The North Somerset Local Area Agreement (LAA) is a three-year agreement between the Government, ourselves and our partners.
The LAA is aimed at improving the quality of life for local people through better joint working practices and by strengthening local services. It is a key delivery mechanism of the Sustainable Community Strategy.
We have agreed and submitted a new LAA which runs from June 2008 until March 2011.
The new LAA contains 69 targets aimed at tackling local priorities and is based around four key policy areas:
· Children and young people
· Economic development and environment
· Health and wellbeing
· Safer and stronger communities
The targets were agreed by the Government Office for the South West, representing Government, and the North Somerset Partnership (NSP), acting on behalf of the local area.
The NSP is made up of key agencies from within the local private, voluntary and statutory sectors.
At the end of the three years if certain challenging targets are met the area will be eligible to receive additional reward grant funding.
The new LAA could attract an additional £1.1m into the area.