Value Wales Short Course Training Programme

Course Reference VWS 3000   Title Introduction to Community Benefits   Running time One Day

Intended audience and brief background   This course is aimed at those officers and managers who wish to better understand the concept of community benefits and how they can use procurement activities in their organisations to deliver wider outcomes in this area of policy.   Attendees could include   Procurement, Commissioning, Legal, Finance, Policy, Service Managers, Economic Development and Regeneration / Officers and management teams. The course could be adapted to include Private sector and Third sector partners and suppliers.

Objectives of the course and format   Is to demonstrate how the inclusion of Community Benefit outcomes can add value to the objectives of the organisation and specific contracts through the application of good commissioning and procurement techniques and utilising current legislation and guidance. Delegates will be encouraged to think about the public sector responsibilities in terms of conditioning society, improving the wellbeing of the community and acting as guardians to the environment in all of its guises.   Delegates will understand:   1.The legislative background 2.Welsh government policy 3.What’s possible? Why we should do it? 4.How to work within the commissioning/ procurement cycle 5.How to incorporate social clauses at various points  Core v Non- Core 6.How to deliver the benefits and measure community benefits 7.Case studies and best practice

Training methods   Training will be a mixture of prepared information on PowerPoint or other acceptable medium, case studies, discussion and exercises aimed to raise awareness of the Welsh government approach to delivering community benefits through procurement. We approach the topic in a positive manner looking at the “art of the possible” in terms of adding real value to your organisation and community through enriching delivery of services.   A working folder will be provided which will build up in to a useful working tool and contain relevant reference material, for use as a reference document in the workplace. The delegate will return to the work base with a better understanding of how to achieve real value through the a different approach to achieving real value through procurement.

Pre Course Preparation   Come prepared to share your own experience and examples of best practice you are already aware of with other delegates.   Programme and course Outline   The programme can be adapted to meet the specific requirements of individual organisations for example through incorporating existing activities in delivering community benefits or local aspirations to achieve something new.            Background to community benefits.          What we can and cannot do?          Core vs Non - Core.          What Community Benefits are?          Case Studies.          Legal Context and EU position.          Contract Conditions.          Community Benefits in the Procurement Cycle.