UPCOMING EVENTS

7 Sep 2010, Nottingham
PAC Conference, PMPA/NSG session ‘Developing Effective Policy in an Era of Austerity’

Speakers: Adam Sharples, Director-General, Employment Group, DWP and Tony Bovaird, Professor of Public Management and Policy, University of Birmingham

16 Sep 2010, Nottingham
PMPA and The University of Nottingham launch 'The Astarte Programme'

Speakers: Tbc

ARTICLES

Commissioning for Personalization: from the fringes to the mainstream: the latest PMPA Report, with the Centre for Public Sector Partnerships (CPSP@LGiU) and Queen Mary, University of London, with contributions from Catherine Needham and John Tizard.

The PMPA, the CPSP and Queen Mary, University of London came together to explore and debate the theme ‘Commissioning for Personalization’; the result is a report which reviews what works, provides pointers for practice and explores whether personalization can help deliver better public services in the future.

This essential report takes stock of personalization in practice to develop a complex picture of how public services are changing. It draws on interviews with politicians, civil servants, local authority managers, frontline staff, service users, trade union representatives, academics, consultants and staff from private and third sector providers.

This report is vital reading for professionals, analysts, policy-makers and decision-makers involved in delivering public services who need to know the positives, the pitfalls and the fixes.

This report is now available to buy from the CIPFA shop, and can be downloaded from PMPA Publications.

Good Decisions for Hard Times

This PMPA & Partners series will focus on the reality of future public spending as those working in the pubic services struggle with making the right decisions as the squeeze sets in; themes include 'Spreading good practice', 'Using information from unfamiliar sources' and 'Novel issues in information exchange'.

If you or your organisation is interested in developing these themes with the PMPA, please email info.pmpa@cipfa.org.uk.