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New website and information packs for ProClass

Information on the procurement classification standard is now available.

Fri 08 Aug 2008

LCE Annual Report 2007-08

The LCE's annual report - with highlights from the last three years and a snapshot of 2007-08 - is now available

Wed 18 Jun 2008

London Centre of Excellence - Capital Ambition

The London Centre of Excellence recently merged with London's improvement body - Capital Ambition - and London Connects, the organisation which helps the public sector work more effectively through better use of technology.

The new organisation retains the name Capital Ambition, and is London's Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (IEP).

A website is being created for the new Capital Ambition, but in the meantime this site continues to be updated with all the latest information on efficiency. It also retains all the important legacy documents from the work of the London Centre of Excellence.

For more information on the new Improvement and Efficiency Partnership, or if you would like to know more about Capital Ambition or the work of the LCE, call Jon Hanlon on the number above or e-mail lcpe@londoncouncils.gov.uk    

Three Years of Excellence

The LCE was one of nine regional centres of excellence created by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (now Communities and Local Government (CLG) in February 2004 to deliver the National Procurement Strategy (362k) and the Gershon Review (364k).

It began work in 2005, acting as a catalyst to help the thirty two London boroughs, the City of London and the Greater London Authority (GLA) deliver the efficiency agenda by:

  • Actively promoting and funding collaborative projects that contribute to the successful delivery of the efficiency and service improvement agenda

  • Acting as a strategic catalyst to identify business opportunities for further improvement in terms of immediate cost savings, the better use of existing resources, or more effective market management.

  • Providing sources of up-to-date knowledge and information to every person working in a London borough through the availability of on-line information and resources.

  • Developing and delivering management programmes and on-line services that will improve skills and the sharing of knowledge.

  • Lobbying central government departments and agencies, and Europe, on the effective delivery of the efficiency and service improvement agenda.

  • Securing additional funding, where appropriate, from public and private sector bodies to advance the LCE's work and projects.