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ACE's Proposals: the Regional CouncilsWhat follows on this and subsequent pages (but not the comments on the final page) are extracts from the Arts Council of England's document "Working Together for the Arts", which was published on 18th July. The RABs will be replaced by regional councils, which will be full committees of the national organisation. The councils will be chaired by regionally-based members of the governing council of the new national body, appointed by the Secretary of State after a transparent public search and on the express understanding that they will be expected to serve also as regional chairs. The regional councils will have a membership mix which is similar to that of the present Boards. The Arts Council has in mind that each will have fifteen members, including the chair. Six (that is to say, two-fifths of the total) will be nominated by local authorities and regional assemblies/government. The remaining nine members of the regional councils will be a mix of arts practitioners and prominent members of other regional interests (such as industry, commerce, the Regional Development Agencies, academia and the other professions) chosen after a transparent process of nomination and selection. The governing council of the new national body will formally appoint the chairs and all the members of each regional council, however they have been nominated. The executive directors of each regional executive office will be appointed by the chief executive of the new organisation and the chair and one or two other members of the regional council. For operational purposes they will report to the regional councils. But they will also have a direct line to the chief executive. At officer level, the regional executive directors will for the first time become a key component of national management of the system as a whole. These arrangements will be critical in ensuring that regional priorities and national planning are fully co-ordinated through a process of shared decision-making. Outline Articles Indices: |
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