Archives for July 14th, 2004

STIR IT UP: LESSONS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY

Book News, PublicNet: 14 July, 2004

By Rinku Sen and Kim KleinThe authors identify the key priorities and strategies that can help advance the mission of any social change group. This groundbreaking book addresses the unique challenges and opportunities for activist groups and provides concrete guidance for community organizations of all orientations. It sets out the steps of building and mobilizing a constituency and implementing key strategies that can effect social change. The book is filled with illustrative case studies that highlight best organizing practices in action and each chapter contains tools that can help groups tailor the model for their own organizational needs. It describes how to design and conduct actions that further campaign goals, develop effective leaders and build strong alliances and networks.

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PUBLIC SECTOR LACKING IN JOB APPEAL

Headlines, PublicNet: 14 July, 2004

Although ninety per cent of jobseekers surveyed by totaljobs.com, a UK jobs board, would consider applying for a public sector post, there are perceptions which may make them think twice. Eighty-two per cent of respondents see the public sector as bureaucratic, 66 per cent believed it is an ungenerous employer and 50 per cent were concerned about limited job prospects. A further 65 per cent said that public sector employers did not have a modern outlook.Comparisons with private businesses also proved worrying. Only 15 per cent of those surveyed thought public bodies paid high salaries, compared with 69 per cent who believed the private sector had deeper pockets. Forty-four per cent of jobseekers also felt that private sector employers were more effective at promoting the benefits of working for them, while 22 per cent favoured the public sector.

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EFFICIENCY TOPS PUBLIC SERVICE AGENDA

Headlines, PublicNet: 14 July, 2004

The first ever review to look across the totality of public services is set to put efficiency at the top of the agenda of all public sector managers. ‘Releasing Resources to the Front Line – Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency’ produced by Sir Peter Gershon, former Head of the Office for Government Commerce, aims to embed an efficiency agenda in the fabric of the public sector. The report pulls together efficiency measures already in progress, provides maps for securing efficiencies in functions common to all public bodies, provides a framework for monitoring delivery of efficiency plans and lays the groundwork for an on-going search for efficiency.The report, which has been accepted by the Government, has identified measures which by 2008 will produce annual savings of some 21b pounds. Central government will contribute 8m pounds to the total and local government and the health service will each contribute some 6.4m pounds.

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