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2018

Exploring perceived opportunities and challenges of Participation Requests in Scotland

This research explores how key stakeholders and potential users of the Participation Request mechanism articulate and frame the associated challenges and opportunities. The Scottish Government introduced a new process for community engagement, known as Part 3 (Participation Requests) of the

Emma Baird December 13, 2018 Read more

Policy briefing – Mainstreaming participatory budgeting: What works in building foundations for a more participatory democracy?

Policy briefing that reviews how participatory budgeting (PB) has become central to advancing three policy agendas in Scotland – public service reform, community empowerment and social justice – and examines the requirements to mainstream PB including the co-production of new systems, new mindsets and ways of working.

Lucy Janes December 10, 2018 Read more

Collaborative Action Research and public services – insights into methods, findings and implications for public service reform

A working paper examining the findings of four What Works Scotland researchers during a three-year programme to explore collaborative action research with four community planning partnerships.

Emma Baird December 4, 2018 Read more

Public Service Leadership: What Works?

Research report that considers how public service leadership is changing in the era of community empowerment, collaboration and co-production, and how leadership can rise to the challenge.

Lucy Janes December 4, 2018 Read more

Community Planning after the Community Empowerment Act: The Second Survey of Community Planning Officials in Scotland

Report and executive summary of the findings from the second survey of community planning officials in Scotland, conducted in 2018. It compares the results to those from the 2016 survey and offers an overview of key dynamics, challenges and accomplishments over those two years, with a particular focus on the Community Empowerment Act.

Emma Baird November 22, 2018 Read more

October 2018

Archived newsletter from October 2018.

Lucy Janes November 21, 2018 Read more

Blog: Continuing to learn from international experiences of participatory budgeting

Coryn took part in took part in an international learning visit to Paris in December 2016. Two years on, she revisited the city to take part in the Third National Meeting of Participatory Budgeting.

Emma Baird November 15, 2018 Read more

What Works Scotland resources to be available after programme ends

What Works Scotland will conclude its formal programme of work at the end of December 2018 but our resources will still be available online.

Lucy Janes November 15, 2018 2018 Read more

Global campaign for dialogue: Speak 2018!

What Works Scotland is sharing knowledge about ways of enabling communities to make their voice heard, take part in decision-making and generate constructive dialogue from differing viewpoints as part of a global campaign starting tomorrow (16 November 2018). Speak! 2018

Emma Baird November 15, 2018 2018, community empowerment, community empowerment, participatory decision-making, WWS attending Read more

Facilitation training – new skills to facilitate collaboration

Link to a film on facilitation training in Aberdeenshire, a workshop aimed at developing people’s skills, to enable them to work more effectively with their local communities and achieve better engagement with all populations.

Emma Baird November 8, 2018 Read more
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What Works Scotland was an initiative to improve the way local areas in Scotland use evidence to make decisions about public service development and reform. It explored how public services could start to work towards the recommendations of the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the Scottish Government’s priorities for reform. ...

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