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Annex B
Links to Useful Sources of Information

There is a wealth of information and material available on all aspects of continuous improvement, business development toolkits and organisational change, all of which will offer advice and guidance. You may find the following websites particularly useful and relevant for sharing good practice and networking. Additional sources of useful information are provided in the Best Value Toolkits which accompany this Guidance.

Performance Improvement

• The Open Scotland website- http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Open-scotland- which includes the comprehensive - Promoting Excellence in Scotland: a guide to quality schemes and the delivery of public services.

• The Scottish Executive's Public Appointments website - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/introduction-

which provides contact details, a directory of public bodies and publications.

• The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy website www.cipfa.co.uk and the Good Governance Standard for Public Services ( CIPFA and OPM) http://www.cipfa.org.uk/pt/download/governance-standard.pdf.

• The Quality Scotland website - http://www.qualityscotland.co.uk/ promoting Business Excellence across Scotland in the private, public and voluntary sectors.

• The Audit Scotland website - http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/.

• The Public Sector Benchmarking site - www.benchmarking.gov.uk which promotes knowledge transfer and effective benchmarking.

• The Office of Government Commerce website - http://www.ogc.gov.uk
  and Cabinet Office website http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

Sustainable Development

• The Sustainable Development UK Framework - www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/SustainableDevelopment.

• The Sustainable Development Scottish Strategy - www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/SustainableDevelopment.

• The Framework for Economic Development in Scotland - www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/government/fedsm-00.asp .

• Smart, Successful Scotland - www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/enterprise/sssen.pdf .

• Closing the Opportunity Gap - www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Social-Inclusion/17415/opportunity .

Equal Opportunities

• The Commission for Racial Equality - http://www.cre.gov.uk/scotland.

• The Disability Rights Commission - http://www.drc-gb.org/.

• The Equal Opportunities Commission - http://www/eoc.org.uk.

• The Equalities Unit in the Scottish Executive - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Equality.

• The Scottish Executive's Mainstreaming Equality site - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/mainstreaming/?pageid=403 .

Joint Working

• Scotland's Community Planning website - http://www.communityplanning.org.uk/index.html .
• Cabinet Office Toolkit for Shared Services - http://www.cio.gov.uk/shared_services/toolkit/index.asp .

Best Value in Local Government

• The Best Value website - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/14838/Local.

Efficient Government

• The Efficient Government website - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Open-scotland/efficientgovernment/intro .

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