Next Steps
We will further develop, test and refine the Framework for ethical and effective information use, in the following ways:
- We will continue our research activity with our partner sites, with a greater focus on evaluation and further testing key ideas, principles and practices.
- We will conduct a call for evidence and review how the eight information use Practices we have identified are being employed. This will enable us to map and describe the field, showcase key examples of local authority innovation and learning, and bring to light barriers and challenges faced, within a strong conceptual framework.
- We will consult with children and families on our Framework, our findings and their implications.
- In work led by Research in Practice we will develop and produce a range of outputs, including materials to support local authorities and practitioners in understanding and implementing the four core Approaches to information use and the eight key Practices.
- We will deepen work on impact and engagement, including active engagement with government. The CIP will conclude with a conference for local authority practitioners.
- We will work with academic institutions and Research in Practice on a sustainability model intended to support continued use of the project learning and materials.
We anticipate that this programme of activity will support improvements in:
- local, network and national collective understanding of the importance and value of children’s information and its use
- national public acceptance of ethical uses of data
- national datasets and their use
- national and local policy and practice