What We Do

Introduction

The Sustainable Community Strategy for East Sussex

Community planning and local strategic partnerships in East Sussex

Local Area Agreements

A Local Area Agreement (LAA) is a three year contract between central and local government setting out the priorities for a local area and how these will be tackled in partnership. The LAA also provides a way of strengthening partnerships and partnership working, pooling budgets and streamlining performance management systems.

The LAA is one of a number of ‘action plans’ that will help deliver the Sustainable Community Strategy for East Sussex, Pride of Place.

The East Sussex Local Area Agreement (LAA)

In East Sussex we are delivering the second LAA (2008-2011). The new LAA reflects the priorities set out in the Sustainable Community Strategy. Both LAAs were negotiated by East Sussex County Council and East Sussex Strategic Partnership, and to make sure that partners were involved as much as possible.

The LAA was refreshed in March 2009:

Read the refreshed Local Area Agreement 2.
Read the approval letter for the refresh.

Find out more about delivering the new LAA.

Managing and Measuring Performance
The new Local Area Agreement has 42 areas for improvement, known as performance indicators, including 10 focusing on education and early years. Each performance indicator will have targets to help measure progress. The performance indicators used in the East Sussex LAA have been taken from a set of 198 national indicators that are created by central government. The 10 education and early years targets are ‘mandatory’ – meaning we are required by government to include them.

Find out more about managing and measuring performance.