News - 2007
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December
Taking forward the change – presentation now online - (21/12/07)
During November and December 2007 the ESA Implementation Team held a series of meetings with Chairpersons, Chief Executives, and senior management in the education sector organisations...
Meeting the ELB Chief Executives - (21/12/07)
On 10 December, DE Permanent Secretary Will Haire and ESA Chief Executive (Designate) Gavin Boyd, once again joined the Chief Executives of the five Education and Library Boards for an update...
Managing the change together - (09/12/07)
The ESA Implementation Team, led by Gavin Boyd, has been undertaking a series of face to face workshops during November and December to set out a change management strategy to guide the journey to ESA...
Further engagement with Chief Executives of ELBs - (03/12/07)
Department of Education Permanent Secretary Will Haire and ESA Chief Executive (Designate) Gavin Boyd, have once again met with the Chief Executives of the Education and Library Boards...
November
Consultative Group for Financial and Accounting systems project established - (30/11/07)
A Consultative Group has now been established for the Financial and Accounting systems project. The group consists of representatives ...
Engagement with leaders key to success of education RPA - (22/11/07)
As part of a continuing programme of engagement with key players in education, Gavin Boyd attended the October meeting of the Association of Chief Executives of the Education and Library Boards ...
ESA – an opportunity for change - (16/11/07)
In the November edition of ‘termtalk’, the newsletter of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland, Gavin Boyd outlines the changes that ESA will bring and why that’s good news for teachers ...
Membership of ESA ICT Programme Board announced - (05/11/07)
As an important early step in taking forward the Convergence Programme, an ESA ICT Programme Board has been established. The new Programme Board has been set up to oversee the funding ...
October
Convergence Programme – new ESA ICT Programme Board established - (17/10/07)
A significant step forward has been made in the Convergence Programme to prepare for the establishment of ESA. Chief Executives ...
Gavin Boyd reinforces the case for change - (22/10/07)
ESA Chief Executive (Designate) Gavin Boyd was the key note speaker at the recent annual general meeting of the Chief Executives’ Forum. Addressing leaders from across the public sector...
Vacancy Control update - (17/10/07)
The current Vacancy Control policy was implemented in November 2006 with the objective of minimising the risk of redundancies as a result of decisions arising from the Review of Public Administration (RPA) ...
Ministerial Statement to Chairs - (10/10/07)
Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane has met with the Chairpersons of the educational sector bodies to update them on the Review of Public Administration and the progress of the Convergence Programme ...
HR Update - (02/10/07)
On Monday 2 October officers from ESAIT met with HR Managers in the RPA affected organisations and with Trade Union representatives in the Joint Education HR Forum ...
September
ESAIT submission to Assembly Education Committee - (28/09/07)
On Friday 28 September Gavin Boyd and his team briefed Northern Ireland Assembly Education Committee members on the progress made to date in taking forward the Convergence Programme ...
July
Minister writes to teachers on RPA - (19/07/07)
The Minister for Education, Catríona Ruane, made a statement on 19th July in which she set out her plans for progressing the change for the Review of Public Administration in education ...
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