Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner.

NB – to be read in conjunction with a non-public appendix.

Members considered a report of the Commissioner regarding the Strategic Communications and Engagement Plan (SCEP).

This document would need to be updated over time as new operations arose and circumstances changed. The two Assistant Commissioners collectively represented all COLP business and would be responsible for driving activity in support of the plan.

There was a call for greater collaboration between the City Corporation and the Force in the document. The Force would work with colleagues in the City Corporation’s Communications Team and in Innovation and Growth Department, to ensure that the reach of the City’s expertise was being taken advantage of.

Members were pleased that work was underway on the SCEP but requested that the next iteration of the report be provided in April 2021, and was to include some means of measuring achievement, with a reflection on the last 12 months as a baseline (9/2021/P).

It was felt that the SCEP could be clearer in referencing how it might work as a tactical tool to assist in the delivery of the strategic objectives of the City Corporation and COLP.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.