Issue - meetings

(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.

With reference to article 13 of the minute of meeting of 30 January 2024, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of City Regeneration and Environment which sought approval for travel and attendance at European engagements in November and December 2024, proposed as alternatives to travel previously approved in the International Travel 2024/25 report.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(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.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.