City & Town Councils / Know-How
Programmes

Go West has teamed up with the city of Leeds and the town of Rugby to arrange 'know-how' visits, seminars and discussions - to give an insight into how political, economic and social life works in both places.

Suitable for councillors, politicians and professionals from new EU member states and rapidly developing economies (e.g Brazil, China), programmes can be tailored to the specific requirements of the delegation. Some recent examples include:

- Social and health care services
- Housing projects
- Town and city planning
- Road and transport networks
- Environmental improvements
- Job creation schemes
- Waste management
- Local government structure
- Leisure amenities and green spaces
- Social inclusion and community cohesion
- Education system
- Support of small businesses

Sample programme in Leeds : 'Managing Waste'

Day 1:

Arrival in Leeds, check-in to hotel, dinner with the city's Head of Environmental Services

Day 2:

'Waste Disposal'. Morning: Talk by Head of Environmental Services 'The Waste Strategy and New Infrastructure', followed by visit to a local landfill site.

Afternoon: visit to a company specialising in the disposal of electrical waste, followed by a tour of a Household Waste Sorting Site, and a description on disposing of hazardous and clinical waste

Dinner with Leeds Strategy and Development Manager and the city's Recycling, Refuse and Minimisation Officer

Day 3:

'Waste Collection'. Morning: visit to a Materials Recycling Facility to see the recycling of different materials

Afternoon: in Central Leeds visiting a Social Enterprise Scheme at a local furniture store

Dinner : at leisure

Day 4: