Governance of the Agreement

This diagram shows the governance structures for the Agreement. You can also download the document in word.

Diagram showing Salford Agreement governance arrangements

Additional notes about roles

Salford Strategic Partnership (SSP) will

Work with the city council to develop and deliver the Salford Agreement
Provide strategic co-ordination, linking with plans and bodies at regional, sub-regional and local level and aligning activities within the framework of the Salford Agreement
Scutinise the progress made by the SSP executive

The above three roles are taken from the SSP protocol. The full protocol can be found on our publications page.

Salford Strategic Partnership executive will

Provide high level challenge and steer
Enable partners and the city council as the accountable body to maintain an overview of the strategic direction of the Agreement
Facilitate the commitment of resources to the development and implementation of the Agreement
Use its authority and influence to resolve blockages
Report to the strategic partnership on progress and any decisions needed
Use performance management information to identify under performance against outcomes
Hold partners to account for delivery (including delivery of the Agreement) through influence on each partner
Identify activity to address priorities and encourage partner agencies to commission it

Strategic Partnership management group will

Manage the development and delivery of the Agreement
Ensure that organisational plans are aligned with partnerships' strategies and these are in turn aligned to the main SSP strategies such as the Community Plan and Salford Agreement.
Using a single performance management framework, contribute to annual reports on progress in delivering the Community Plan and Salford Agreement to the SSP, SSP executive and Government Office, including a final year report on NRF investment (2007-08)
Monitor pooled budgets spend and report quarterly to SSP executive and bi-annually to SSP.

For additional information on governance arrangements please see section 7, page 8 of the Salford Agreement.