The Wales Programme for Improvement (WPI) was introduced in Wales in 2002 as a new approach to seeking best value in services. It is a risk based approach to improvement.
Through self-assessment councils are challenged to face-up to, and address, barriers to improvement and known areas of under-performance.
Under the programme
- councils examine the ‘health’ of the corporate organisation andthe performance and prospects of the range of services they provide
- councils follow through with locally adopted improvement action plans
Councils are held to public account for their performance by the external regulators who shadow the management of risk by the authority through audit and inspection.
The programme promotes local autonomy in managing change.
For more information contact: Steve Williams