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Your Consultation Co-ordinator

Each public body that signs up to the Code of Practice should have a nominated Consultation Co-ordinator, who should ensure that the Code is followed. They should act as an advisor to those conducting consultation exercises. See criterion 7 of the Code of Practice on Consultation.

Consultation Co-ordinators keep each other informed as to what consultation work is going on and share experiences. The Better Regulation Executive in BIS manages the network of Consultation Co-ordinators.

In organisations signing up to the Code of Practice, the role of a Consultation Co-ordinator is to:

  • Work with colleagues to ensure that consultations carried out by policy teams in their organisations, as far as possible, comply with the criteria of the Code, i.e. monitor ongoing consultations and evaluate the effectiveness of closed consultations in order to improve future practice.
  • Advise on when consultation is appropriate and on use of other means of seeking input.
  • Ensure that policy teams throughout their organisation understand the role of the Consultation Co-ordinator. They should also make sure that policy teams are aware of their responsibility to notify the Co-ordinator of any new consultations being launched.
  • Disseminate advice on training, on best practice and on developments affecting consultation to policy teams throughout their organisation.
  • Promote a coherent Departmental approach to consultation and, where possible, promote 'joined-up consultation' in order to reduce overlap within their own organisation and with consultations being carried out by other Departments or agencies. This means liaising effectively with policy officials to make sure they have investigated whether other units or Departments have, are, or are about to, consult on a similar topic.
  • Investigate and respond to any enquiries or complaints generated by a consultation carried out by their Department.
  • Maintain and collate information on the organisation’s consultations to go into the Department’s annual report as appropriate.
  • Keep up-to-date the organisation’s consultation web-pages.

 

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