Cross Border Taskgroup

Cross Border Taskgroup

Notes of the Meeting - 24 June 2003
Notes of the Meeting - April 4 2003

Final Report of the Cross Border Task Group – Framework for Action (in .pdf format)

The final report of the Task Group West Midlands Mid-Wales Cross Border Issues: Framework for Action’ was circulated at the June 05 Forum to Members and a mailing list of interested parties drawn from across the region and nationally. A scoping meeting has recently taken place and an event will be organised in the spring of 2007, aimed at strategic local authority representatives from West Midlands and Mid Wales to consider the ‘Framework for Action Research & Consultation Report’ and develop a concordat.

Membership
Gareth Roberts Countryside Council for Wales	01248 385678 dolwen@supanet.com
Mike Cheadle Advantage West Midlands	0121 380 3699 mikecheadle@advantagewm.co.uk
Nick Read Agricultural Chaplain for Hereford Diocese (includes parts of Powys) and West Mids Rural Affairs Forum Deputy Chair	01588 680609 agchap@tiscali.co.uk
Peter Knights English Nature	01952 247161 peter.knights@english-nature.org.uk
Sian Rudling Defra – Rural Development Service	01952 234007 sian.rudling@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Nigel Jones Countryside Agency	01952 247161 nigel.jones@countryside.gov.uk
Jasper Roberts Welsh Assembly Government - Rural Policy Division – Head of Rural Policy Division	029 2082 3833 jasper.roberts@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Ann Watkin Welsh Development Agency – Head of Rural Policy	01686 613112 ann.watkin@wda.co.uk
Bill Heslegrave Forestry Commission	01905 761220 bill.heslegrave@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Matthew Dobson English Heritage	0121 625 6827 matthew.dobson@english-heritage.org.uk
Andrew Richards Senior Food and Farming Advise National Farmers Union	01952-409238 andrew.richards@nfu.org.uk
Paul Shevlin Chief Executive Oswestry Borough Council, representing the Shropshire Partnership	01691 677201 paul.shevlin@oswestry-bc.gov.uk
Carl Moss Environment Agency	01743 272828 carl.moss@environment-agency.gov.uk
Kate Docherty Local Government Association	k.docherty@wmlga.gov.uk
Note: Kate has only recently joined the Working Group and has not attended any meetings yet.
Carol Johnson is our contact for the wider Rural Affairs Forum at Government Office West Midlands carol.johnson@gowm.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 0121 352 5371.

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