Transcript Planning Legislation

Community Planning:
Monitoring & Evaluation
Emma Coles
The Geddes Institute
Geddes Institute
Research
Current work 2005 - 2008
Two main strands of research activity
1. Monitoring the Community Regeneration
Fund areas
2. Dundee Partnership evaluation
The Geddes Institute
A history of monitoring area-based regeneration in
Dundee, working with Dundee City Council
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Priority Partnership Areas 1995 - 1997
Social Inclusion Partnerships 1997 – 2005
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Area based regeneration initiatives
Community Regeneration Fund 2005 – 2008
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Part of Community Planning process
£17.4 million awarded to Dundee over three years
Community Regeneration Fund
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Scottish Executive Community Regeneration Fund
(CRF) has allocated £17.4 million to Dundee
Funding spread over 2005 – 2008
To be spent in areas identified in Scottish Index of
Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
Outcomes, actions and targets documented in the
Dundee Regeneration Outcome Agreement (ROA)
Monitoring arrangements built around Scottish
Executive requirements
Regeneration Outcome monitoring
25 outcomes, across 6 themes:
 Building Strong Safe Communities
 Getting People Into Work
 Improving Health
 Raising Educational Attainment
 Engaging Young People
 Effective Community Engagement
Community Regeneration in Dundee
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5 Community Regeneration Areas
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Measured by key indicators
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Areas measured against city-wide performance
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Statistical data: collection and
analysis
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Reporting annually
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Survey work
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Research reports
Dundee Partnership evaluation
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1 large qualitative research study per year
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Overview of performance and progress
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Assessment of the impact on Dundee
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What has the Dundee Partnership achieved?
Contribution to Community Planning
Dundee Partnership evaluation
Research carried out in the context of
‘Community Planning in practice’
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Interviews with partners and stakeholders
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External evaluation: In what ways do
outsiders perceive the Community Planning
process in Dundee?
Summary: what is being achieved
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Learning process for all
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Influence strategy and decisions
Improve monitoring systems
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Engaging with stakeholders
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Finding new ways forward