday, June 14, 2011 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)Islington, United Kingdom |
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Building Consortia and Working in Partnership
Following on from the success of NCB's Successful Commissioning: an introduction to healthcare and commissioning training course and in response to the current political and funding environment, NCB has developed a new training course on building consortia and working in partnership.
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If you have problems with on-line registration you can email training@ncb.org.uk or telephone 020 7843 6084 with your full details and we will make the booking for you.
Event Details:
The course is a one day introductory course targeted at organisations with little or no experience of working in partnership and building consortia. Delegates must have an understanding of commissioning, gained either through attending NCB's Successful Commissioning course, experience or alternative training.
Please arrive for registration at 9.00 am The training will take place from 9.30am - 4.00pm and lunch will be provided from 12.45-1.30pm
Course Aims
- To provide and introduction to the national commissioning context which is driving partnerships and consortia building
- To provide a grounding in consortia working benefits, strengths, weaknessess, governance and processes
- To examine outcome based commissioning frameworks
- To provide practical learning about different models of partnership and consortia building and delivery
- To provide opportunites for networking and sharing of information and materials
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course participants will have:
- A pack of materials, publications, support
- Fully understood the benefits of partnerships and consortia working in the commissioning process
- Gained new methods/approaches to working in partnership and consortia
- Developed an initial action plan for each participant
- Completed a partnership and consortia working checklist
- Increased their confidence and capabilities to develop partnerships and consortia
Programme
9.00 Welcome and Coffee
9.30 Start
- Aims and objectives
- Gifts and hooks, hopes and fears
- Listening partnerships – outlining your experience good and bad of partnership and collaboration
10.30 Context for partnership and consortia
- Modernising commissioning
- Localism Bill
- Social Impact Bill
- Health White paper – GP consortia
- Commissioning cycles
- European procurement rules/Compact
- New Structures – CIC’s, co-ops, mutuals, private sector, personalisation
Coffee
11.30 Partnership and consortia
- Why – key drivers
- What is it, definitions, pictures, continuum of partnership to mergers
- What are the benefits of partnerships and consortia – SWOT exercise
- How – what are some of the models of consortia
1.
Loose partnership of equal
2.
Lead organisation with sub
contracting
3.
Supply chain models and special
purpose vehicles
Are you ready for consortia working – checklist
12.45 Lunch
1.30 Consortia case study – use existing PQQ or ITT as a framework to place participants in 3 groups to look at delivering that tender through a consortia
· Who would you link with – choose your partners carefully
· What elements of the tender would/could you deliver
· What staffing models will you use, ft, part time, sessional, volunteers
· Initial business planning
2.30 Achieving Clear Outcomes
- Link to payment by results
- Results based accountability
- Use CES outcomes triangle to outline aim, inputs, outputs, outcomes
- Benefits of consortia eg economies of scale, SROI, VFM, over capacity
3.00 Governance
- Terms of reference
- Agreements
- Setting up companies/structures
- Resourcing governance development
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Resolving conflict
Characteristics of successful consortia
3.30 Learning partnership Action plans – AHA sheets, 3 key actions, evaluation
4pm Finish
Why attend?
The training has been designed to be participatory and enjoyable, including a range of exercises designed to enable delegates to share and draw on the group's collective experience. It also provides an opportunity for organisations within the same region who work with children and young people to network and build relationships.
Who should attend? What does it cost?
Each training day is open to 20 delegates, and places are booked on a first come, first served basis.
The training takes place at NCVO, Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL Please click here for map and directions
This course is aimed at children and young people's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises who are looking to form consortia and partnership in order to be able to bid for public service contracts.
This training course (worth £175) is subsidised by VSS with just a £50 administration fee (inclusive of VAT).
Cancellation policy
All cancellations must be received in writing. In the event of a
cancellation, a full refund will be given for one month's notice, a 50%
refund for 1 month to 14 days notice and no refund for less than 14
days notice. Substitutions may be made at any time.
Web: www.ncb.org.uk
Email: training@ncb.org.uk
When & Where
NCVO
Regent's Wharf
8 All Saints Street
N1 9RL Islington
United Kingdom
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)
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National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a charitable organisation that acts as an umbrella body for organisations working with children and young people in England & Northern Ireland.