IGE UK Public Policy
In 1999, supported by the Comino and Gordon Cook Foundations, IGE UK undertook a long-term project on values and responsibility in society, entitled "Building a Responsible Society" that would seek to encourage a culture of increased personal responsibility throughout the United Kingdom. The project has as its vision:
"A society in which people throughout the United Kingdom feel encouraged and empowered to exercise personal responsibility in their individual lives and wider communities."
As part of the "Building a Responsible Society" project, IGE UK has organized a series of consultations at St George's House, the study centre within Windsor Castle:
Phase 3: April 2003-March 2006
- Drivers of Responsibility (Sept 2003)
(with the RSA) - Drivers of Responsibility (March 2004)
Click here to view the report from the September 2003 and March 2004 consultations in
Word or 
PDF format . - Drivers of Responsibility (June 2004)
(with Alcohol Focus Scotland, Crime Concern, Encams (Tidy Britain) and Sanctuary Housing Click here to view the report from this consultation) Click here to view the report from this consultation in either Word or PDF format . - Personal Responsibility and Civic Leaders (March and June 2005)
(with the London Mayors Association) Click here to view the report from this consultation.
2006 Joint lecture series with the RSA
- The Foundations of Global Morality joint RSA Lecture by Baroness Mary Warnock DBE (Feb 2006) at the RSA
- The Nationalisation of Responsibility joint RSA lecture by Richard Reeves (Feb 2006) at the Merchants Hall, Edinburgh
- The Dying Tradition of Civic Leadership? Joint RSA lecture by Lord Phillips of Sudbury OBE (March 2006) at the RSA
- The Role of the Civic Mayor in the 21 st Century (July 2006)
- Shared Values: what are they and what do they mean? (Dec 2006) (with the RSA)
- Promoting Ethical Understanding and Sensitive Care in Prisons (March 2007)
Phase 2: April 2001-March 2003
- Consultation on new UK-wide award scheme on citizenship (March 2001)
- Personal Responsibility and the Criminal Justice System (June 2001)
(with the Institute for Public Policy Research) - Citizenship Values Awards Scheme (December 2001)
(with the Citizenship Foundation) - Citizenship Values Awards Inaugural Meeting: National Advisory Panel (January 2002)
- Responsible Parenting: Society's Role? (May 2002)
(with the National Family and Parenting Institute and the Parent Support Forum) - Responsibility in the Media (June 2002)
- The Case for a Centre for Media Ethics in a Democratic Society (December 2002)
(with the Media Society, The Institute of Communication Ethics, the International Communications Forum, and the PressWise Trust, at the Newsroom, The Guardian and Observer Visitor Centre) - Journalism and Media Ethics in a Democracy (March 2003)
Phase 1: April 1999-March 2001
- Values, Rights, and Responsibilities (June 1999)
- The Human Rights Act as a Source of Common Values (November 1999)
- Responsibility and the Human Rights Act (April 2000)
- So You Want to Change the World? (September 2000)
- The Human Rights Act: Threat or Promise? (December 2000)
This consultation led directly to the launching of the UK-wide impetus youth awards programme. - The Conscience of the Journalist: Individual Responsibility in the Media (January 2001)
(with the Media Society, at the Reform Club, Pall Mall, London) Click here to view the report from this consultation .
For further information, please call 020-7486-1954 or email Philip Doyle.
