2007 Assembly
On this page of the website you can view materials and information from the Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees, which was held on 16 and 17 October 2006 at the ICC in Birmingham.
Click on the relevant link below to view downloads for each section:
The conference programme for the Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees contains information on conference sessions and speakers. Click on the link below to download a copy of the programme.
Download full programme (pdf, 178kb)
Session materials
The session materials that are available for download are listed below.
Click on the relevant link below to download materials in pdf format.
DAY ONE - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION
Getting up to speed
OPENING PLENARY – 10.15 - 11.30
Defining the detail
Evolving standards
Local filter: Countdown to 2008
MINI PLENARY – 12.00 - 13.15
PowerPoint presentations
Handouts
BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 14.30 - 15.45 and 16.15 - 17.30
Safeguarding local standards
Referrals: Lessons learnt
Investigations: The essentials
Investigations: Tackling complex cases
Hearings: The essentials
Managing the filter: Resources, challenges and solutions
Cracking the revised Code
Talking it over: Why mediation works
DAY TWO
BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 09.15 - 10.15 and 13.15 - 14.30
Key case review
State of independence
Positive about towns and parishes
Engaging leaders
Anything to declare? Understanding interests
Message received? Managing communications
Practical mediation skills
Striking a balance
PLENARY – 10.45 - 12.00
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Conference newsletter
Our conference newsletter, The Daily Detail, was specifically produced for the Seventh Annual Assembly of Standards Committees.
Issues one and two of the newsletter were handed out to delegates on each day of the conference, and contain news, features and other helpful information.
The third and final edition of the newsletter was published shortly after the conference.
Conference newsletter
Back to topFringe events
The Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees included four fringe events ruin by other organisations in the local goverment family.
Fringe events at the Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees took place at 17.45 on Monday 15 October, following the close of the main conference sessions.
Please click on the relevant link for more information on each event:
- ACSeS – guardians of good governance, the Code and the law – mission possible?
Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors (ACSeS) - Promoting the interests of independent members: Current and future challenges
The Association of Independent Members of Standards Committees in England (AIMSce) - Partnership, ethics, governance and citizen redress
Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) - Parish councillors: Community champions
National Association of Local Councils (NALC)
