Partnership

The Partnership Committee, which consists of management and unions, received over e100,000 for Partnership projects from the Umbrella Group LANPAG (Local Authority National Partnership Advisory Group) in 2002. The following projects qualified for funding:

• Computer training for outdoor staff
• Customer service
• European Computer Driving Licence
• Health Screening Programme
• IT equipment for outdoor staff
• Mobile facilities for outdoor staff
• Return to Learning
• Staff Magazine - ‘Contact’
   

Partnership activity in 2002 was largely project driven. Included among the initiatives was

• Flexitime/Creche working group
• Following consultations with staff and management, the group produced an interim report on Flexitime.
• Long Service Awards were hosted to honour long serving staff in the Ballymote and Tubbercurry areas.
• The ‘Return to Learning’ Programme commenced at the end of 2002.
• Four issues of the staff magazine ‘Contact’ were produced in 2002; The editorial team work with the Partnership Committee in the preparation of the publication.
• The Pilot Mobile Welfare facility was launched in the Sligo Area and deemed a success by all concerned.
• The ‘Customer Service’ project in the Infrastructure Directorate, carried out in conjunction with the Institute of Public Administration, concluded in 2002.