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OPM speaking engagements

  • Ewan King, Director at OPM, spoke at about building cohesive and resilient communities at the conference Community Cohesion 2010 in London on the 15 July. View his conference presentation [PDF 156KB}.
  • Joe Bonnell, Associate Fellow at OPM, spoke about 'preventing violent extremism in schools' at the Public Policy Exchange conference, 'Promoting cohesion and safeguarding against extremism in schools, colleges and universities' on 21 May. View his conference presentation [PDF 316KB}.
  • Ewan King, Director at OPM, is speaking at the conference "Exchanges on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue", a conference organised by the Council of Europe and held in Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia, on 13 and 14 of September
  • Kai Rudat, OPM Director and Phil Copestake, Head of Analytical Studies at OPM, will also be presenting to Lambeth Council’s Citizens Commission in September, which is in the process of developing options for a ‘Co-operative Council’.
  • Antonia Bunnin, Fellow at OPM, will be speaking at the conference, Caring for Older People: new approaches to provision, funding and support, organised by Westminster Briefing on 8 September.
  • Dr Chih Hoong Sin, Principal at OPM, is speaking about Hate Crime at the Citizens Advice Annual Conference on 14-16 September in York
  • Ayesha Janjua, Fellow at OPM, is speaking about personalisation and personal budgets at the conference Creating a Health and Social Care Service Fit for an Ageing Population organised by Inside Government on Thursday 28 October 2010 in Central London
  • Kai Rudat will be chairing the conference Safer and Stronger Communities by Inside Government on 7 December.

Our services


Employee and user ownership in public services

As part of our current public interest research programme, OPM has published a practical guide to commissioning, policy and practice for public services considering moving services to employee ownership.
OPM will also be providing mentoring support to the government’s public sector employee-owned pathfinders, as announced by Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude.

Read a briefing paper examining the relevence employee and user ownership has for the future of public services.

download a brochure about our 'lower carbon future' workshop

Find out about the half-day workshop in September, 'Employee and user ownership in public services', where senior managers in public services can develop their knowledge of potential opportunities, explore possible obstacles and make a judgement about whether employee and user ownership might be worth pursuing in their locality.


Commissioning for a lower carbon future

download a brochure about our 'lower carbon future' workshopFind out about the one-day workshop, 'Commissioning for a lower carbon future', designed to help local authorities and partnerships bring about the changes needed to safeguard the future.


ILM Certificate in leadership mentoring and executive coaching

download a brochure about our  programme for Leadership Mentoring and Executive CoachingFind out about the ILM Level 7 accredited programme in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching.

 


Aspiring Women Leaders

download a brochure about our  programme for women managers: Breakthrough 2010Find out about our development programme for women managers in local government and other public service agencies. Aspiring Women Leaders 2010.

 


Future Leadership programme

find out more about the Future Leadership programmeFind out about the OPM/Ashridge programme for leaders of local services. Future Leadership addresses the role of leadership in changing organisational cultures.