Events And Conferences

SOLACE NI & Local Government Staff Commission Local Government HR and Leadership Conference "People Making Change Happen"

10th December 2009 at 9:30 AM until 11th December 2009 at 1:15 PM

Location:

Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 7ED
Tel: (028) 6632 3230

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SLIDES

Programme

THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 2009

9.30am Registration & Exhibition

Refreshments Available

10.00am Introduction

Trevor Polley, Chairman, SOLACE NI

Brian Hanna, Chairman, Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

Conference Context and Vision for the Future

10.15am Keynote Address

Leo O’Reilly, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Environment

10.35am RPA in the Public Sector

Sid McDowell, Chairman, Public Service Commission

Policy Development and Implementation

10.45am Local Government Reform Joint Forum – Progress and Agreements

Maureen Taggart, Director of Personnel and Management Services,

Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Employers’ Side Lead on the Joint Forum

Bumper Graham, Asst. General Secretary, NIPSA and Trade Union Side Lead on the Joint Forum

11.30am Tea/Coffee

11.45am Discussion and Feedback on the Operation of the Joint Forum Agreements

Maureen Taggart, Bumper Graham, Sid McDowell & Adrian Kerr

12.30pm Draft HR Roadmap & Toolkit for Cluster HR Teams

Sharon Currans, Chair, PPMA NI

Peter Cameron, Associate, North East Regional Employers’ Organisation

1.00pm Lunch

The Future of Local Government in Northern Ireland

1.45pm Making the Change

Paul Terrington, PricewaterhouseCoopers

2.05pm Supporting the Change

Bill Surgin and Raymond Collins,Consilium Technologies

Richard Martin and Roisin Marray, Tascomi

The Improvement Agenda in Local Government

2.45pm Developing the Organisation

General Overview of OD in Local Government

Peter Fanning, Associate, North East Regional Employers' Organisation

Case Studies of Improvement Programmes in Local Government in Practice

Trevor Martin, Head of Building Control, Belfast City Council

4.15pm Where to Next with Performance and Improvement?

Anne Donaghy, Chief Executive, Ballymena Borough Council

4.45pm Close of Day One

7.30pm Reception

8.00pm Conference Dinner

For delegates and invited guests

Friday 11^th December

9.45am Registration and Exhibition

SOLACE AGM

Appraisal of Draft HR Roadmap and Toolkit – Generating Implementation Plans

For SOLACE Members

For HR Delegates

10.30am Opening Remarks

10.40am Discussion on Models of Collaboration

Examples of Collaborative Working within Local Government HR

11.15am Tea/Coffee

Supporting People Through The Change

11.30am Supporting People Through The Change

For SOLACE Chief Executives

For HR Delegates

This session discusses the support systems available for staff in times of change

Managing Careers: A Workshop for Council Chief Executives

Martin Horton

Director SOLACE Enterprises

Sandra Herdman, Futures (NI)

Mike Jones,

Director of Career Transition

Penna Plc

12.45pm Discussion

1.00pm Closing Remarks and Conference Close

David McCammick, Vice-Chair, SOLACE NI

Adrian Kerr, Chief Executive, Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

1.15pm Conference Close and Lunch

Events And Conferences

SOLACE NI & Local Government Staff Commission Local Government HR and Leadership Conference "People Making Change Happen"

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SLIDES

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