Another workshop to report….this time I went as a representative of Greenhill Community Resource Centre. The title refers to the Standards drawn up by the Scottish Community Development Centre on behalf of Communities Scotland. It’s a set of ten “rules” for engaging with community members, and both sides of people (public bodies and community groups) are expected to adhere to these rules and understand the roles each play in the process. They include involving, supporting involvement, planning, working together, sharing information, improving, feeding back and monitoring and evaluating the engagement process.
I suppose the Standards are a set of groundrules, a common foundation for encouraging consistency of engagement; but you also need to recognise which Standards are relevant to your community activity and apply them in practice.
You can view the Standards (Feb 2006) by going to:
National Standards for Community Engagement
You can also view a consultation document (Dec. 2006) on how the Standards have been working in practice by clicking on:
Evaluation of the Effective Engagement of Communities in Regeneration
Filed under: Policy
The Scottish Executive’s ‘A discussion of key issues related to lifelong learning policy in Scotland’ publication can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/11/06141044/0
The deadline for you to input your own views into lifelong learning in Scotland has passed but apparently they can still accept submissions on whichever of the themes you wish to contribute to – if you are quick! But it’s good to keep your eye on the outcomes arising from this consultation; not many people realise these consultations are there and that they can contribute to policy formation…
