Welcome to Nottingham!

Welcome from Cllr. Jane Urquhart Transport Portfolio Holder, Nottingham City Council

Keynote presentation: ‘How to get 20% of all trips every day by bike by 2020’, Professor John Whitelegg, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York

Introduction to the conference theme: Partnership working Pedals experience in Nottingham Hugh McClintock, Pedals

Panel discussion and question & answer session Existing and potential partnership working at national level: NHS: (Healthy Town Project, Tewkesbury), Emma Shibli, Gloucestershire County Council and Healthy Town Project Coordinator. Rail operators: Dr. Paul Salveson, MBE, Northern Rail Community partnerships. Rosie Tharp, London Cycling Campaign. Workplace cycle challenges: Thomas Stokell, Challenge for Change

12.25-12.30: Cutting of the Pedals 30th birthday cake by Cllr. Jane Urquhart Many thanks to Sara Basterfield, CTC, for a very generous personal donation towards its cost!

12.30-13.00: Forthcoming campaigns CTC: Roger Geffen, Policy & Campaigns Manager Cyclenation: Andre Curtin, Chair. Twenty’s Plenty for Us: Rod King, Campaign Coordinator

Lunch break 13.00-14.00: Lunch including visiting displays and cycling photographs, and including distribution of Pedals 30th birthday cake, and a ‘History of Pedals – 1979-2009’ revolving slide show.

Partnership working in Nottm Partnership working in Nottingham and the role of the Greater Nottingham Cycling Development Group (CDG)’, Gary Smerdon-White of the Greater Nottingham Transport Partnership’

Partnership working in Nottm ‘The Nottingham Cycling for Health Project’, Murat Basaran, Cycling for Health Project Manager, Ridewise / NHS Nottingham City / Cycling England / Cycling for health project

Workshops: 2 sessions 14.30-14.35: Briefing for workshops 15.20-15.35: Tea and coffee break 15.35-16.15: Workshops Session 2 Please return here promptly by 16.20!

16.20-17.00: Closing session 16.20: ‘Working with other environmental and transport partners, past, present and future: reflections from digging through my old files!’, - Don Mathew, former campaigner with Friends of the Earth, CTC & Sustrans, etc. 16.50: Closing remarks: Hugh McClintock, Pedals

Failed partnerships (c.f. David Wilcox, www.partnerships.org.uk) A history of conflict among key interests. One partner manipulates or dominates. Lack of clear purpose. Unrealistic goals. Differences of philosophy and ways of working. Lack of communication.

Failed partnerships (c.f. David Wilcox, www.partnerships.org.uk) Unequal and unacceptable balance of power and control. Key interests missing from the partnership. Hidden agendas. Financial and time commitments outweigh the potential benefits.

Successful partnerships (c.f. David Wilcox, www.partnerships.org.uk) Agreement that a partnership is necessary. Respect and trust between different interests. The leadership of a respected individual or individuals. Commitment of key interests developed through a clear and open process. The development of a shared vision of what might be achieved. Time to build the partnership.

Successful partnerships (c.f. David Wilcox, www.partnerships.org.uk) Shared mandates or agendas. The development of compatible ways of working, and flexibility. Good communication, perhaps aided by a facilitator. Collaborative decision-making, with a commitment to achieving consensus. Effective organisational management.