This course is aimed at Democratic Services Officers who wish to improve their understanding of the roles of Members and Officers and to develop their political awareness.
Workshop topics:
- Members and Officers – differences and similarities
- Understanding the different roles of Members
- The political context
- Skills and behaviours for working effectively in a political environment
- Protocols and codes of conduct
- Case studies
- Surgery – an opportunity for delegates to raise issues from their own Authorities
- Learning points and action planning
To book a place on the course, please email: Adso.training@nottinghamcity.gov.uk with the following information:
- Name and contact details (email and telephone)
- Job title and Local Authority
- Date and venue of course
- ADSO member yes/no?
- Additional requirements (dietary etc)
- Purchase order number (please note that we do not accept bookings without a purchase order number)
This course is aimed at Democratic Services Officers who wish to improve their understanding of the roles of Members and Officers and to develop their political awareness.
Workshop topics:
- Members and Officers – differences and similarities
- Understanding the different roles of Members
- The political context
- Skills and behaviours for working effectively in a political environment
- Protocols and codes of conduct
- Case studies
- Surgery – an opportunity for delegates to raise issues from their own Authorities
- Learning points and action planning
To book a place on the course, please email: Adso.training@nottinghamcity.gov.uk with the following information:
- Name and contact details (email and telephone)
- Job title and Local Authority
- Date and venue of course
- ADSO member yes/no?
- Additional requirements (dietary etc)
- Purchase order number (please note that we do not accept bookings without a purchase order number)
ADSO Regional meeting – East of England
Thursday 26 October 2017 – St Albans City and District Council at 11am
Items for discussion
o New Member Inductions
o Member Development
o Local Democracy Week
o Qualifications
o Review of Scheme of Allowances
Board Member, Director for Development, Sue Keogh will be joining us at this meeting.
For more details or any queries please contact: Joanna.Boaler@essex.gov.uk
This course is aimed at Democratic Services Officers who wish to develop their understanding of Council meetings and different types of governance arrangements. The content is linked to the Council and Governance module of the ADSO Certificate so it will help learners with their research for this module.
Workshop topics:
- Council meeting and its role
- Range of powers and different types of Council meetings
- Governance options and arrangements
- Executive Arrangements : Leader and Cabinet and Elected Mayor and Cabinet options and how they operate
- Case Studies: Council and Executive
- Executive Arrangements – functions and decisions: a look at the decision making role and key decisions and the Forward Plan
- Committee System: Looking at the committee system under the Localism Act 2011 and its role in Local Authorities
- Case studies: Governance changes and decisions
- Governance in the UK: looking at the different types of governance in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Evaluation of Executive arrangements and the Committee system
Presenters:
Frankie Belloli and John Austin – ADSO Associate Trainers
This course is aimed at Democratic Services Officers who wish to develop their understanding of Council meetings and different types of governance arrangements. The content is linked to the Council and Governance module of the ADSO Certificate so it will help learners with their research for this module.
Workshop topics:
- Council meeting and its role
- Range of powers and different types of Council meetings
- Governance options and arrangements
- Executive Arrangements : Leader and Cabinet and Elected Mayor and Cabinet options and how they operate
- Case Studies: Council and Executive
- Executive Arrangements – functions and decisions: a look at the decision making role and key decisions and the Forward Plan
- Committee System: Looking at the committee system under the Localism Act 2011 and its role in Local Authorities
- Case studies: Governance changes and decisions
- Governance in the UK: looking at the different types of governance in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Evaluation of Executive arrangements and the Committee system
Presenters:
Peter Sass, Wandsworth & Richmond Councils, James Kinsella, LB Brent
This year’s annual conference will take place in Nottingham, It will be held once again at the Doubletree Hilton in Nottingham on 23 and 24th November, with the dinner on the night of the 23rd.
The theme is ‘Democratic Services – Shaping the Future”. Following on from last year, we want to ensure that ADSO members continue to be as equipped as possible to deal with the political and other challenges, increased workloads and dwindling resources faced by all authorities. We are crafting a programme to reflect those needs and some of the workshops we will be running include:
- delving deeper into new ways of working, including change management and income generation
- a practical lesson in starting and working within a shared democratic service
- good practice, current thinking and challenges for overview and scrutiny delivered by the Centre for Public Scrutiny.
- Wigan (winners of last year’s ADSO Team of the Year Award) will be sharing the secrets of how to be the best Democratic Services Team and what they’ve been working on since.
Plus, Philip McCourt, the author of the latest “Knowles on local authority meetings”, will be running a workshop to discuss and seek new ideas from democratic services practitioners for inclusion in the next edition.
Delegates have said the facilitated discussions are useful so we are sticking with them as part of the programme, If you are interested in running a facilitated discussion or have topic ideas, please get in touch.
Key note speakers are yet to be confirmed and there are additional workshops we are finalising, watch out for updates in the weekly newsletter.
Early bird bookings are now open until the 1st September, please visit here for the booking form.
Accommodation needs to be booked separately. You can do this by going to the Doubletree booking website and use the “Group Code” ADSO17 to receive the ADSO rate (£100 B&B).
Looking forward to seeing you there, if you have any queries please contact us: info@adso.co.uk
Sue
ADSO Director of Development
Target Audience:
This course is aimed at delegates who are new to supporting meetings and/ or those who wish to learn more about the legal aspects of servicing meetings. It is also relevant for learners undertaking the Certificate in Democratic Knowledge.
Workshop topics:
- The difference between informal and formal meetings and adapting procedures for different types of meetings
- Constitutional issues of meetings
- What constitutes a meeting, notice, the chairman, quorum, substitutions etc.
- Voting procedures and decision making
- Introduction to motions and amendments
- Rules of debate
- Dealing with speakers, points of order and personal explanations.
- Adjournments, exclusions and cancellations of meetings
- Meetings Procedures surgery and general discussion
- Conclusions, feedback and action planning
Midlands – Lennox Beattie, Executive & Regulatory Manager, Blackpool Council and Rosalind Reeves, Democratic Services Manager, Cheltenham Borough Council
Bookings are now closed
Target Audience:
This course is aimed at delegates who are new to supporting meetings and/ or those who wish to learn more about the legal aspects of servicing meetings. It is also relevant for learners undertaking the Certificate in Democratic Knowledge.
Workshop topics:
- The difference between informal and formal meetings and adapting procedures for different types of meetings
- Constitutional issues of meetings
- What constitutes a meeting, notice, the chairman, quorum, substitutions etc.
- Voting procedures and decision making
- Introduction to motions and amendments
- Rules of debate
- Dealing with speakers, points of order and personal explanations.
- Adjournments, exclusions and cancellations of meetings
- Meetings Procedures surgery and general discussion
- Conclusions, feedback and action planning
Presenters:
London – Frankie Belloli, ADSO consultant and regional representative and Peter Foulsham, Scrutiny Officer,Wyre Council
Booking Information:
To book a place on the course, please email: Adso.training@nottinghamcity.gov.uk with the following information:
- Name and contact details (email and telephone)
- Job title and Local Authority
- Date and venue of course
- ADSO member yes/no?
- Additional requirements (dietary etc)
- Purchase order number (please note that we do not accept bookings without a purchase order number)
Joining instructions will be sent to you once your booking has been confirmed.
This course will be facilitated in partnership with colleagues from the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA).
Course aims:
To provide an overview of the following:
- The roles and responsibilities of the Electoral Registration Officer, the Returning Officer and the Council
- The process of electoral registration
- The key events in an election
Audience:
- Staff supporting the Electoral Registration Officer in electoral registration during the canvass or on the lead up to an election
- Staff supporting the Returning Officer in various aspects of the delivery of an election
- Senior Council staff responsible for the electoral services team
- Those wanting to increase their understanding of the role of electoral services
Content:
- What do electoral services do the other 364 days a year?
- What governs the work electoral services does?
- The role of the ERO and RO
- Electoral Registration – including overview, registration deadlines, registration throughout the year, the annual canvass and publishing the register
- Elections – including cycles of elections, nominations and ballot papers, polling stations and staffing, different methods of voting, postal votes, polling day, the count and post election responsibilities
- The benefits of a whole Council event approach
- Other work electoral services must complete
Booking Information:
To book a place on the course, please email: Adso.training@nottinghamcity.gov.uk with the following
information:
- Name and contact details (email and telephone)
- Job title and Local Authority
- Date and venue of course
- ADSO member yes/no?
- Additional requirements (dietary etc)
Purchase order number (please note that we do not accept bookings without a purchase order number)
Joining instructions will be sent to you once your booking has been confirmed.