2018-2019 North East Partnership Programme
Each year, the Freight Partnership produces a plan setting out how we will
take forward our freight strategy over the next 12 months. The Plan for
2018/19 contains a number of tasks which are listed below.
Task A – Project Management
· Organise quarterly Partnership meetings
· Prepare and circulate agenda
· Prepare power point (Develop a fresh new slide design)
· Circulate minutes
· Write half yearly and annual progress reports
· Attend monthly progress meetings to discuss the tasks undertaken or
completed
· On-going monitoring of tasks – budget and quality
Task B – Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS)
Continuation of Recruitment programme
· Arranged, promoted and delivered 10 practitioner workshops
· Provision of a local authority transport manager workshop and ongoing
advice
· Promotion of FORS at quarterly meetings and through the marketing team
· Work with North East authorities through the use of a dedicated
relationship manager
· Monitor and report on the progress of schemes in the North East
· Liaise with the FORS Community Partnership (FCP) to assist the delivery
of schemes in the region
Task C – Review of Mapping
The suite of online destination maps which have previously been continually
updated will be date marked and reviewed in order to:
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Validate
the value of online destination maps available through stakeholder
consultation
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Promote
use of the maps through institutions (i.e. Road Haulage Association,
Freight Transport Association, etc.)
Task D – Freight on Rail
· Create an agreed strategy to encourage development and use of rail
freight in the region
· Facilitate the biannual Rail Partner Group meetings
· Create a dedicated rail freight webpage on the Rail Partner Group website
Task E – Water Freight Group
· Development of a Water Freight Working Group
· Circulate outcomes from the Working Group
Task F – Safety of the Vulnerable Road User
· Develop and update best practice material online
· Provision of three fully funded Safe Urban Driving/VanSmart courses
Task G - Promoting the Partnership and Information Exchange
· Facilitate a series of meetings with interested parties
· Develop and distribute a newsletter bi-annually
· Production of an annual leaflet housed on the Partnership’s website
· Actively manage the Partnership’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts
and pages
Task H – Partnership Information
· Update website periodically
· Review the use of two Truck Information Points (TIP)
· Circulate newsflashes by email in addition to publishing on the website
· Monitor benefits of the Partnership
Task I – Driver / Operator of the Year Award
· Promote nominations and select the Driver of the Year Award
· Promote nominations and select the Operator of the Year Award
Task J – University /Student Liaison
· Provide support and work experience for three or more NewRail/Northumbria
students
· Present progress at Partnership meetings
Task K – Driver Skills and Recruitment
· Facilitation of at least two skills groups meetings
· Establish a Terms of Reference for the core skills group
· Attend stakeholder events
· Progress the action plan
Task L –Liaison with Transport for the North
· Attend Transport for the North events
· Provision of data and information when requested and where possible
Task M –Additional Funding Sources
· Secure increased funding for the Partnership
· Undertake and complete additional and enhanced tasks
Additional Task - Use of technology and new ideas in ITS to benefit
logistics
· Review of available and future ITS technology
· Assessment of its applicability to the North East
Additional Task - Investigate the impacts of Brexit on freight and how
it is transported in the region
· Report into Brexit and how it may impact on the North East Freight and
logistics sector