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New online consultation system
23/03/2004
The Executive launched two new online systems today
that underline its commitment to hearing the views of the
people of Scotland on a full range of issues.
New
consultation pages on the Executive website will
provide improved listings of consultation exercises -
current and closed. They will also include upcoming
consultations for the first time.
And
SEConsult will allow people to receive a weekly e-mail
with details of all newly-launched and forthcoming
consultations.
Both systems are important elements of the Executive's
efforts to improve the way it operates, including the way
it involves external groups and individuals in its work.
This work is being done under the Changing to Deliver
banner.
The Executive will continue to monitor its consultation
activity and work to improve its performance through
regular reviews of its practice and enhancements to its
on-line systems.
SEConsult will complement distribution lists drawn up
for individual consultation exercises and provides an
additional method by which stakeholders can learn of
consultations which may be of interest to them. It is hoped
that the system will help bring new voices into the policy
arena.
Changing to Deliver is the Executive's corporate culture
change programme. The two year programme was launched in
2003 and was designed in response to feedback from
Ministers, stakeholders and staff, and to reflect changing
customer expectations of public services and the way they
are delivered.
One of the key strands of this change agenda relates to
outward focus - working to ensure that the Executive works
in partnership with stakeholders and designs policies and
services around customer needs.