Central Wales Regional Partnership Board/WLGA Rural Forum
In 2006 the Central Wales Plus Regional Partnership Board was established in order to provide a significant step forward in accelerating the Making the Connections agenda of collaboration and joint working within the public sector in Wales.
In contrast to the other WLGA Regional Partnership Boards/Forums, the Central Wales Plus grouping has not been restricted in terms of its membership to the authorities making up central Wales, instead the WLGA was able to build on the already functioning cluster of local authorities who have come together to focus primarily on the issues of common concern to rural authorities in Wales. This approach promotes flexible arrangements for joint working and links to the philosophy of the Spatial Plan in terms of ‘fuzzy boundaries’.
Ceredigion, Powys and Gwynedd Councils are the core members of the regional partnership; Ynys Môn, Conwy, Denbighshire, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire also attended the Board meetings; the National Parks in Wales are also represented.
At the end of November 2007, WLGA Council approved the consolidation of Board’s rural lobbing work under a WLGA Rural Forum. This Forum will run alongside the Central Wales Regional Partnership Board which will continue to provide a steer on collaboration in the region and at the same time link into collaboration efforts underway and in the planning stage elsewhere as a way to secure the best efficiencies and critical mass for the ‘core’ authority group.
To access the papers for the meetings of the Central Wales Regional Partnership Board, please select the 'Meetings' option on the left hand menu; similarly, Newsletters and Publications can also be accessed via this menu. The meetings are listed in date order, with the most recent meeting at the top.