Policy Advice – Local, National and International
As a National and International Policy Adviser Robin Hambleton has:
• Served as Adviser to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance (2008/09). For his report on Civic Leadership for Auckland
• Served as Adviser to the UK local government Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) (2008/09). For his series on International Insights
• Served as Adviser to the Council of Europe’s Conference of Ministers responsible for local and regional governance (2008/09)
• Served as Adviser to the Whitehall Innovation Hub in the UK National School of Government (2008/09)
• Served as Co-President of the City Futures 2009 International Conference, Madrid, June 2009 (2008/09). More information on City Futures 2009
• Served as a Special Adviser on Local Government to Committees in the UK Parliament – in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords
• Served as an Academic Adviser on Local Democracy to Ministers in UK central government and has helped to draft legislation
• Served as Consultant on urban indicators and urban policy to the European Union Committee of the Regions (CoR)
• Served as Consultant on policies for distressed urban areas to the OECD, Paris
• Served for several years on the Board of the UK local government Improvement and Development Agency www.idea.gov.uk
• Provided advice and consultancy services to:
- Atlantic Fellowships
- Australian Local Government
- Chicago City
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council
- Council of Europe
- Ditchley Foundation
- European Commission
- Harkness Fellowships
- Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) for local government
- Local Government Association (LGA)
- Local Government Management Network
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- New Zealand Local Government
- Numerous cities in Europe and North America
- Royal Commission on Auckland Governance
- Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)
- The 21st Century Trust
- US Congress for New Urbanism (CNU)
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- US International City Management Association (ICMA)
- US National League of Cities (NLC)
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Whitehall Innovation Hub
• Served on the International Committee of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Written several national guidance documents for English local government on leadership and strategic management – including guidance relating to local government reorganization, local authority leadership and city management. For example, the following were distributed to all local authority chief executives in England and Wales:
- ‘Shaping Future Authorities. Achieving Successful Organizational Change’ (with Andrew Holder) (1995) for the Local Government Management Board
- ‘Modernisation: Developing Managerial Leadership’ (1999) for the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)
- ‘The Council Manager Model - Enhancing Political and Managerial Leadership’ (2000) for the Local Government Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
Civic Leadership for Auckland
The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance commissioned Urban Answers to prepare a Briefing Paper on ‘Civic Leadership for Auckland: An International Perspective’. Published in July 2008 this report puts forward a new conceptual framework for understanding civic leadership. It adopts a global perspective and examines the changing context for civic leadership as well as the shift from ‘government’ to ‘governance’. Based on a review of the literature and as well as current challenges facing metropolitan areas it puts forwards ‘pointers’ for civic leadership in the Auckland city region.
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International Insights
The UK Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) for local government commissioned Urban Answers to prepare a series of five short articles (published in The MJ as well as on the IDeA website) on international lesson drawing for local government. Supported by the Local Government Association (LGA), the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE), the European Association of Chief Executives (UDITE), the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the European Urban Research Association (EURA) the articles provide up to date reports on bold local government innovation in Australia, Italy, Sweden the USA. Cities featured in the series include:
• Melbourne – the transformation of the central area
• Milan – an imaginative strategic project for the entire city region
• Chicago – the excellent 311 non-emergency phone service providing a highly personalized public service
• Malmo – an industrial town that is now European leader in eco-friendly urban management
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