Decision details

(a)      approve international travel and overseas conference attendance to support City Development and Regeneration activity as detailed below, and subject to the maximum expenditure set out in paragraph 4.1:

(1)    One Elected Member plus one officer to attend European Hydrogen Week in Brussels, Belgium between 17 – 22 November 2024; and

(2)    One officer to attend JIVE/REVIVE Demand Aggregation Workshop in Groningen, Netherlands between 3 – 4 December 2024;

(b)      delegate authority to the Chief Officer – City Development and Regeneration to authorise necessary and appropriate travel documentation and associated expenditure for the travel noted in (a) above, provided costs do not exceed the budget referred to in paragraph 4.1 of this report and that all arrangements are made in line with current Council travel policies; and

(c)      agree that the outcomes of the overseas activity proposed in (a) will be provided to this Committee by way of the planned annual Service Update in March 2025.