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"UNDER THE SKIN" OF COMMUNITY PLANNING
CHAPTER NINE: EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY PLANNING TASK FORCE
9.1 The Community Planning Task Force (CPTF) is perceived as having a crucial role to play as an advocate of the concept of Community Planning and in influencing the Scottish Executive to remove some of the barriers identified in the previous section.
9.2 The key issues for the CPTF identified during the course of this research are as follows: -
- There appears to be a relatively low level of awareness about the work of the CPTF among key stakeholders many of whom said they would like to be kept better informed about the task-force's activities.
- The task-force was seen as having an important role to play in facilitating opportunities for those involved in Community Planning partnerships to network and discuss their experiences. This was felt to be particularly important by stakeholders from outwith local government many of whom perceived that they did not have the same opportunities to network as their council colleagues.
- There was a strong expectation that the CPTF would consult widely with Community Planning partners before it produced its final report to the Executive.
- The task-force's work is viewed as an opportunity to raise the profile of Community Planning by promoting its benefits while also acknowledging the complexity of the process and highlighting some of the potential barriers to it fulfilling its full potential.
- The task-force is perceived as having a key role to play in helping to shape the guidance that will accompany the Local Government in Scotland Bill. Many stakeholders expressed the hope that the CPTF would be able to use its influence to ensure that the guidance helped clarify the Executive's expectations with regard to Community Planning, but does not take an overly prescriptive approach as to how Community Planning partners should seek to meet these expectations.
- A number of stakeholders suggested that there should be an on-going role for the task-force or similar group in order to provide a national forum for promoting the development of Community Planning.
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