BBC Executive Priorities and Summary Workplan for 2011/2012

The BBC has published its Executive Priorities and Summary Workplan for 2011/12, which includes the BBC's Statements of Programme Policy (SoPPs) for the year.

These publications are part of the BBC's commitment to openness and transparency, both to the BBC Trust and to licence fee payers, and will be published online each year.

The BBC Trust has set four over-arching objectives for the organisation between now and 2016:

• to increase the distinctiveness and quality of its output

• to improve the value for money it provides to licence fee payers

• to do more to serve all audiences

• to set new standards of openness and transparency 

The BBC Summary Workplan sets out how these six-year objectives have been translated into annual objectives for BBC management and staff. It also highlights any notable or significant changes to BBC services and includes a high-level BBC budget for 2011/12.

The Statements of Programme Policy (SoPPs) set out the Controller's vision for each of the BBC's services for the coming year and any notable editorial developments or programmes. 

The Workplan does not prejudice the outcome of the Delivering Quality First process which will present recommendations to the BBC Trust this summer. 

(Source : BBC Press Release)