East Ayrshire Community Planning
Community Planning is about a range of partners in the public and voluntary sectors working together to better plan, resource and deliver quality services that meet the needs of people who live and work in East Ayrshire.
The Community Plan is recognised by all Partners as the sovereign strategic planning document for the delivery of public services in East Ayrshire over the 12 years from 2003 to 2015 and sets out the overall vision for the local area, as follows.
Single Outcome Agreement
East Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership Single Outcome Agreement (SOA), covering the three year period from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2011, was approved by the Community Planning Partnership Board on 26 June 2008 and subsequently signed off by John Swinney, MSP and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, on behalf of the Scottish Government, on 2 July 2008.
The development of our SOA, with joint accountability for delivery shared with the Scottish Government, is based on the 15 key national outcomes agreed in the November 2007 Concordat linked to the Scottish Spending Review 2007 and a common framework of local priorities, and provides Community Planning Partners with an opportunity to jointly report on a focused range of service delivery performance measures.
The SOA has been updated and, following endorsement by all Community Planning Partners, was submitted to the Scottish Government for consideration on 7 May 2009, and subsequently agreed by the Scottish Government on 16 June 2009.
Arrangements are currently being progressed regarding formal ‘joint’ sign off of the updated SOA by all Community Planning Partners and the Scottish Government during the Ministerial summer tour.
