6 FFORDD GWYNEDD PLAN 2023-28 PDF 123 KB
Cyflwynwyd gan: Cllr. Dyfrig Siencyn
Additional documents:
Decision:
To approve the adoption of the Plan
for the next five years (Appendix 1) which builds on the development of the
work culture within the Council.
Minutes:
The report was submitted by Cllr Dyfrig
Siencyn.
DECISION
To approve the adoption of the Plan for the
next five years (Appendix 1) which builds on the development of the work
culture within the Council.
DISCUSSION
The report was submitted, explaining that "Ffordd Gwynedd" referred to the way of working that
had been adopted within the Council in order to place
the people of Gwynedd at the centre of everything. It was noted that it had
been operational since 2015 when the Plan had been adopted originally and that
the previous Chief Executive had been a Ffordd
Gwynedd champion. It was added that the current Chief Executive also wished to
develop Ffordd Gwynedd further.
It was noted that it was a
journey to attempt to realise this culture and it was acknowledged that the
Covid period had slowed down the progress that had been made. Gratitude was
expressed to the Chief Executive and the Corporate Director, Geraint Owen, for
their guidance and enthusiasm.
The Corporate Director
explained that the latest review of the Ffordd
Gwynedd Plan had been held in 2019 when the current Plan was approved. It was
believed that it was timely to update, amend and improve the Plan.
It was reported that the Council's Departments had
conducted a self-assessment of the progress as a basis to the latest review and
that these self-assessments had been challenged by a working group of members
of the Governance and Audit Committee. It was noted that the conclusions and
recommendations had been submitted to the Education and Economy Scrutiny
Committee in October 2022.
To close, the proposed Plan for the next five years
was submitted, which summarised what had been achieved to date and identified
the main matters for the 2023-28 period. It was expressed that 9 sub work
streams had been submitted in the Plan which could be seen in appendix 1 of the
Report.
The Chief Executive expressed his gratitude to the
Corporate Director for leading on this work, as well as the working group. It
was added that the Plan reflected on the lessons and barriers of the past,
continuing with the basic principle of attempting to find better ways of
providing what the people of Gwynedd need.
Observations arising from the discussion
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It was asked how this Plan
corresponded with equality and ensured fairness to the people of Gwynedd, who
were central to the Council's culture.
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In
response, it was noted that everything that had been included in the Ffordd Gwynedd Plan had been considered in the context of
equality. It was noted that one of the Council's specific improvement
priorities was Women in Leadership, which was an important part of this Plan.
It was noted that equality and language main-streamed through all of the Plan's activities and was a part of the culture
of the Council which had developed over a number of years. Pride was expressed
in being able to support and promote this.
¾ One of the Cabinet Members expressed that he ... view the full minutes text for item 6
Awdur: Geraint Owen, Corporate Director