The aims of the Member Development Strategy are:-
- to provide national direction in anticipating, and planning to meet, the training and development needs of elected office
- to provide expertise, advice and support to councils through the Association and its partners
- to provide national and regional specialist programme of training and development
- to promote commonly high standards in the local provision of training and development
- to encourage collaboration and the sharing of resources to provide high quality and cost-effective training and development
Themes of the Strategy
- leadership development
- coaching and mentoring
- constitutional role development
- personal development plans and personal review
- national and regional skills programmes
- overview and scrutiny development
- applied knowledge development in specialist areas
- local strategies for individual councils
- succession planning and developing prospective councillors
- training resources and research
For more information contact: Sarah Titcombe