SCHEDULE 3
APPROVED CONFERENCES
Conference |
Delegate |
Centre for Governance and Scrutiny Annual Conference |
Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Commission |
CIPFA |
Leader or relevant Executive Member |
Institute of Licensing Conference |
Licensing & Safety Committee Chair |
LGA Annual Conference |
Leader, Leader of the Opposition and one other majority group councillor |
LGA / ADASS – the National Children’s and Adult Services Conference |
Executive Members for Adult and Children’s Services |
LGA Annual Culture & Tourism Conference |
Relevant Executive Member |
Guidelines for Attendance at Non-Approved Conferences
1. Applications to attend a conference not on the approved list should be made to the Assistant Director: Democratic and Registration Services.
2. Members should complete a standard proforma which will require the following information:
· Conference details (i.e. topic, venue, date(s), cost)
· Reasons for wishing to attend
· Likely benefits to the authority
· Whether an officer would be attending
3. Democratic and Registration Services staff will check whether there is sufficient budget provision available before passing the proforma to be countersigned by the Leader of the Council and the Executive Director: Delivery. In the case of a request from the Leader of the Council, the proforma will be passed to the Chief Executive to be counter-signed.
4. Where there is no identifiable source of funding the application may still be approved in exceptional circumstances, in particular if the Council would be disadvantaged if a Councillor did not attend.
SCHEDULE 3
APPROVED CONFERENCES
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Guidelines for Attendance at Non-Approved
Conferences
1.
Applications to attend a conference not on the approved list should
be made to the Head of Democratic and Registration
Services.
2.
Members should complete a standard proforma which will require the
following information:
·
Conference details (i.e. topic, venue, date(s),
cost)
·
Reasons for wishing to attend
·
Likely benefits to the
authority
·
Whether an officer would be
attending
3.
Democratic and Registration Services staff will check whether there
is sufficient budget provision available before passing the
proforma to be countersigned by the Leader of the Council and the
Director of
Resources. In the case of
a request from the Leader of the Council, the proforma will be
passed to the Chief Executive to be
counter-signed.
4.
Where there is no identifiable source of funding the application
may still be approved in exceptional circumstances, in particular
if the Council would be disadvantaged if a Councillor did not
attend.