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The collated information below relates to current leadership training opportunities for the Cultural Sector. It contains information on:

MLA London is pleased to invite applications from staff working in museums, libraries and archives in the 33 London boroughs to take part in its Local Area Agreement Programme. 

The Libraries for Learning project has now produced its final report, Londoners Still Need to Read. This report contains an overview of Skills for life in libraries and museums and MLA London's work to date in the area, highlights the outputs and outcomes of the project, and makes recommendations for taking the successful work of the project forward.

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Over 40 museums, libraries and archives in 25 London boroughs will be hosting activities to celebrate the Olympic handover from Beijing to London in August, the Paralympic Handover on 17 September, and the launch of the Cultural Olympiad at the end of September.

This will mark the first Phase of the national Setting the Pace programme which MLA London has been developing with MLA Council and our sector for the whole of the Cultural Olympiad which runs from September this year until 2012.

On Tuesday library users and staff from libraries across London were met by Bill Rammell, Minister for Lifelong Learning at an event in central London to celebrate the Skilled for Health project which has been taking place in five boroughs.

At its meeting on Thursday 22 May the Board of MLA London approved the details of the new organisational structure and budget for 2008-9, following a staff consultation on proposed redundancies.

As a result of the reduction in its core grant by 25%, MLA Council, the Government's agency for museums, libraries and archives, is reconfiguring its regional operations outside London. MLA London will be discussing its future governance model with MLA Council in the coming months.

An improvement strategy for culture and sport. 

Launched at the LGA's culture, sport and tourism conference in Liverpool on 14 March 2008, this strategy paper outlines the framework for improvement in the culture and sport sector. It includes the mechanisms and tools to support self-improvement. It clarifies the roles and responsibilities in delivering the strategy of all the major stakeholders in the culture and sport sector. This is in line with the National Performance Framework and the National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy.