Strategic asset management: Yesterday, today and tomorrow Dr Gordon Murray Programme Manager 28 th November 2006 www.idea.gov.uk

Dr Gordon Murray

Programme Manager

28 th November 2006

Lessons from the asset management Beacon Council theme Leadership of councillors is essential Needs to be a key corporate process Can lead to opportunities for joint projects and sharing resources Need for an integrated corporate management approach to financial and property assets There is scope for efficiency gains There is a need for effective information systems, base-lining and performance management

Leadership of councillors is essential

Needs to be a key corporate process

Can lead to opportunities for joint projects and sharing resources

Need for an integrated corporate management approach to financial and property assets

There is scope for efficiency gains

There is a need for effective information systems, base-lining and performance management

Observations for today Long-term Sustainable Community Strategy needs to set the context Needs to be on the O&S agenda Linkage with the efficiency strategy needs to be more explicit corporate services and transactional services process improvement Shared use of assets needs to be an option Asset management as a shared service needs to be an option Asset management has to contribute to sustainability Stern report Heritage aspects

Long-term Sustainable Community Strategy needs to set the context

Needs to be on the O&S agenda

Linkage with the efficiency strategy needs to be more explicit

corporate services and transactional services process improvement

Shared use of assets needs to be an option

Asset management as a shared service needs to be an option

Asset management has to contribute to sustainability

Stern report

Heritage aspects

Thoughts on tomorrow? CSR07 will place greater demands on strategic asset management Local people will be engaged in the design and delivery of services Cross agency customer service function and corporate services Redesign of whole processes not just customer interface Reconfiguration of assets – shared around the leading role of councils LAA duty to cooperate and efficiency strategy – a ‘place approach’ to strategic asset management therefore Local Asset Management Plans Community ownership and management of assets Leaders in asset management will support of the strugglers

CSR07 will place greater demands on strategic asset management

Local people will be engaged in the design and delivery of services

Cross agency customer service function and corporate services

Redesign of whole processes not just customer interface

Reconfiguration of assets – shared around the leading role of councils

LAA duty to cooperate and efficiency strategy – a ‘place approach’ to strategic asset management therefore Local Asset Management Plans

Community ownership and management of assets

Leaders in asset management will support of the strugglers

We live in exciting times for strategic asset management

Asset management peer review and performance management A critical friend peer review Positioned at the leadership of the council Objective view of what the council’s strengths are in relation to strategic asset management Objective view of the council’s priorities for improvement in strategic asset management A means of continuous improvement for the council A means of continuous learning for individuals engaged in asset management

A critical friend peer review

Positioned at the leadership of the council

Objective view of what the council’s strengths are in relation to strategic asset management

Objective view of the council’s priorities for improvement in strategic asset management

A means of continuous improvement for the council

A means of continuous learning for individuals engaged in asset management

Subsidised reviews and free support DCLG Beacons support 20 subsidised Asset Management Peer Reviews: £3k Free support from the Beacon Councils in addressing the issues raised There’s scope for other mentoring from the Beacons

DCLG Beacons support

20 subsidised Asset Management Peer Reviews: £3k

Free support from the Beacon Councils in addressing the issues raised

There’s scope for other mentoring from the Beacons

Next steps To participate as a peer contact peer.clearinghouse@idea.gov.uk gordon.murray@idea.gov.uk To act request a review contact [email_address]

To participate as a peer contact

peer.clearinghouse@idea.gov.uk

gordon.murray@idea.gov.uk

To act request a review contact

[email_address]

Strategic asset management: Exciting times Dr Gordon Murray Programme Manager 28 th November 2006 www.idea.gov.uk

Dr Gordon Murray

Programme Manager

28 th November 2006