Invitation
to join
the
Consultation Key Advisory Panel.
Alarm has as one of its strategic
objectives “To represent the interests of public service risk
practitioners by…..Responding to governmental and industry
consultation documents affecting risk and insurance
matters”. As part of our plans for delivering this
objective, Alarm is creating a new concept for the organisation –
initially to be called a “key advisory panel”.
Producing a robust response to the many and
varied consultation documents issued by the government and other
bodies affecting public sector risk is problematical for a number
of reasons. Firstly the time scales sometimes imposed for
responses often inhibit wide scale circulation and coordination of
responses from all members, secondly, the responsibility for
producing a response often falls to one individual but opinions may
vary from sector to sector. How can we represent all these
views and how do we spread the workload to make a cohesive and
fully representative response achievable? Thirdly, how do we
ensure that we identify all the documents issued to organisations
such as ours for comment?
The “Key Advisory Panel” will act as the eyes
and ears of Alarm. The panel’s role will be to scan for
relevant consultation or other documents and/or receive
notification from Members or affiliates that a document has been
issued and to provide an initial view to the Board as to whether
the subject warrants a formal response from Alarm. Where
required, the panel will be asked to formulate a draft response
which can then be made available via the web site, if time permits,
for comment by interested members before a final formal response is
made.
In the past, issues around amendments to the
civil procedures protocols and other insurance related legislation
have featured strongly in the sort of documents we feel we should
be representing your views on, but increasingly proposals affecting
legislation and policy changes and, more recently, draft standards
are likely to feature more prominently, all with potential risk
implications for member organisations.
We are therefore looking to appoint a small
panel (probably around six initially) of experienced risk and other
managers from as diverse a background as possible to sit on the
panel for a two year period initially, as we would like to rotate
membership to spread the experience and maintain as wide a
viewpoint as possible. Whilst no remuneration can be offered,
reasonable expenses will be met where a formal meeting is
necessary, although we expect much of the business will be
conducted by teleconference or e-mail. Where necessary,
attendance at specific events or workshops related to the subject
matter may be funded by Alarm to aid appreciation of the topic
under consideration.
If you are an experienced practitioner in risk
and insurance, or a related field, are currently in possession of
an RRP accreditation or a professional risk management or other
professional qualification, and are interested in helping Alarm to
better represent the views of the membership across the wider
public service arena, please get in touch. Please provide a
brief summary (no more than 500 words) of why you wish to be
considered for the panel and what skills and experience you would
bring to it and e-mail it to admin@alarm-uk.org with
“Consultation KAP” in the subject box before Friday 8 May
2009.