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Community Planning and Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs) - Delivering on the Statement of Ambition

Public services in Scotland face unprecedented challenges to improve outcomes for the people of Scotland. The Christie Commission on the future delivery of public services was tasked with looking for solutions and produced its report in June 2011. As part of the Government's response to the Christie Commission on the future delivery of public services it agreed to undertake a review of Community Planning. Following that review, the Scottish Government and COSLA published a shared Statement of Ambition. This put Community Planning at the heart of an outcome based approach to public services in Scotland and made clear that effective community planning arrangements will be at the core of public service reform. Next steps from this work on the Statement of Ambition was set out in a letter circulated to Community Planning Partners on 10 May 2012.

The National Community Planning Group was established to play a pivotal role in implementing and communicating the overarching vision for community planning and Single Outcome Agreements, identifying and addressing issues that have a national dimension and building the skills and capacity of partnerships. The Group is chaired by Pat Watters, former President of COSLA.  Its membership is drawn from strategic leaders in public services and the wider community. The first meeting was held on 14 August 2012, at which the terms of reference were agreed.

Papers and notes of meetings can be found below:

Papers of Meetings Notes of Meetings
14 August 2012 14 August 2012
23 October 2012 23 October 2012
5 December 2012 5 December 2012
10 April 2013 10 April 2013
10 October 2013 10 October 2013
11 December 2013 11 December 2013
4 March 2014 4 March 2014
10 June 2014 10 June 2014
2 December 2014 2 December 2014

Other significant papers:

A Project Board of senior officials, led by Scottish Government and COSLA and including members from the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE), Audit Scotland, the Improvement Service, the NHS and the Third Sector has been set up to oversee implementation of the proposals arising from the review. The Project Board's remit is set out in its Terms of Reference.