Why Consortia?
Share project, October 2009, Orleans House Gallery
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Commissioning and Consorita Workshop
Strategic Commissioning
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Challenges
Local Authorities
• Unable to continue present level of grants funding to
voluntary and community sector, including cultural
organisations
• Move from grants based funding to service contracts
• Voluntary and community sector procurement ready?
• Duty to promote fair and level playing field – market
development
• How to support local organisations and enterprises
• Unable to manage large number of contracts
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• A solution is consortia development
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Challenges
Voluntary and community side
• Change in types of funding
• Less funding available through existing streams
• Trend for fewer higher value contracts
• Culture a key contributor to many outcomes but cannot
deliver services required alone
• A solution is consortia development
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What is already being offered?
• Consorita in some areas of London already
• ACEVO project to develop consortia in Hackney, H&F,
Lambeth
• MLA support for museums and archives to join existing
consortia
• Capitial Ambition bid to map existing consortia, build new
consortia where there are none, support cultural
organisations to join them
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The solution?
• Are the issues:
Drop in funding
Aggregated contracts
Level playing field
Procurement ready
Market development
Others?
• What are your solutions?
• What is the role of consortia?
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contacts
• [email protected]
• 07768 803327
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