Across Greater Manchester the public sector, from local councils to the Police, from Job Centre Plus to the NHS, is piloting new and innovative ways of working. New Economy, with support from central government, is helping to demonstrate the amount of taxpayers’ money that can be saved by these new ways of working and the impact they can have on the quality of services enjoyed by Greater Manchester residents.

There will be three main stages to our work:

Establishing common approaches to evaluation

We are designing an evaluation framework that will collect common information against different types of programmes. The framework will enable us to demonstrate which new ways of working are most effective at improving economic opportunities and the quality of life within our communities, reinforcing the impetus for public sector reform.

Developing a cost-benefit model of public sector programmes

We are committed to research that helps us to identify the costs and benefits associated with new ways of working. We will help Greater Manchester agencies to identify the financial value of positive outcomes such as more residents being in work and fewer children growing up in poverty. With this knowledge we will be able to identify those programmes which do not deliver value for money for the taxpayer and reallocate resources accordingly.

Training frontline delivery staff in how to use the new tools and approaches

We will train frontline delivery staff in how to use these evaluation and cost-benefit tools. This training will embed the skills and tools we are developing. It will help to ensure that future programmes are designed with a clear understanding of the costs and benefits they will deliver to the taxpayer.

How our work will benefit Greater Manchester

In the short-term our work will save money, through identifying which programmes provide the greatest operational efficiencies. In the longer-term our work will drive economic growth, by focusing resources on those programmes which are proven to deliver social and economic opportunity.

For further information on our evaluation and cost-benefit analysis please contact David Morris or Julian Cox or telephone on 0161 237 4034.

Downloads

• GM Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis Newsletter 01 – October 2010 (1113kb)
• GM Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis Newsletter 02 – January 2011 (1111kb)
• GM Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis Newsletter 03 – April 2011 (1111kb)
• GM Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis Newsletter 04 – June 2011 (274kb)
• GM Cost-Benefit Analysis Technical Specification document (1124kb)