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the londoncollaborative The Collaborative City Working together to shape London’s future March 2008 THE PROJECT The London Collaborative aims to increase the capacity of London’s public sector to respond to the key strategic challenges facing the capital. These include meeting the needs of a growing, increasingly diverse and transient population; extending prosperity while safe- guarding cohesion and wellbeing, and preparing for change driven by carbon reduction. 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To achieve that, London local delivering public services on the ground government needs to lead and shape the in London. debate with our public sector partners about how to ensure that we are alert, The report is designed to stimulate resilient and adaptable enough to tackle future thinking among all of us who the challenges which will inevitably care about London’s future and who come our way over the next 15 years. recognise the critical role of London’s The London Collaborative programme is public services in what that future might set to play a key part in helping us rise to bring. It is not a statement of policy – but them. the work it will give rise to will help all of us in London in thinking about what our future policies should be. Over the coming months, the London Collaborative will be working with Councillor Merrick Cockell, London’s public services on this agenda. Chairman of London Councils ¢ It will do this through the vital networks has built up – many of whom have alreadyof officers contributed and other tostakeholders the thinking it summarised in this report. But these political contribution. 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