We will ensure that the North East of Scotland is a great place to be – as a visitor, worker, entrepreneur or resident Develop iconic tourism attractions to capitalise on non-business tourism and leisure markets and stimulate diverse culture and creative offerings Aberdeen Prospers Group We will significantly improve the city through regeneration of our communities and ensuring a vibrant economy Develop and implement Locality Plans for those communities experiencing socio economic disadvantage Locality Partnerships We will invest in our workforce, particularly young people, develop our future workforce and ensure all benefit from economic activity Implement Developing the Young Workforce to strengthen vocational skills attainment levels and encourage apprenticeships Aberdeen Prospers Group/ Integrated Children’s Services Board Delivering high attainment levels and positive destinations for our young people and providing a future supply of skills for employers, inward investors and future entrepreneurs We will ensure there is access for all employers to qualified labour Address skills shortages in key sectors including public services and health sectors as identified in the Regional Skills Strategy Aberdeen Prospers Group/ Working with the Employers Training Forum, embed the use of targeted recruitment and training clauses in our procurement strategies to ensure those areas with higher levels of economic inactivity can access skills/ training opportunities Deliver £2.2m ESF Employability Pipeline Project to increase economic activity through training and work experience We will ensure housing that is affordable, across markets, is widely available, and in particular to support vital key workers in the education, care and health sectors Consider viability of expanding Places for People, a joint venture model to deliver ‘private rented sector’ homes regionally Aberdeen Prospers Group/ Sustainable City Group Internationalisation We will improve the attractiveness for international trade and investment Support the development of our harbour Aberdeen Prospers Group Support the promotion and marketing of the place with Visit Aberdeenshire Develop the £330m new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre to anchor existing international events and compete for new events We will improve multi-modal access to Aberdeen Work with Aberdeen International Airport in supporting its development plans Aberdeen Prospers Group We will support companies in all key sectors to identify market opportunities and develop products and services to Provide internationalisation support to businesses in existing priority and new markets linking existing innovation and R&D capability, in both the private sector and academia Aberdeen Prospers Group
grow sales in international markets We will collaborate with UK and Scottish agencies and business in prioritising international business support ensuring that businesses benefit from international trade and investment opportunities Promote the ‘investor readiness’ of the region to international institutional investors/sovereign wealth funds Aberdeen Prospers Group We will attract the best possible range of incoming exhibitions and events and showcase the city’s internationally recognised sports, arts and culture offer Deliver a £30m refurbishment of Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2017 Aberdeen Prospers Group CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE Primary Drivers Secondary Drivers Lead Outcome Improvement Group Children have the best start in life We will expand and improve access to affordable childcare across the city The expansion of early learning and child care; and out of school care Integrated Children’s Services Board Ensuring continued quality of childcare provision Workforce development and expansion within early learning and childcare services We will expand supports for young Looked After Children and their families Expansion of Me2 programme to support Looked After Children 2 year olds Integrated Children’s Services Board We will improve health supports and outcomes for families, children and young people Alignment of policy and planning developments in line with the Healthfit 2020; ChildHealth 2020; and Health and Wellbeing local delivery plans. Integrated Children’s Services Board Children are safe and responsible We will ensure that children and young people are safe at home Implementation of the Reclaiming Social Work Integrated Children’s Services Board We will improve multi agency support for vulnerable children and young people Implementation of Getting it Right For Every Child in line with the requirements of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 including but not limited to GIRFEC Operational Guidance and training for the 3rd sector Integrated Children’s Services Board
APPENDIX 6 MAPPING OF STATUTORY COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERS (COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ACT 2015 - SCHEDULE 1) AGAINST CURRENT REPRESENTATION Statutory Partner Current Representation Strategic Group The Board of Management of a Regional College designated Neil Cowie, North East College Management Group The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland Campbell Thomson Board Kate Stephen Management Group The Health Board Malcolm Wright, CEO, NHS Grampian Board Susan Webb, NHS Grampian (Director of Public Health) Board Jillian Evans (Public Health) Management Group (not formalised) Highlands and Islands Enterprise n/a Historic Environment Scotland None Integration Joint Board Councillor Len Ironside Board A National Park authority whose area includes the whole or part of the area of the local authority n/a A regional strategic body specified in schedule 2A to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 which is situated in the area n/a Scottish Enterprise David Rennie/ Jamie Bell Management Group The Scottish Environment Protection Agency None The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Duncan Smith Board Ally Birkett Management Group Scottish Natural Heritage None The Scottish Sports Council None The Skills Development Scotland Gordon MacDougall Board A Regional Transport Partnership None Visit Scotland None Non Statutory Partner ACVO Kenneth Simpson Board Joyce Duncan Management Group Civic Forum Johnathan Smith Board
Helen Shanks Chair of Alcohol and Drugs Partnership and Head of Inclusion North East College Neil Cowie Vice Principal – Business Services Police Scotland Kate Stephen Super Intendent NHS Grampian Chris Littlejohn Jillian Evans Proposed Chair of Community Engagement Group and Depute Director of Public Health Head of Health Intelligence Scottish Enterprise Jamie Bell Stakeholder & Partnership Manager Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board Judith Proctor Proposed Chair of Resilient, Included and Supported Group and Chief Officer of Health and Social Care IJB Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Ally Birkett Group Manager Skills Development Scotland Gordon MacDougall Head of Operations, North East Region ACVO Joyce Duncan Chief Executive of ACVO Civic Forum Lavina Massie / Jonathan Smith Vice-Chair, Chair of Civic Forum Aberdeen Prospers Group Organisation Name Designation Aberdeen City Council Richard Sweetnam Proposed Chair of Aberdeen Prospers Group and Head of Economic Development North East College Duncan Abernethy Head of Business and Community Development Police Scotland Virtual membership NHS Grampian TBC Scottish Enterprise Jamie Bell Stakeholder & Partnership Manager Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board Virtual membership Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Virtual membership Skills Development Scotland Nicola Graham Team Leader ACVO Joyce Duncan Chief Exec ACVO Civic Forum Lavina Massie / Jonathan Smith Vice-Chair, Chair of Civic Forum Digital City Group Organisation Name Designation Aberdeen City Council Simon Haston Proposed Chair of Digital City Group and Head of IT and Transformation North East College Virtual membership Police Scotland Kevin Wallace Chief Inspector NHS Grampian TBC Scottish Enterprise Virtual membership Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board Julie Somers Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Virtual membership Skills Development Scotland Virtual membership ACVO Joyce Duncan Chief Exec ACVO Civic Forum Virtual membership