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1. Salford Information Observatory Neil Watts
Chief Executive Directorate
Salford City Council
2. Rationale R & I split across Directorates
No central team
Duplication
Poor communication
Not focused on priorities
3. Rationale (contd) Not available at lower spatial levels
Not focused on communities of interest
Limited analysis
Not informing decision-making
Not influencing policy & strategy development
4. What is the Observatory Sharepoint platform
One stop source of key R & I
Documents and data sets
Links to external sources
Local Futures
Discussion forums
Internal/external access- Salford Strategic Partnership (inclusive of University)
5. Home Page
6. Announcements
7. Key contacts
8. Links
9. GIS (Geographical Information System)
10. Local Futures- Ranking
11. Local Futures- Comparison-Ward Level
12. Local Futures-Comparison-Lower Super Output Area
13. Observatory Library
14. LGCS Filter
15. Spatial level filter
16. Pledges filter
17. Ward filter
18. Local Area Agreement priorities
19. Document/data set management
20. Access to documents/data sets
21. Further work Council - Centralised R & I team
Partnership intelligence community
Partnership joint resources?
Key observatory products
Links with the University:-
- Evidence/intelligence base for use by research students?
Input of University research/intelligence into Observatory?
IPR issues