How to Design a Strategic Authority

This event is part of our ongoing offer to members, supporting local leaders and partners to navigate – and shape – the next chapter of the UK’s devolution story. 

As the landscape of English devolution evolves, the Government has set an intention that new strategic authorities will be established everywhere. The nature of existing strategic authorities varies between London’s GLA and existing combined authorities, which themselves have differing powers and forms. With the pace of change gathering speed, we will be exploring how strategic authorities can best be designed as an effective and impactful tier of governance.

Join us for a timely and thought-provoking session exploring how to create a strategic authority that is impactful and serves to add value as a subregional, collaborative institution working between local and national levels. How can the benefit of strategic scale combine with local delivery to enable better outcomes for communities?

Drawing on expertise and reflections from two colleagues who have led impact through strategic authorities, we will delve into questions of governance, powers, accountability, and capacity, and reflect on what the ingredients for impact and success are. We’ll be joined by Alan Reiss, Director of Operations at the North East Combined Authority and Steve Skelton, Interim Director of Policy and Strategy at Liverpool City Region.

Whether you’re currently directly involved in the devolution priority programme, watching developments with interest, or your council already works within a devolved strategic authority area and is actively forming new ways of working, this session will offer critical insights and practical reflections to inform your thinking.

These sessions are for Chief Executives, Deputy Chief Executives and senior strategic leads. If you’d be interested in joining this session please email us. 

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