The importance of the Data4nr service run by OCSI for the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG) has been recognised in the recently published statutory guidance on the economic assessment duty:
“The majority of nationally provided data sets for local development are signposted on data4nr.net (data for neighbourhoods and regeneration) and these are updated as [...]
The Cabinet Office Social Exclusion Task Force have just published their work on tackling social exclusion for older people in rural areas, feeding into the government’s Ageing Strategy ‘Building a Society for all Ages’. The work examines evidence on the social exclusion experienced by older people in rural areas, including needs analysis commissioned from OCSI.
Our work [...]
Public organisations increasingly need to understand local-level economic trends and drivers. To address this need, OCSI in partnership with GeoWise have developed the Local Economic Monitor (www.local-economic-monitor.org) to:
monitor key economic indicators for all English local authorities, showing the impact of recent trends;
visualise time series data, including change over recent periods;
present fully updated datasets, showing the [...]
Read more...OCSI have been commissioned by the Department of Communities and Local Government to carry out a review of the many approaches to visualising data. The project will seek to understand the potential for visualisations in the analysis and communication of data, and provide guidance for national and local analysts on making best use of visualisation.
Work [...]
The Social Exclusion Task Force (SETF) at the Cabinet Office has commissioned OCSI to carry out needs analysis as part of the SETF “Services to older people in rural areas” project (project details and the call for evidence are here). This analysis brings together two of OCSI’s major programmes of work:
Identifying rural exclusion: We are working [...]
Read more...In work OCSI have led for the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG), Audit Commission and Local Government Association, we have identified how national and regional partners can more effectively support local partner research and analysis for decision-making. The report includes recommendations for national, regional, and local organisations for strengthening support for local partners.
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OCSI Director Tom Smith has been appointed as a Local Improvement Advisor, specialising in helping local partners build analytical capability and strengthen performance management.
The Local Improvement Advisors are a panel available to support Local Authorities and Local Strategic Partnerships improve delivery of public services, and have been setup as part of the government’s National Improvement [...]
OCSI’s work on Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration (Data4nr) and the South-East Equalities and Diversity Tool was highlighted at the recent Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) session on Equality data mapping.
The Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration (Data4nr) service identifies and signposts datasets for targeting, monitoring, priority setting, performance management etc. Indicators are available by theme [...]
Read more...OCSI presented our work on rural deprivation at a seminar on December 5th organised by the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). You can download the seminar programme, and the OCSI presentation.
For further information on our rural deprivation work for CRC see www.ocsi.co.uk/projects/rural-share.php, and for our rural [...]
The Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration (Data4nr) tool - www.data4nr.net - has been updated and extended. Commissioned from OCSI by the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG), Data4nr identifies and signposts the datasets available for targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at a neighbourhood level.
This update is part of the development being carried out [...]
