Good Scrutiny Awards Following on from the success of the Good Scrutiny Awards launched last year, we are again inviting non-executives actively engaged in scrutiny to submit examples of best practice scrutiny. We are looking for individuals, committees, boards and groups who can demonstrate that their work meets CfPS’ principles of good scrutiny. We want to know about how you successfully met challenges, overcame pitfalls and what your hard work achieved. There are six award categories: Health Scrutiny Financial Scrutiny Community Engagement through Scrutiny Best Use of Resources Scrutiny Chair of the Year Scrutiny Team of the Year With an overall winner for the Impact through Scrutiny Award. Along with the prestige of winning the award, the shortlisted entries will have the opportunity to showcase their work in the Successful Scrutiny Zone at CfPS 2009 and will be offered a free ticket to the gala dinner on 9 June 2009. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony during the gala dinner. Closing date for submissions is 14th April 2009. The Community Engagement Award and drinks are sponsored by: Judging criteria The four principles of good scrutiny were developed when CfPS came into being in 2003. They were developed by a panel of experienced public scrutineers from across local, regional and central government, as well as academics and independent experts. The principles form a benchmark for good public scrutiny which remain relevant and effectively sum up the role that scrutiny should play today. As such they will be used as the basic criteria for the assessment of each award with a few additional criteria specific to each award. The four principles Good public scrutiny… provides ‘critical friend’ challenge to executive policy-makers and decision-makers enables the voice and concerns of the public is carried out by ‘independent minded governors’ who lead and own the scrutiny role drives improvement in public services To further support your submission, this year, we are asking for evidence of outcomes, external endorsement or external assessments. Please submit up to three summarized endorsements. For further information on the four principles please read our ‘Good Scrutiny Guide’ here.

Good Scrutiny Awards

Following on from the success of the Good Scrutiny Awards launched last year, we are again inviting non-executives actively engaged in scrutiny to submit examples of best practice scrutiny. We are looking for individuals, committees, boards and groups who can demonstrate that their work meets CfPS’ principles of good scrutiny. We want to know about how you successfully met challenges, overcame pitfalls and what your hard work achieved.

There are six award categories:

Health Scrutiny
Financial Scrutiny
Community Engagement through Scrutiny
Best Use of Resources
Scrutiny Chair of the Year
Scrutiny Team of the Year

With an overall winner for the Impact through Scrutiny Award.

Along with the prestige of winning the award, the shortlisted entries will have the opportunity to showcase their work in the Successful Scrutiny Zone at CfPS 2009 and will be offered a free ticket to the gala dinner on 9 June 2009.
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony during the gala dinner.

Closing date for submissions is 14th April 2009.

The Community Engagement Award and drinks are sponsored by:

Judging criteria

The four principles of good scrutiny were developed when CfPS came into being in 2003. They were developed by a panel of experienced public scrutineers from across local, regional and central government, as well as academics and independent experts. The principles form a benchmark for good public scrutiny which remain relevant and effectively sum up the role that scrutiny should play today. As such they will be used as the basic criteria for the assessment of each award with a few additional criteria specific to each award.

The four principles

Good public scrutiny…

provides ‘critical friend’ challenge to executive policy-makers and decision-makers
enables the voice and concerns of the public
is carried out by ‘independent minded governors’ who lead and own the scrutiny role
drives improvement in public services

To further support your submission, this year, we are asking for evidence of outcomes, external endorsement or external assessments. Please submit up to three summarized endorsements.

For further information on the four principles please read our ‘Good Scrutiny Guide’ here.

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