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What Works Scotland

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Blog: Co-production: Do we know what it is and what it achieves?

Guest blogger Elinor Findlay from the Scottish Government, discusses our understanding of ‘co-production’. It’s an increasingly popular term in May 2015 but what does it mean for how services are designed and delivered?

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Meeting change-makers – connecting research and the ‘real world’

What helps deepen our understanding of different aspects to public sector reform? This blog by Kirsty Deacon about her 2017 internship at the Scottish Government explores u.lab online learning as a tool to help develop people’s capacity as change-makers.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

New material on participatory budgeting in Scotland and impact on health and wellbeing

A chapter in a new book about participatory budgeting world-wide examines how PB relates to public sector reform, community empowerment and social justice in Scotland.

Emma Baird July 5, 2018 2018, Oliver Escobar, participatory budgeting Read more

Blog: What Works Scotland and the Housing Sector

Ken Gibb of What Works Scotland reflects on an event focused around the enhanced delivery of the Government’s ongoing housing strategy, and how it is relevant to What Works Scotland.

Emma Baird July 2, 2018 Read more

What Works Scotland funded to spread and embed learning

What Works Scotland has secured funding for an extra year. This will allow us to consolidate and further spread the learning that we have learnt from our collaborations with organisations and individuals from across the public sector in Scotland.

Lucy Janes August 22, 2017 2017, community empowerment, mobilising evidence, Nick Watson, supporting collaborative reform Read more

WWS co-director joins national Digital Communications Programme Board

Scottish Government has invited What Works Scotland co-director Oliver Escobar to bring his expertise on public participation, government and democracy to its Digital Communications Programme.

Lucy Janes July 28, 2016 2016, community capacity-building, improvement and effectiveness, WWS attending Read more

WWS co-director joins Advisory Group on the Community Empowerment Act 2015

The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act was passed at the Scottish Parliament in the summer of 2015. Now the Scottish Government is working with a range of experts and stakeholders to develop regulations and guidance for implementation. Dr Oliver Escobar (WWS

Lynda Frazer January 21, 2016 2016, community empowerment 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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  • What Works Scotland closed but resources still available February 18, 2020
  • Extending the community sector inquiry through a cross-sector learning community? June 5, 2019
  • Community-led activity: time to invest in expansion June 5, 2019
  • Tackling inequalities by supporting 'enterprising' communities June 5, 2019
  • Exploring community anchors, public service reform... and the wider local community sector June 5, 2019

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