Corporate
Governance
The Council's Corporate Governance
arrangements
Bromsgrove District Council recognises the importance of
effective corporate governance so that local communities can place
trust in the way that the Council undertakes and carries out its
duties.
Corporate governance is defined as the "system in which local
authorities direct and control their functions and relate to their
communities".
To enable the Council to evidence good governance, a review of
its corporate governance arrangements has been completed, in line
with national best practice, guidance and the CIPFA/SOLACE
Framework.
As a result of the review, the Council has produced the
Bromsgrove District Council Local Code of Corporate Governance. The
Local Code summarises all of the documents and processes the
Council has in place to evidence good corporate governance.
The Local Code is divided into the following five
dimensions:
- Community Focus.
- Service Delivery Arrangements.
- Structure and Processes.
- Risk Management.
- Standards of Conduct.
For each dimension, an explanation is given on how the
principles of corporate governance are applied at Bromsgrove
District Council.
The Head of Financial Services will review the Council's
corporate governance arrangements annually and the Local Code will
be updated with any amendments.
As further evidence of our corporate commitment to good
governance we will issue an annual statement of assurance. This
statement will set out the arrangements that we have put in place
to improve governance and also highlight those areas requiring
further work.
This statement can then be used to gauge our year on year
improvement in implementing a governance framework and compliance
with our Local
Code 
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