Report of the Director of Communications.
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report of the Director of Communications relating to the City Corporation’s membership of various think-tanks.
RESOLVED: That Members agree to:
1. Renew eight existing think-tank memberships at a total cost of £89,400:
· Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI)
· Chatham House
· Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
· Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)
· New Local Government Network (NLGN)
· Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG)
· Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
· Open Europe
2. Defer a decision regarding the think tank New Financial, as membership was currently attached to the Women in Finance Charter sponsorship, which was approved at the Policy & Resources Committee in January 2019.
3. Sponsor the Chatham House Europe Programme for £10,000.
4. Authorise the required funding of £99,400 for these memberships and sponsorship being drawn from the Committee’s 2019/20 Policy Initiatives Fund.
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