FAME is governed by a partnership based in the North East of England and includes the regional e-government partnership North East Connect, the Regional Centre for Excellence (NECE), Newcastle University (academic partner) and Newcastle City Council (accountable body). We are using the FAME toolkit in a range of emerging regional contexts (including information sharing around Every Child Matters) to establish a sustainable multi-agency approach to meeting the challenge of transformation in the delivery of services. We are working with regional bodies, government agencies, national initiatives (such as Government Connect) the voluntary and community sector and the supplier sector to build more clarity about the way forward in terms of the future of multi-agency service delivery. There is a widely understood need for capacity building in this area and we will be delivering CPD courses from mid 2007... FAME is specifically aimed at supporting the transformation of multi-agency or..