SINGLE OUTCOME AGREEMENTS

Raymond Burns8th October 2008

What did the Concordat say?

Scottish Government will not undertake structural reform of Local Government

Funding will be made available for a 3 year period (2008-2011)

Every Council will produce a SOA by 31st March 2008

Scottish Government will substantially reduce the no. of funding streams

Local Authorities will be able to retain all their efficiency savings.

What happened next? SOA became the new buzzwords Nobody really knew what it meant A couple of Local Authorities

participated in a Pilot SOA Screeds and screeds of what it might

look like information was produced. In February 2008 COSLA produced

“Guidance, Format and Indicators for Scottish Local Government”

What did the Guidance say?

Here is a template – use it Here are our 15 National Outcomes –

use them Here are our 45 National Indicators

and Targets – you don’t have to use all of these – but we suggest you don’t create your own

This has to be submitted by 31st March 2008

Things to remember about our SOA.

In Glasgow it is a Community Planning document

It has been developed at a City wide level

There is a desire to produce a more local level document, with strategies for specific areas

It is still “work in progress” – depending on availability of data

How did we do it? Glasgow has 5 themes in its Community Plan –

Healthy, Working, Safe, Learning and Vibrant – each with a Theme Champion

We took the 15 National Outcomes and allocated them across the 5 themes of the Community Plan

We organised 5 facilitated workshops – each chaired by the Theme Champion

Each workshop considered its inputs to the range of national outcomes from existing Strategies, Action Plans, etc. and developed local (City-level) outcomes

Final wider session to ensure appropriate cross cutting issues were addressed and gaps were filled.

National Outcomes Primary Cont. Secondary Cont. Mainly tertiary contributions

1. We live in a Scotland that is the most attractive place for doing business in Europe

Working Learning Vibrant

2. We realise our full economic potential with more and better employment opportunities for our people

Working Learning Healthy

3. We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our research and innovation

Learning Working Vibrant

4. Our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens

Learning Healthy Safe

5. Our children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed

Healthy Learning Vibrant

Working Learning

6. We live longer, healthier lives Healthy Safe Vibrant

Working Learning

7. We have tackled the significant inequalities in Scottish society

All – cross cutting

8. We have improved the life chances for children, young people and families at risk

Healthy Learning Safe Working

9. We live safe from crime, disorder and danger Safe Healthy Vibrant

10. We live in well-designed, sustainable places where we are able to access the amenities and services we need

Vibrant Safe Healthy

11. We have strong, resilient and supportive communities where people take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others

Safe Healthy Learning Working

12. We value and enjoy our built and natural environment and protect it and enhance it for future generations

Vibrant Safe Healthy

13. We take pride in a strong, fair and inclusive national identity

All – cross cutting

14. We reduce the local and global environmental impact of our consumption and production

Vibrant Healthy

15. Our public services are high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to people’s needs

All – cross cutting

What are the priorities coming out of this process?

Healthy - Obesity in children and adults - Alcohol consumption and alcohol related harm - Inequalities in health, particularly those caused by childhood poverty – Smoking.

Working - Business productivity and Gross Value Added - Spreading the benefits of improved economic performance - Creating an excellent economic environment

Vibrancy - Glasgow’s image/ profile/ Identity - Glasgow’s infrastructure and environment - Involvement (participation in cultural, sporting, volunteering activities)

Learning - Life long learning - Adult literacy - Skills attainment - Graduate retention

Safe - Crime related to alcohol consumption - Youth crime (victims and perpetrators) - Anti social behaviour

Then what? Workshop sessions identified 24 Local

Outcomes to tackle these priorities A number of these Outcomes are similar and

contribute to more than one priority themes e.g. reducing alcohol consumption will have safety and health benefits

Each local outcome can contribute to more than one National Outcome

In some instances we had to align some wide ranging local outcomes to the National Outcome where it made most immediate or direct impact.

Local Outcomes Relevant priorities

Related to LocalOutcome

Contributes to National Outcome

Increase the number ofJobs in Glasgow

P3, P7, P15 10, 11, 22, 24 NO2

Improve theAttractiveness of

Glasgow as a place to live, invest, work and visit

P8, P9, P10, P15

1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24

NO1, NO10, NO12, NO13

Improve residents’ aspirations, confidence,decision making capacityand involvement incommunity life

P7, P9, P11, P18

4, 5, 6, 9, 18, 20, 21, 22

NO3, NO4, NO10, NO11, NO12, NO13, NO15

Some of the problems with this approach.

Complex matrix of reporters to various local outcomes – multi partner.

Different methods of recording, regularity, geography across partners

Different levels of timescale from almost immediate impact to generational change

Some data accuracy/availability questions. (esp. Equality Groups)

The Good Bits

A strategic opportunity for cross sectoral work

Has identified greater linkages Has developed more

partnership working Better understanding of how

other services work

The Hard Bits Sharing of performance data with

each other and the public Agreeing the best way of

articulating a partnership position Lead of a Theme doesn’t entirely

mean ownership of everything within that theme.

Survey Timescales Unscientific – whether outputs will

lead to outcomes is a subjective judgement

Thank you for listening.