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Annual Report About 2014-2015 Annual Report About History The Chief Executives’ Forum covers the region of Northern Ireland. It is an umbrella body for the ‘SUPPORTING Chief Executives and senior staff of public sector THE DEMOCRATIC bodies in Northern Ireland, covering the civil service PROCESS AND and its executive agencies, local government and non-departmental public bodies. In total it has some THE BUSINESS OF 127 organisations in membership and some 430 GOVERNMENT’ individual and associate members. A key purpose of the Forum is to facilitate interaction and cooperation across the full range of bodies in the public sector. Established in 1991, it began life as an • To support the democratic unincorporated fringe body of the Department of process and the contribution Finance and Personnel and from 1998 the Office the public services can make of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, the towards building a fair, Forum was relaunched and incorporated in 2003 as inclusive and prosperous a not-for-profit, public interest Company limited by society, one that is guarantee. underpinned by a dynamic local economy. The Forum has delivered 24 years of support to its members and the wider public sector through • To support the transformation programs of events, training and selective research and modernisation of public projects and wide ranging networking initiatives. services. Over this time scale the Forum has refined its • To maximise and diversify business model in response to the needs of its income and support, look to members and to reflect the challenges of the work of the long-term future of the the public sector. business, expand its activities and more generally further the The Forum provides support to public services to objectives of the company. continuously improve how they are organised and managed in order to meet the needs of an evolving Wide in scope, our activities policy agenda and, ultimately, those of the people of mirror the interests and aims set Northern Ireland. out above. The nature of our interventions, the extent to which Our business aims and objectives are: our objectives have been met, and the use to which funds available • To maintain and develop a working, public to us have been put in the year to service-wide network based on chief executive 31 March 2015 are set out in the officers of public authorities operating in report that follows. Northern Ireland. 1 About at a glance... Our Business at a glance 154 hours 2014-2015 2014-2015 of event engagement 127 430 Full Associate EVENTS ORGANISED members members 2013-2014 122 400 2014-2015 44 2013-2014 2013-2014 Total Attendees 2013-2014 2014-2015 29 attendees Member organisations represented 2013-2014 2014-2015 event themes 2014-15 average per event Reform Events 14 well-being events 5 Leadership events 4 governance events 12 finance/economic events 7 1 Chair skills Events 2 13 Board members 25 partners other events 14 creating value for our members 3 Staff 4 14 Local 58 Councils 26 Wider Public 51 NICS 22 79 Sector Chief Executive / Accounting Officer per Event Members by Sector 2 Contents About 2 Messages Chair’s Message 4 Reports Executive Director’s Report 6 2014-2015 The Review 9 2014-2015 Events Programme 13 Finance Directors’ Report and Financial Statements 15 Independent Auditors’ Report 17 Profit and Loss Account 20 Balance Sheet 21 Notes to Financial Statements 22 Appendices © Chief Executives’ Forum (CEF) Copyright 2015 Acknowledgements 23 Chief Executives’ Forum is a Company Information 25 company limited by guarantee Business Committee 26 registered in Northern Ireland. Members and Authorities Represented 27 Registration Number: NI 45809. Support Staff 31 Registered Office: Number One, Lanyon Quay, Belfast BT1 3LG Published 29th October 2015 3 Chairs’ message A message from our Chairman The public sector in Northern Ireland is responding to significant changes A time of reflecting new political, fiscal and citizen requirements. As public policy and the inter-dependencies within it become more diverse, a network such as ours challenge, facilitates essential interactions between key players across organisations. It opportunity and is imperative that Chief Executives charged to deliver changes have access to support and opportunity to share knowledge in bringing about new and better expectation. means of provision. Taking account of changing circumstances the Forum has undertaken its own repositioning exercise during the year to ensure it remains responsive to the needs of its members. We have contributed towards and sought to influence policy by commissioning our own evaluations and by sharing experience gained locally and further afield. Working with a range of partners we have collaborated to identify means by which governance within public bodies may be improved, adding value to their roles. Much focus was placed on the Executive’s Reform programme during the year and a number of themes associated with the programme explored. Following the invitation from the DFP Minister an exercise commenced to collate Forum members ideas on how best to overhaul ways in which public services are delivered. I look forward to sharing the outcomes from this work. I am pleased to report that we have built on the number of events organised during the year and expanded access to these. The Forum’s unique role is to connect people who work at the highest level of public service. We are conscious however of increasing demands being placed on their time and have augmented the Forum’s Associate Member category to include all senior management team members; “fast stream” or similar non-NICS post holders; and alumni of the CEF Women’s Leadership Initiative. It is crucial that the Forum caters for these emerging leaders within the public sector as well as current ones. I am grateful to my colleagues on the Board, Business Committee and Audit 4 Chairs’ message and Risk Committee for their commitment to the Forum. Their practical It is imperative support and sound advice has made my role as Chair both enjoyable and rewarding. During my time as Chair, I have been ably supported that Chief initially by Gerry Cosgrave and latterly by David Cartmill as the Forum’s Executives charged Executive Directors. The knowledge and commitment demonstrated by to deliver changes the Forum’s small and largely recent executive team augurs well for the have access to delivery of our ambitions. support and Finally I would express my sincere thanks to the many partner opportunity to organisations who have contributed to the Forum’s work throughout the share knowledge year. Although a public sector membership organisation it is essential in bringing about that the Forum provides for engagement and learning with the business, professional, academic, voluntary and commercial sectors in bringing new and better about positive change for the citizens of Northern Ireland means of provision I look forward to your continued support and involvement with the Chief Executives’ Forum. STEPHEN PEOVER Chair October 2015 5 Reports Our Executive Director’s Report The unprecedented change in public service design and delivery in Northern Ireland has brought the role of the Forum into sharp focus. Our ambition to Adding value, provide a framework to support Chief Executives at this time of opportunity making a has been reflected in an increase in the number of events organised, an extension in work commissioned and an expansion in our membership. The difference. Forum is dependent on the contributions and support of its members and I hope that the review of activities outlined in this report will demonstrate the value it provides. Reference has been made to the repositioning work undertaken during the year to ensure our role remains responsive to the needs of our wider membership. It is critical that the Forum is abreast of the issues faced across the variety of sectors represented within our ranks. I am grateful for the contributions of the Forum’s Board and Business Committee and for the investment of their time in directing how the Forum meets the needs of Chief Executives. Progress has been made during this time of transition on many fronts. As well as the delivery of a comprehensive programme of activities, we have built on our strategic partnerships and established exciting new ones. One alliance formed has been to bring together representatives from DFP, the Chairs’ Forum and CIPFA to work with the University of Ulster in seeking to develop practical guidance to improve governance within public bodies here. Cooperation with the Carnegie Trust locally also provided a new perspective on how public services might be prioritised and built on the presentation at our last AGM by Sir John Elvidge. We need not always look externally to learn of or to develop best practice. As a networking organisation the Forum places great emphasis on working with other groups and bodies represented both within and outside our membership. This fact is demonstrated through the list of events provided in partnership with business organisations, professional bodies and academic institutions. We acknowledge the need to exchange knowledge between the public sector and those who we work with and are pleased that collaboration on sharing of best practice continues. A complete list of acknowledgments for the year is included within this report, but there are some individuals and organisations that we draw on year on year, who deserve special thanks: The Department of Finance and Personnel continues to provide accommodation for the Forum and together with the Northern Ireland Audit Office makes direct input to some of the training 6 Reports courses we organise. Brian Whalley remains a highly regarded contributor helping us to promote best practice in accountability and governance The Forum and Shirley McCaughey and Pat Brand continue to lead the Forum’s continues to highly successful Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) programme.
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