The Future
Oxfordshire Partnership is requested to provide a response to the
recommendations of the Scrutiny Panel for decision at its meeting
on 29 November 2022.
Recommendation
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Comment
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Local Nature Partnership
The Scrutiny Panel welcomed the update and
supported the recommendations set out in the report. It also wished
to highlight the following matters to the Future Oxfordshire
Partnership, and requests that they recommend to the Oxfordshire
Local Nature Partnership that such matters be considered by it as
the partnership develops.
- The need for continued joint working and
coordination with organisations in neighbouring counties given the
cross border nature of biodiversity corridors.
- The need for the introduction of a
performance matrix to set a base line by which to monitor and
assess the natural economy effectiveness of the outcomes of the
Local Nature Partnership.
- That ways of levering in the involvement of
youth organisations as part of the Local Nature Partnership’s
work be fully explored.
- That it recognise the challenges around the
independence of consultants commissioned to undertake Biodiversity
Net Gain assessments.
- The need for adequate funding to support the
high level of aspiration of the Local Nature Partnership, whilst
recognising the importance of not competing with partners for
limited funds.
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Oxfords Inclusive
Economy Partnership
The Scrutiny Panel welcomed the update and
supported the recommendations set out in the report. In addition,
it recommended to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership that:
- Future Oxfordshire Partnership members,
(particularly local authorities and their sub-contractors) should
be ambitious in their response to the OIEP and set measurable
targets around its work, for instance around the promotion of
inclusive ownership models such as co-operatives and the use of
purchasing power through social procurement strategies.
- It recognise the importance of improving work
force diversity within the county by the encouragement of employers
inside and outside the OIEP to set and disclose work force
diversity targets.
- Encourage the OIEP take steps to seek age
diversity of the attendees at the launch event.
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Delivering the Strategic Vision
The Scrutiny Panel welcomed the report and
supported the recommendations set out in the report, particularly
the plans for further engagement sessions with it around
identifying opportunities for joint working aligned to the outcomes
of the Oxfordshire Strategic Vision (e.g. on the topic of solar
farms and energy planning). The Panel recommended to the Future
Oxfordshire Partnership in its consideration of the report that
it:
- Remain cognitive of the need for commonly
agreed and understood definitions of the desired outcomes of the
Strategic Vision across the Partnership, as a prerequisite to its
success.
- Consider the need to link the high level
outcomes of the Strategic Vision with more specific, deliverable
outputs.
- Monitor and evaluate the outputs via a
results framework.
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Advisory Group Updates
- The panel recommends to the FOP that it
requests that the Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG) co-opts a
representative from Active Travel England or a delegated nominee to
IAG in order to provide active travel expertise to the group.
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