Reports//

A Passion for Excellence - An improvement strategy for culture and sport (PDF - 1.37MB)
This national strategy sets a framework for improvement in the culture and sport sector and includes the mechanisms and tools to support self-improvement.

The Social Network Analysis Report (PDF - 1.37MB)
Thank you to those who responded to the CIPEM online survey sent out 2007 we have now collated and analysed all the responses and the following report offers a summary of the key findings. In conjunction with CIPEM, the East Midlands Cultural Observatory and Karen Stephenson undertook this Netform® analysis and baseline study. As well as collaborative working, the study looked at skills needs, priorities for support or training and perceptions of effective partnership working and best practice. This research will help CIPEM identify what support is needed for local government to ensure continuous improvement in culture and sport services.
The appendices to the document are also available here

Guidance on integrating culture and sport into LAAs in the East Midlands (PDF - 384 KB)
Briefing note aimed at supporting colleagues within local authorities and their partner organisations tasked with seeking to embed culture into new style Local Area Agreements (LAAs). A supplementary document is also available here.

Local government performance framework (Word - 49KB)
Key documents launched at the third annual conference on LAAs on 21st November 2007.

Culture: Community Engagement and Cohesion (PDF - 178KB)
The role of culture and sport participation in community cohesion and community involvement

The Role of Museums, Libraries, Archives and Local Area Agreements (PDF - 1.37MB)
This is a research study into the role of the MLA sector in Local Area Agreements (LAAs). The aim of the study was to assess the place of the MLA sector, and where relevant the wider cultural sector, in the 2008 LAAs and to identify the contribution of the sector to the outcomes of these LAAs. It provides an analysis of the extent to which the sector is successfully strategically engaged, along with identification of the conditions and actions that support engagement, and the barriers that get in the way.
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