The Cumbria Local Area Agreement sets out the priorities that are important for Cumbria and that we have agreed to work on over the next 3 years.  Each of the indicators have been agreed between partners and Government Office North West and shows our ability to collectively agree on the priority issues for the County.  The targets set out on the document have been selected from the new national indicator set, along wih the 18 mandatory children and young people related targets.  The document also holds local targets, these are targets that have been chosen by Cumbrian Partners, as they feel these issues are important to the County.

Cumbria's 2008 Local Area Agreement will contribute to achieving the outcomes expressed in the refreshed Cumbria Community Strategy.  The content of the Agreement will be negotiated with Government in the spring of 2008.  The Government will provide a "single pot" of funding to support the achievement of the targets included in the LAA.  

• Cumbria Local Area agreement 2008

Delivering and Managing the Agreement

The LAA will be delivered by partners working together.  The Thematic Partnerships of the CSP will co-ordinate the action plans for delivery, and will monitor performance and expenditure.  The existing LAA Governance Framework will be reviewed to ensure that it fits with the revised model of LAAs.  The Framework will set out the roles and responsibilities of partners and organisations involved in delivering and managing the agreement.

Contacts for the 2008 LAA

A wide range of individuals will support the development of the LAA for 2008.  The County Council Policy and Performance Team are providing the co-ordination to this work.  A Programme Team brings together key personnel from the Thematic Partnerships with lead officers for Finance and Performance.

Contact details for the Programme Team can be found in the Key Contacts noticeboard to the right of this page.

• The LAA Governance Framework (2007)