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Task Force report published
07/05/2003
The
Community Planning Task Force report was published
today.
Community Planning aims to ensure services are built
around the needs of the people who use them. The report
recognises that good progress has been made and offers
recommendations on how to address the challenges which
remain.
The Community Planning Implementation Group also met for
the first time today under the chairmanship of Strathclyde
Police Chief Constable, Willie Rae.
The Group has been established to ensure momentum is
maintained in implementing and developing Community
Planning. It will build on the work of the Community
Planning Task Force. Mr Rae said:
"I am pleased that the Scottish Executive has
established an independent group to take forward the
implementation of Community Planning. Community Planning
is making a real difference to the quality of people's
lives. It provides a framework for making public services
more responsive to and organised around the needs of
communities. Our Group draws on the skills and experience
of a wide range of interests involved in Community
Planning.
"Significant progress has been made in the past two
years, not least with the emergence of Community Planning
legislation. That puts in place a framework to ensure the
delivery of customer-focused services more consistently
across Scotland. But significant challenges remain which
needed to be addressed.
"Some of those future challenges are reflected in the
recommendations in the Final Report of the Community
Planning Task Force (CPTF) which has been published today.
I hope that those involved will look carefully at those
recommendations and respond positively to them. One of
the tasks of the Implementation Group will be to monitor
progress."
The creation of the Community Planning Implementation
Group (CPIG) was announced on 28 March at the annual COSLA
conference in St Andrews as a successor body to the
Community Planning Task Force (CPTF) which concluded its
work at the end of March. It has eleven members some drawn
from the previous Task Force supplemented by other key
interests eg Communities Scotland, the voluntary sectors
and members of Community Planning Partnerships which
recognises the focus on implementation. It will have a
twelve month lifespan.
The Group will focus on maintaining progress in
implementing community planning, raising the profile of
community planning, providing guidance to those involved,
promoting best practice and giving independent focus.
The Final Report of the CPTF summarises its achievements
over the past two years, while making clear recommendations
to the Executive, COSLA and others on future issues. The
Implementation Group, as part of its remit, will monitor
progress in implementing these recommendations. Copies of
the report will be available on the Scottish Executive
website
Members of Community Planning Implementation Group
are:
* Willie Rae, Chair/Chief Constable Strathclyde Police
* Tom Divers, Chief Executive, NHS Glasgow/CPTF
* Douglas Paterson, Chief Executive, Aberdeen City
Council
* Stuart Black, Director of Strengthening
Communities, Highlands and Islands Enterprise/CPTF
* Leslie Evans, Head of Local Government Division,
Scottish Executive/CPTF
* Jon Harris, Director of Corporate Strategy,
COSLA/CPTF
* Caroline Gardner, Deputy Auditor General, Audit
Scotland/CPTF
* Derek Crichton, Community Planning Manager,
Dumfries & Galloway Community Planning partnership
* Heather Koronka, Director of Regeneration,
Communities Scotland
* Michael Graham, Steering Group Member, Cambusbarron
Community Futures/Chair Cambusbarron Community Council
* Bill Craw, Chair, Hamilton District CVS/South
Lanarkshire CPP