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Developing Local Outcome Agreements for the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund
APPENDIX B
Pathfinder Interview Topic Guide
BNSF Topic Reports
Local Outcome Agreements
'Assessing the impact of Local Outcome Agreements during programme design, submission and initial implementation of the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund'.
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- Notes from files:
- Did Pathfinders feel the concept and use of LOAs was adequately explained by the Scottish Executive?
- How useful did Pathfinders find the Executive's guidance?
- Was the time allowed sufficient to engage communities and partners?
- Were the baseline statistics and the service mapping requirements realistic?
- What challenges (workload, data, consultation, timescale) were faced by Pathfinders in submitting and finalising the LOAs?
- Who were the key LA/community planning partners personnel responsible for drafting the LOA?
- Have there been any early signs of change in the nature of the relationship between the Scottish Executive and councils or the way councils engage with community planning partners?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of LOAs (e.g. flexibility, defining own outcomes) compared to other more prescriptive policy approaches?
- Adv:
- Disadv:
- Are LOAs too rigid to allow for changing circumstances during implementation?
- What lessons about LOAs have been learnt so far? Would you have done anything differently in terms of the design and submission of LOA?
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