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In addition to B ristol-focused work, Marvin Rees (with the UoB) visited European Commission officials, EUROCITIES, and West of England MEPs in

Brussels

on 11-

12 July. The visit, and Marvin’s

explanation of the cross-city response group was well-received in all meetings.

This meeting

has been called to take stock of progress since 24 May, and to decide on the key focus

of the groups’ work over the summer period, when little is expected to move forward re

negotiations or triggering Article 50 (although no guarantee).

Timescales:

[Updated note]

Theresa May’s current tour of Europe (France, German

y, Poland,

Slovakia…) shows that

informal discussions and positioning are already taking place bilaterally. BCC

has already sent a letter to David Davis to show Bristol’s commitment to feeding in to the discussions

from the city level, which could become more detailed as the Government forms its full position during the autumn before triggering article 50 and full negotiations probably in early 2017. We therefore recommend that that an initial draft of a response into government should be completed by the end of September 2016. Before then, we will ensure the key government partners know Bristol is committed to being involved in the process to ensure we get the right deal for cities.

Summary table: Recommended Actions

Listing the recommended actions for phase 1 and phase 2 from the four key strands.

1 Com m issionin g Gr oup

(following rec’s by Policy Group) to decide and establish where the city will collectively lobby central Govt, and where

individual sectors will use existing channels, eg business via Chamber Network. Clarity on WofE v Bristol activity + Core Cities channels

2 May or

to write to David Davis, to flag our activity, in-city collaboration, and wish to feed into negotiations from early on, and to flag our Brussels

Office and Marvin’s recent visit.

3 The May or

to offer Core Cities a route into the commission through our Bristol Brussels base.

4 International/Po licy team

to draft an initial response to government to circulate to Core Commissioning Group

5 The Mayor, or Cou ncillors, o r very senior city representative s

to make a set of personal visits to key partner cities and networks across Europe Aug-Oct, Potential to use the Cities and Regions week in Brussels 10-13 October to hold an event at the Bristol-Brussels, and Eurocities AG M in N ovemb er

6 Com m s group

develop comms strategy and agree clear key messages that all partners can communicate through their varied channels

7 Intern atio nal team

to carry out detailed work into the various models of engagement with the EU

Key strand: politi cal

PHASE 1

(political)

PHASE 2

(political)

13 Policy Group

(using info from Ref Group) identify which funding programmes and projects can be defined as ‘core business’ or ‘essential’, v ‘added value’ (across universities, voluntary sector, business, council)

14 Policy Group

to coordinate stakeholder mapping exercise across the city,

involving Ref Group, to determine which funding programmes are most relevant and essential to Bristol. Will involve universities, and city council.

VOSCUR

representative to lead for voluntary sector and

Business West

for the business sector

15 Policy Group

representatives to identify other alternative sources of funding (ongoing) and feed into central group

16 Policy Group

to feed in the outcomes of the funding and needs analysis in to the City’s response to central Government.

PHASE 2

(Funding)

Key strand: Funding

PHASE 1

(Funding)

8

Monitor situation of agencies dealing with the immediate concerns relating to a) hate crime and questions b) concerns of EU nationals in particular. Where necessary explore short term support/redirection of queries/easily accessible information.

10

Continuation of data analysis to identify targeted engagement actions with disaffected /vulnerable communities, and develop engagement plan.

11

Identify which issues need to be raised with Government (such as Women’s rights in law, right to remain of current EU Nationals working and

studying here etc.)

12

Better linked and sharing of regular multi-agency hate crime monitoring/ numbers reports. Schools/ youth services to be included where possible.

PHASE 2

(communities)

9

Clarification on systems in place for hate crime and far right

.

Key strand: Communit ies

PHASE 1