News Archive
Society awards to recognise public sector achievement An awards programme recognising the best of the Scottish public and voluntary sectors has been launched by The Herald.
National infrastructure security strengthened A number of exercises designed to strengthen the security of the national infrastructure have been established by the Customer First programme.
Procurement best practice indicators released A set of best practice indicators (BPI) for public procurement in Scotland has been released by the Scottish Government.
Lagan/Capgemini offering CRM Healthchecks The partnership is offering Scottish local authorities a CRM Healthcheck to help them understand progress and identify the critical next steps to improve quality of customer service.
Measuring customer satisfaction with local government The way forward on the development of common satisfaction measures has been agreed.
PSIF Progress Report - The updated framework is released and links with shared services and SOA strengthened.
http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/news/improvement-service/psif-progress-report---june-2008.html
Moving forward on equalities
IS action to mainstream equalities in all projects and programmes.
http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/news/improvement-service/moving-forward-on-equalities.html
17/1/07 - Equality Network - LGBT Community Planning Website
21/12/06 - Scottish Transport Statistics 2006 - latest edition
21/12/06 - 'Work is Good For You' - Aberdeen Mental Health Employment Strategy
13/12/06 - Integrated Health Improvement Planning Nov 2006 EBulletin
31/10/06 - Review of TACA and the Community Planning Framework 2006 (Michael Carley Report)
16/10/06 - Draft Guidance for Local Authorities and their Community Planning Partners on Street Prostitution
11/7/06 - Local Government Health Improvement Programme Website
29/6/06 - Audit Scotland Report - Community Planning - an initial review, Key messages
9/1/06 - Traffic Lights - Health Profiles for Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray
13/12/05 - The Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) website has been launched. The site includes a range of statistics on the main public health challenges facing Scotland, on risk factors and on the broader determinants of health.
19/7/05 - Read the "You Said It" Reports from Dyce, Bucksburn and Kingswells
18/7/05 - Changind Children's Services Fund Annual Report 2005
17/6/05 - National Standards for Community Engagement
16/6/05 - For Aberdeens Children: Integrated Children's Services Plan 2005-08
23/5/05 - Aberdeen's Community Learning & Development Strategy
11/5/05 - Neighbourhood Profiles
4/4/05 - Strengthening Local Democracy Strategy
15/3/05 - Youth Justice Aberdeen Annual Report 2003/2004
Inquiry into Boundary Changes and Voting Methods in Scotland
Local Government in Scotland Act (2003) - Community Planning: Statutory Guidance and Advice Notes - The Act 2003 a framework to enable the delivery of better, more responsive public services. The guidance on Community Planning should be read in conjunction with the Best Value guidance and the Power to Advance Well Being guidance. All the guidance is available on-line on the Scottish Executive website; Statutory Guidance, Advice Notes, Power to Advance Wellbeing and the new Best Value Guidance
Standards for Community Engagement - Standards for Community Engagement and The Aberdeen City Alliance's Commitment to Community Engagement
The Local Housing Strategy 2004-2009 document can be found in the Homes Section of the site.
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 provides statistical information on Deprivation in Scotland, broken down to the level of datazones. View the Summary Report, Spreadsheet Files and Map
The New Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Website is the Executive's on-going programme to improve the availability, consistency and accessibility of small area statistics in Scotland.