Events
November 2008
Houghton Tackling Worklessness Review
A seminar with Steve Fothergill & Paul Lawless
26 November 2008
CLG Mixed Communities
A seminar with Anne Power and Peter Tyler
CLG Futures Event
12 May 2008
A series of workshops horizon-scanning issues over the long-term, with Michael Parkinson, Adrian Healy, & Neil Blake
CLG/DWP Worklessness seminar
8 May 2008
'The contribution of local action to reduce worklessness', Anne Green
People and Place Seminar
Wednesday 17 October 2007
Venue: 7ABC Ashdown House
Chair: Michael Parkinson
The seminar involving members of the expert panel will respond to the framework that is developing in the department on the rationale for a focus on place and under what circumstances place matters, and how to strengthen this and take it forward. The framework focuses on why we need to understand place, how place matters and what place means for policy.
Agenda:
Welcome and Introduction (including update on expert panel) - Michael Parkinson
Developing a framework for why place matters (incl Q&A) - Diana Cook / Andrea Lee
Response: Patricia Rice, University of Oxford (incl Q&A), Ivan Turok, University of Glasgow (incl Q&A)
Discussion
Conclusions and next steps - Andrea Lee
Regeneration & Economic Development Analysis Expert Panel Inaugural meeting
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Venue: One Birdcage Walk
Chair: Michael Parkinson
Programme
- Welcome and introduction to the Neighbourhoods, Cities and Regions Expert Panel: Purpose of the panel, how it will work, identifying themes and developing a programme of work - Michael Parkinson, Michael Kell
- What is the evidence on Neighbourhoods, Cities and Regions? Developing the narrative on Neighbourhoods, Cities and Regions
- Why Does Place Matter? A policy relevant debate on place and regeneration
Facilitator: Greg Clark
Discussants: Alan Riddell (Neighbourhoods), Chris Megainey (Cities), Kirstin Green (Regions) - What next? Clarify ideas coming out of the day and how to take forward a programme of work - Michael Parkinson, Greg Clark
