This presentation was part of the Public Service Delivery Network meeting on 10 February 2010. This presentation was by Charlotte Ravenscroft from the NCVO and explored project 2015 and ideas gathered by members to help create the NCVO manifesto. Find out more about NCVO's policy work: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/policy-and-research

1. NCVO Project 2015
Charlotte Ravenscroft, Policy and Research

2. 15 months to go…
Source: Daily Mail

3. Four graphs that matter…
Source: UK Polling Report
Source: ONS/BBC

4. Four graphs that matter…
Forecasted change in central and local
government revenue spending 2010/11
to 2017/18 (£, billions)
Source: NatCen/Guardian
Source: Office for Budget Responsibility (2013) Economic
and Fiscal Outlook
March 2013 - Fiscal Supplementary Tables, Table 2.29

5. Project 2015
Economic and Social Justice
Welfare, the economy and jobs, demographic change
Volunteering and Social Action
Volunteering, campaigning, corporate engagement
Public Services
Commissioning, how govt works, early intervention
Support for Voluntary Organisations
Giving, funding, charity regulation

6. Project 2015 website
http://www.ncvo.org.uk/members-area/policy/ncvomember-consultation/public-services

7. Public services: member
Challenges…
views
• Service cuts have affected most vulnerable
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Focus on price rather than quality of public services
Lack of pre-procurement dialogue and understanding
Poorly designed or inflexible service specifications
Contracts getting larger/more generic/using PBR
Disproportionate bidding requirements
Lack of time/support for consortia-building
On the nearing horizon…
• Raising EU procurement threshold
• Part B services > Light touch regime
• Abolition of PQQs

8. PSDN: expert views
• Is our analysis broadly right?
Please write down any comments or points missing.
• What high-level solutions should we be pushing for
in party manifestos?
Please discuss and be prepared to feedback.

9. Thank you
Please get in touch:
Charlotte.ravenscroft@ncvo.org.uk
@CharRavenscroft
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