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 04/04/05
- ISB Round 8 It
was announced by Paul Boateng on 4 April that improved energy efficiency
in the public sector and increased access to the arts and culture
sector will be priority areas for the allocation of £40 million
from the Invest to Save - Inclusive Communities Budget (ISB). The
press notice (No 38)is available on the HM Treasury Website (www.http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/press/2005).
Projects
that support the development of energy action plans, improve energy
efficiency in public buildings, and raise staff awareness of the
cost savings from energy efficiency will be able to bid for £40
million of funds from the 8th round of ISB allocations from June
2005, alongside projects that aim to increase access to arts and
cultural events. Other priorities have yet to be confirmed.
Further
detail will be posted on this in late May, with a timetable of process
to allow monies to be awarded from the financial year 2006/07.
The Treasury
assesses bids using a pre-determined, published set of criteria
before making recommendations to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
who makes the final decision on winning projects. The bidding guidance
for round 7 is still available on this website - this shows the
sort of format that round 8 bids will probably be expected to follow.
Normally the Treasury ask for shorter Expressions on Interests to
be produced (3 to 4 pages) and an initial sift would take place
based on these before full bids were invited from candidates that
appear to meet the criteria. I have no reason to doubt that this
approach will be followed for round 8.
Apologies
that we are not able to give you more information at this stage,
but suggest that you start checking the ISB website regularly after
the result of the general election is known.
19/03/04 Big task 'is to achieve best practice'
By Nicholas
Timmins, Public Policy EditorFinancial Times; Mar 19, 2004
Ministers
face a serious challenge in persuading government departments and
the wider public sector to take up measures that both improve services
and release cash for frontline spending, Sir Peter Gershon, the
government's cost-cutter in chief, has warned.
In his work
on the efficiency review, Sir Peter said, "we have come across
excellent examples of innovation and best practice" within
the public sector.
But yesterday
he told a Treasury-sponsored conference on the "invest-to-save"
scheme that "the challenge we all face is how we encourage
a rate of diffusion that is far faster than we have previously seen".
The big
task was to replicate best practice "as rapidly as possible
so that we can all benefit".
The invest-to-save
scheme has put £400m into 400 projects aimed at joining up
services across central and local government, the health service
and other parts of the public sector.
But at the
conference there were complaints that once the pump-priming money
ran out it was difficult to get others to take up schemes. "There
is a real problem over 'not invented here'," one delegate said.
26/10/05
The results of the expression of interest stage for Round 8 will
be notified, to those who submitted expressions of interest, by
their departmental champion. Any queries regarding this please contact
your departmental champion.
21/10/05
Guidance
for
those invited to submit full bids for Round 8 is now available.
Please contact your departmental contact for further information.
10/8/05 Round 8 of the ISB has
now closed. Those who submitted expressions of interest should whether
they are being invited to make a full bid towards the end of October.
No decision on whether there will be further ISB rounds is expected
until Spring 2006.
16/3/05 Round
7 Bid results
Round 7 Bid results
were announced today as part of the Budget
package. Here is a list of the Successful
Projects
15/12/04 Expression of Interest
results
Expression of Interest
results are now with the relevant
Department
Contacts
20/10/04 Further Rounds
it is not known at this stage whether
there will be further rounds of ISB funding. A decision will be
made early summer 2005
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4/02/04 -
ISB Round 6 Winners
have officially
been announced. Please click on theses links for further details
Press
Release Round 6
Round
6 Winners
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07/08/03 - 10.45am, Home Office
Safer Schools and Hospitals - £4.6million
Scheme to Cut Crime
A £4.6 million crime reduction scheme
to make students, patients and staff safer in schools and hospitals
was announced today.
http://www.wired-gov.net/cgi-bin/frameset.pl?Id=19032
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09/04/03 - Progress Reports
Progress Reports by Project Managers are to
be produced on a six monthly basis.
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09/04/03 - Round 6 Guidance...
...is now available here.
Round
6 Bidding Guidance (PDF 104kb)
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14/01/03 - ODPM
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has
sent a letter out to Chief Executives of Local Authorities regarding
bids for Round 6.
ODPM Letter
(PDF 138 kb)
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