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E. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Government

 

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MILESTONES

TARGET DATES

E1

5.4

Use the £230 million Invest to Save Budget to enable more innovative and efficient joint working by public bodies
Contact:
Robin Owen, Cabinet Office
Tel: 020 7270 6172
e-mail:
rowen@cabinet-office.gov.uk

 

1. Issue bidding guidance for round two

Achieved

2. Closing date for expressions of interest

Achieved

3. Closing date for formal bids

Achieved

4. Decisions on formal bids/announcements of winners

Achieved

5. Winning projects underway

Achieved

E2

5.5

Establish a new Productivity and Competitiveness Cabinet Committee.
Contact:
Christian Turner, Cabinet Office
Tel: 020 7270 1048
e-mail:
mailto:cturner@cabinetoffice.gsi.net

Established under the chairmanship of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, January 1999

Achieved

E3

5.6

Ensure that by March 2001, 90 per cent by volume of routine procurement of goods by central Government is conducted electronically.
Contact:

Office of Government Commerce (OGC)

Service desk
Tel:  0845 000 4 999. International callers please dial (+44) 845 000 4999.

e-mail: ServiceDesk@ogc.gsi.gov.uk

Address: Rosebery Court, St Andrew's Business Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0HS

50% procurement by volume

Achieved

90% procurement by volume

Target not yet met

However, work is going forward: strategy agreed by OGC Supervisory Board to deliver significant savings by March 2006.

E4

5.6

Ensure that by 2005, 100% of Government services are available on-line.
Contact:
Gerry Gavigon Cabinet Office
Tel: 020 7238 2009
e-mail:
ggavigon@citu.gov.uk

Publish findings half-yearly

Achieved

 

E5

5.9

Set up an Enterprise Unit to act as a focal point for the Department’s work on the entrepreneurship agenda.
Contact:
Mark Higson, CD/EU, DTI
Tel: 020 7215 0158
e-mail:
mailto:mark.higson@cudv.dti.gov.uk

Enterprise Unit set up as part of Central Directorate

Achieved

E6

5.9

Establish a DTI Knowledge Management Unit.
Contact:
Tim Soane, KMU, DTI
Tel: 020 7215 4419
e-mail:
tim.soane@cudv.dti.gov.uk

1. Set up the Unit in February 1999

Achieved

2 Arrange a first seminar to capture best practice from outside DTI

Achieved

3. Develop an implementation plan

Achieved

4. Establish an action plan for modernising DTI

Achieved

E7

5.9

Carry forward the work of the Future Unit to champion the knowledge driven economy.
Contact:
John Reynolds, CD/FU, DTI
Tel: 020 7215 5254
e-mail:
mailto:john.reynolds@cudv.dti.gov.uk

1 Agree and initiate actions to take forward recommendations for DTI in ‘Mapping the Future’ report

Achieved

2 Complete Report on ‘Work in the knowledge driven economy’.

Achieved

3 Complete two further reports in pursuit of Future Unit mission

Achieved

 

E8

5.9

Provide better information for SMEs, building on the Enterprise Zone web-site.
Contact:
Hugh Jackson, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Directorate, DTI
Tel: 0207 215 5617

email: hugh.jackson@rsme.dti.gov.uk

1. Agree with Dialog Corporation and the Enterprise Zone Management Board a service development plan to enhance the effectiveness of the Enterprise Zone for SMEs

Achieved

2. Review future positioning and function of the current Enterprise Zone in relation to emerging ideas about how businesses will access the Small Business Service; the SBS single gateway; as well as the development through the SBS of a single electronic access point to government advice on regulation.

Achieved

E9

1.20

Develop a Competitiveness Index, based on a set of competitiveness indicators, to measure the UK’s progress.
Contact:
Nicola Baker, ES, DTI
Tel: 020 7215 6392
e-mail:
nicola.baker@esdv.dti.gov.uk

1. Initial discussions, investigations of data availability and possible methodologies and initial data collection (completed in February)

Achieved

 

2. Draft of basis framework; submission to DTI Ministers

Achieved

3. Present framework to Competitiveness Council

Achieved

4. Send initial draft of index to EAPC and interested government departments

Achieved

5. Present final draft to EAPC

Achieved

6. Publish

Achieved

E10

1.20

Appoint a Competitiveness Council, drawn from a cross section of business people, to advise on the Index and other issues.
Contact:
Sarah Chambers, CD, DTI
Tel: 020 7215 5718
email:
sarah.chambers@cudv.dti.gov.uk

1. Appoint members to the Council

Achieved

2. Settle work programme for 1999

Achieved

3. Advise on framework of Competitiveness Index

Achieved

Last updated: Friday 17th January 2003

 

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