Our aspiration is to make a step change in the performance of local governent in the South East

Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE) have three overarching priorities:

• Ensuring improved performance

• Achieving successful Local Area Agreements (LAAs)

• Delivering the efficiency targets of 3%

Subregional Partnerships enable local delivery of the regional strategy, responding to the specific needs of local authorities in their area. The seven Subregional Partnerships are:

• Berkshire

• Hampshire & Isle of Wight (HIOW)

• Kent

• Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire (MKOB)

• Surrey

• Sussex

• Fire Improvement Partnership

Themed Partnerships are aligned to the priorities of councils in the region. Each Themed Partnership has a variety of officers from a range of local authorities delivering the projects. The 6 themed regional partnerships are:

• Construction and Asset Management

• Commodity Procurement

• Corporate Transformation

• Adult Social Care and Services for Children

• Waste Resource Management

• Progress through Partnership

Improvement & Efficiency South East will be working closely with the Government Office of the South East (GOSE), Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Audit Commission (AC) and South East Employers (SEE) to achieve the aims set out in the strategy.

How is it funded?

PtP is sponsored by the Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE) regional partnership, using the Capacity Building Fund awarded to the region by the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association. An initial budget of £750,000 funds the programme until April 2008 and £444,000 of this was made directly available to LSPs to support their individual capacity needs.  Following the publication of the latest south east regional improvement strategy PtP how has funding for a further three years.

To find more information on the IESE please visit their website.