Un o’r pethau cyntaf wnes i pan gefais fy mhenodi’n gadeirydd y tasglu ddwy flynedd yn ôl oedd chwilio ledled y Cymoedd am arferion da i’w rhannu.  Gan adeiladu ar y rhaglen helaeth o gyfarfodydd agored ac ymgynghoriadau a gynhaliwyd gan Alun Davies AS a Gweinidogion eraill, cynhaliais gyfarfodydd â holl arweinwyr yr awdurdodau lleol yn ardal y tasglu a gofyn iddyn nhw nodi mentrau llwyddiannus yn eu hardaloedd. Roeddem yn awyddus i nodi’r rheini allai wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn a’u rhoi ar waith yn gyflym mewn awdurdodau cyffiniol.
One of the first things I did when I became the chair of the taskforce two years ago was to look across the Valleys for existing good practice to share.  Building upon the extensive programme of open meetings and consultation that my colleague Alun Davies MS and other Ministers undertook, I held meetings with all local authority leaders in the taskforce area where I asked them to identify successful initiatives that had originated in their areas.  We were keen to identify those that could make a real difference and be delivered quickly across neighbouring authorities.