Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Leadership Board

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    CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY LEADERSHIP BOARD TERMS OF REFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP

  Purpose and functions  

1.         To provide strong and visible collective leadership of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to realise the full economic, social and environmental potential of the region.

2.         To operate in an open and transparent environment, being visible and accountable to the public and ensuring that residents’ priorities are at the heart of the Board’s activity and decision making.

3.         To develop a single, unified strategic vision and shared outcome framework for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

4.         To ensure alignment of the strategic vision and shared outcomes framework across constituent organisations’ strategic plans and partnership plans.

5.         To develop shared solutions to address current and future funding challenges.

6.         To guide work with local authorities, agencies and bodies beyond Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in order to achieve any shared economic, social and environmental objectives.

7.         To provide assurance that key strategic initiatives in respect of Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, and neighbouring authorities are appropriately linked.

8.         To provide oversight of strategic partnerships to enable synergy of work programmes.

9.         To provide strategic direction on priorities for future devolution from central government.

10.     To consider highlight reports concerning performance in delivering the commitments set out in the Cornwall Devolution Deal.

11.      To contribute to the formulation and expression of joint views (of those organisations represented upon the Board) to central government and other bodies and organisations in respect of legislation, proposed legislation and other matters of common interest, concern or relevance to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly with a particular focus on removing barriers to inclusive growth and the delegation of additional powers and funding.

12.     To provide direction on the future governance of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to support strategic aspirations.

  Membership

·        Leader of Cornwall Council *

·        Deputy Leader of Cornwall Council *

·        Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly *

·        Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly*

·        Leader of the largest opposition group on Cornwall Council *

·        Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner *

·        Representation of Cornwall’s Members of Parliament (x 1) *

·        Chair of Cornwall Association of Local Councils *

·        Chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership

·        Chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership

·        Cornwall Council Portfolio holder for Adults as the representative of the Cornwall Health and Wellbeing Board * (noting that the chair of the HWB is the Leader of Cornwall Council)

·        Deputy Chair of Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group

·        President of the Chamber of Commerce

·        Independent Chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health and Care Partnership Senate   * Democratically elected     Meeting arrangements The Board will ordinarily meet on a quarterly basis Meetings will be open to the press and public to attend Administrative support will be provided by Cornwall Council