IMPROVEMENT AND EFFICIENCY WEST MIDLANDS
- ALBERT HOUSE, QUAY PLACE
, EDWARD STREET
B1 2RA BIRMINGHAM, LANCASHIRE
Phone: 0121 245 0220
Fax: 0121 678 1049
E-mail: Send messagewmriep.wc-secure.co.uk
Short profile:
Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) is the brand name of the West Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP).
The West Midlands RIEP was set up in April 2008 following the publication of the National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). There is a RIEP for each of the nine regions in England.
IEWM has been allocated £22 million for 2008-2011 by CLG forming part of a wider £185 million package to all nine partnerships across the country.
Detailed description:
Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands membership is open to all councils and fire and rescue authorities in the region. It also works very closely with other public and voluntary sector bodies in the region.
RIEP Board
The board are responsible for the overall governance of Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands and has 16 members, representing local authorities and fire authorities including 10 local authority Chief Executives and the Chief Executive of a Fire and Rescue Authority. A full list of current members of the RIEP Board is currently being updated and will be available shortly.
The Board's key roles are to agree the vision, aims and objectives, to set key performance indicators and targets for the centre, to approve the Business Plan, and to monitor progress towards objectives.
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