Forthcoming events

Thursday 24th January 2013 (Cardiff) & Wednesday 30th January 2013 (Bangor)
Wales Audit Office, Cardiff & University of Bangor

The Wales Audit Office, the WLGA and Chwarae Teg are holding a Shared Learning Seminar on the latest ideas and practices in how public sector organisations are developing agile working.

Cardiff Seminar - NOW FULL!

The benefits of agile working practices are more relevant than ever with the current economic climate. The notion of agile working extends beyond the traditional flexible working for individuals and aims to develop a culture that sees the public sector make the best use of its diminishing resources whilst ensuring improving and responsive service delivery. There is a significant desire across the public services to exchange knowledge so that practices can be shared, learned or improved,  particularly in relation to:

• Review existing flexibility in working arrangements;
• Review/rationalising of expensive property portfolios.
• Introducing agile working practice through the use of ICT; and
• The inter-relationship between these key issues of People, Places and Processes

Attendance is free.

Who is the seminar aimed at?

The seminar is aimed at Welsh Public and Third sector roles in particular:
• Change Managers;
• Policy Leads: and
• Key Professionals from HR, Asset Managers and ICT

Benefits of attending

Meeting colleagues from across the Welsh public sector that are experiencing similar issues to enable you to share and learn from
each other.

The seminar will consist of:

1 Two innovative showcase plenary sessions by Indycube and Norma Jarboe:
followed by

2 A choice of attending two of the following interactive workshops from:
• Bridgend CBC, who have reviewed and rationalised their property portfolio and realised savings  as well as developing  improved, adaptable working environments; or 
• Monmouthshire CBC , who will share how through the imaginative use of ICT has enabled the decentralisation and re-location of their workforce and more responsive service delivery; or
• Chwarae Teg who have developed practices to support managers introduce a flexible working environment.

Seminar Venue, Date and timing

The seminar will be held at the:

• the Wales Audit Office, 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9LJ on Thursday 24th January 2013 between 0900 and 1300; also
• at Bangor University, on Wednesday 30th January 2013 between 0900 and 1300

There are a limited number of spaces available for this seminar. As a result we have to restrict numbers to two delegates per organisation. To book a place, please email delegate name(s) to: sharedlearningevent@wao.gov.uk  

For further details
If you wish to discuss any aspect of the event please contact
Chris Bolton, Chris.bolton@wao.gov.uk (mobile: 07879848667)
Ena Lloyd at ena.lloyd@wao.gov.uk (mobile: 0790 151 3872)