Our Governance & Policies
KMEP’s Terms of Reference can be found here.
As a federated board of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, KMEP Board Members are bound by the following SELEP policies:
- Code of Conduct
- Complaints Policy
- Register of Interests Policy
- SELEP Assurance Framework - This provides details on financial governance
- Subsistence and Hospitality Policy - Please note KMEP does not provide expenses or a salary to any of its board members.
- Whistleblowing Policy
- KMEP’s diversity statement can be found in its terms of reference.
Confidential Reporting of Complaints
KMEP has made all attempts to ensure that it operates in a fully transparent and engaging way, with its business partners, press and members of the public. However, if a member of the public wishes to complain about a particular function of KMEP, this can be done in writing to the KMEP Secretariat c/o County Hall, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ.
The Board Members and KMEP Secretariat also agree to abide by the SELEP Confidential Reporting of Complaints Policy, which is available at: http://www.southeastlep.com/images/uploads/resources/Confidential_reporting_of_complaints_draft_for_approval_010218.pdf
The SELEP Confidential Reporting of Complaints Policy includes:
- A confidential means for third parties or the public to contact the LEP, for example a secure website or secure form on the LEP website.
- An outline of how third parties and the public can raise confidential allegations and concerns
- An outline of how the LEP will investigate and respond to confidential complaints, including reassurance that confidentiality will be maintained.
- Detail of how the LEP will respond to anonymous allegations should be included.
- The Policy also outlines the information that complainants should provide when making a complaint.
- An outline of each of the stages of the complaints process with indicative timescales for each.