Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/008

Contact: Chloe Taylor, Interim Head of Strategy, chloe.taylor@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Corporate Director Customers, Organisational Development & Resources (CA14).

To sign up to the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a)                  Note that the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Partnership has been established.

b)                  Note that the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter was launched on 24 January 2023.

c)                  Agree to become a signatory to the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter.

d)                  Agree to make four pledges to build on our commitment to an inclusive economy.

Recommendations approved with additional recommendation:

e)      Agree that the OIEP Steering Group is considered to be a Strategic Body and that the Council’s representative will be the Leader of the Council.  The portfolio holder for Public Health & Equality will be the official substitute.

Cabinet had before it a report providing an overview of the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Partnership (OIEP) including the development and launch of the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter on 24 January 2023. The report recommended the Council becomes a signatory to the charter and makes four pledges to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to an inclusive economy.

Councillor Liz Leffman, Leader of the Council, summarised the report.  The vision of the Partnership was very much in line with that of the County Council but in this case the Council signs up to pledges from a list of options provided.  The report recommended the pledges listed in paragraph 18 with an additional stretch pledge in paragraph 19.  The Partnership included commercial organisations, the universities and local councils.

Councillor Leffman proposed the following addition to the recommendations:

e)      Agree that the OIEP Steering Group is considered to be a Strategic Body and that the Council’s representative will be the Leader of the Council.  The portfolio holder for Public Health & Equality will be the official substitute.

Councillor Leffman proposed the recommendations as amended, Councillor Phillips seconded and they were agreed.

RESOLVED to:

a)              Note that the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Partnership has been established.

b)              Note that the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter was launched on 24 January 2023.

c)              Agree to become a signatory to the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter.

d)              Agree to make four pledges to build on our commitment to an inclusive economy.

e)              Agree that the OIEP Steering Group is considered to be a Strategic Body and that the Council’s representative will be the Leader of the Council.  The portfolio holder for Public Health & Equality will be the official substitute.