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LOCAL COMPACTS
Joanne Crone
Scottish Executive
Scottish Executive Commitment
A Partnership for a Better Scotland – political commitment
Support local compacts and health relationships,
What is the Edinburgh Local What is the Edinburgh Local Compact?Compact?
““In Equal Respect: A In Equal Respect: A Shared Vision”Shared Vision”
Partnership Agreement Partnership Agreement between the city’s public between the city’s public agencies and voluntary agencies and voluntary and community sectors and community sectors
Not legally binding, but an Not legally binding, but an environment of mutual environment of mutual advantage advantage
Why engage in the Edinburgh Why engage in the Edinburgh compact?compact?
Transparency and accountability Transparency and accountability
To progress a joint agendaTo progress a joint agenda
Joint policy and service development Joint policy and service development
Co-ordinationCo-ordination
EquityEquity
How did the Edinburgh compact How did the Edinburgh compact develop?develop?
Joint secretariatJoint secretariat
Representation Representation
Mutual recognitionMutual recognition
Trust and group dynamicsTrust and group dynamics
Clear aim and fixed tasksClear aim and fixed tasks
What was the outcome?What was the outcome?
Joint Launch of Edinburgh CompactJoint Launch of Edinburgh Compact Delivery of actions identifiedDelivery of actions identified
Better policy & decision makingBetter policy & decision making Better planning and delivery of servicesBetter planning and delivery of services Addressing funding and resource issuesAddressing funding and resource issues Improved voluntary & community engagementImproved voluntary & community engagement Change at local & city-wide levelChange at local & city-wide level Implementation of the CompactImplementation of the Compact
Local Community
Gardens Project2008
VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY: Project recruits
volunteers, develops partnerships with
Local schools etc
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK:
Needs to know what other groups are involved in similar
work to share experience
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE STRATEGY: Involving people with mental health
problems/and or criminal convictions to develop wasteland into sustainable organic garden
FUNDING: Package of small grant funding
from new Leith regeneration fund, Big Lottery,and
Community Health Partnership.
LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP: Greenspaces a priority and new areas of ground to be developed
Scottish Compact InformationScottish Compact Information
Edinburgh Compact StrategyEdinburgh Compact Strategy““In Equal Respect: A Shared Vision”In Equal Respect: A Shared Vision”www.evoc.org.ukwww.evoc.org.uksallieanderson@[email protected]
The Scottish CompactThe Scottish Compactwww.scotland.gov.uk/scottishcompactwww.scotland.gov.uk/[email protected]@scotland.gsi.gov.uk