Community Engagement Challenge Forum

Defining community engagement: "Developing and sustaining a working relationship between one or more public body and one or more community group, to help them both to understand and act on the needs or issues that the community experiences" (Scottish National Standards for Community Engagement)

The next meeting of the Community Engagement Challenge Forum will be on the 12th May 2009 when we will looking at the local implementation of the Community Empowerment Action Plan, the Scottish Government/COSLA model documents for Community Councils; and the VOiCE database for planning and evaluating community engagement initiatives.

These are all critical initiatives that can contribute to the improvement of community engagement and will be items that dominate our development work over the coming year.

Watch this page for developments or contact your representative on the forum.

Remit of the Community Engagement Challenge Forum

View the Community Engagement Minutes and Meetings Schedule

Current Community Engagement Priorities and Development Projects from the Partner Organisations

• Aberdeen City Council
• Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations (ACVO)

Being Informed and Getting Involved Challenge Forums

• Read about 'Being Informed'

• Read about 'Getting Involved'

Chair/Facilitator:

Dave Valentine
Strategist (North)
Strategic Leadership
Aberdeen City Council
Tel: (01224) 523036
E-mail: davev@aberdeencity.gov.uk