Issue - meetings

(i)       approves the Lord Provost/one Elected Member plus one officer to attend High Wind 2024 in Stavanger, Norway between 11-12 March 2024;

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

(a)    The Lord Provost plus one officer to attend the World Energy Council Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands between 22 – 25 April 2024;

(b)    The Lord Provost plus one officer to attend the World Energy Cities Partnership AGM in Stavanger, Norway between 22 – 25 August 2024;

(c)    One Elected Member plus one officer to attend the Hydrogen Dialogue Summit and Expo in Nuremberg, Germany between 4 – 5 December 2024;

(d)    The Lord Provost/one Elected Member plus one officer to attend the World Energy Cities Partnership Board Meeting at CERA Week Conference in Houston, USA in March 2025;

(iii)      approves international travel and overseas conference attendance to support Tall Ships 2025 as detailed below, and subject to the maximum expenditure set out in paragraph 4.2:

(a)    Two officers to attend the Tall Ships Host Port Seminar (European location TBC), in July 2024;

(b)    Three officers to attend Sail Training International and Tall Ships Conference (European location TBC), in November 2024;

(c)    Two officers to attend a Tall Ships Site Visit in Dunkirk, France, in Spring 2025;

(iv)     delegates authority to the Chief Officer – City Growth to authorise necessary and appropriate travel documentation and associated expenditure for the travel noted in 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 above, provided costs do not exceed the budget referred to in Section 4 of this report and that all arrangements are made in line with current Council travel policies; and

(v)      agrees that the outcomes of overseas activity proposed for 2024/25 will be provided to this Committee by way of an annual Service Update.

With reference to article 6 of the minute of meeting of 6 July 2023, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which sought approval for a visit to Stavanger in March 2024; and approval of proposed international travel by officers and elected members in order to support relevant City Growth activities in 2024/25.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the Lord Provost/one Elected Member plus one officer to attend High Wind 2024 in Stavanger, Norway between 11-12 March 2024;

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

(1)    The Lord Provost plus one officer to attend the World Energy Council Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands between 22 – 25 April 2024;

(2)    The Lord Provost plus one officer to attend the World Energy Cities Partnership AGM in Stavanger, Norway between 22 – 25 August 2024;

(3)    One Elected Member plus one officer to attend the Hydrogen Dialogue Summit and Expo in Nuremberg, Germany between 4 – 5 December 2024;

(4)    The Lord Provost/one Elected Member plus one officer to attend the World Energy Cities Partnership Board Meeting at CERA Week Conference in Houston, USA in March 2025;

(c)      approve international travel and overseas conference attendance to support Tall Ships 2025 as detailed below, and subject to the maximum expenditure set out in paragraph 4.2:

(1)    Two officers to attend the Tall Ships Host Port Seminar (European location TBC), in July 2024;

(2)    Three officers to attend Sail Training International and Tall Ships Conference (European location TBC), in November 2024;

(3)    Two officers to attend a Tall Ships Site Visit in Dunkirk, France, in Spring 2025;

(d)      delegate authority to the Chief Officer – City Growth to authorise necessary and appropriate travel documentation and associated expenditure for the travel noted in (a), (b) and (c) above, provided costs do not exceed the budget referred to in Section 4 of this report and that all arrangements are made in line with current Council travel policies; and

(e)      agree that the outcomes of overseas activity proposed for 2024/25 will be provided to this Committee by way of an annual Service Update.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.