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21^st September 2009, Lancaster University Conference Centre
The North West Coastal Forum is pleased to announce a free half day seminar on 21st September for local authority planners and other coastal stakeholders from North West England and North Wales.

The event is endorsed by the RTPI North West Branch and will count towards continuing professional development for planners.

NI 185 - Energy and CRC Events

NWIEP (the body that funds CLASP) and the Office of Government Commerce are running two free workshops which may be of interest to you or your colleagues.

Wed 9th September am Preston
Energy Procurement in a Volatile Market

What you need to know about the energy markets - How to manage risk more effectively - How to provide greater budget certainty - How to secure the best deal for your organization - How to reduce costs and save money with sustainability initiatives and AMR

Three barrage and two near-shore lagoon proposals shortlisted

The UK government has published its response to the first Severn Tidal Power consultation, confirming high level analysis of the impact of three barrages and two lagoons and is working to bring for

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Local Improvement Advisors - Free consultancy resource

Local Improvement Advisers (LIAs) provide free advice, coaching, training and mentoring to support local partnerships to deliver public services through the new performance framework and LAA/MAAs; to develop ambitious responses to the drivers presented by CAA and, in the case of climate change, the Carbon Reduction Commitment.

The scheme is funded by the RIEP network (which also funds CLASP) and there is no limit to how much support we could access in the NW, for climate change support.

The Natural Economy Northwest programme is in its third and final year. We endeavour to get all our reports and products onto our website as soon as they are finished. This newsletter (attached below) is the first of three before December 2009 to raise awareness of products as they become available. We will also let you know on the action we are taking to embed the legacy within business as usual in the Northwest.  Finally, we welcome feedback on your use of any of our products.

CLASP has today launched -   NI 186 Briefings - A guide to the Greatest Hits for Carbon Savings in your LSP

This is a unique pack of 10 briefings designed to help NW Local Authorities and LSPs develop Action Plans for National Indicator NI186 - reducing per capita CO2 emissions.