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Public Service Reform
The Public Service Reform Policy Programme looks at the key public service sectors through the prism of our three key Public Service Reform policy drivers:
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Extending demand management
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Introducing local democratic drivers
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Developing a new sense of common ownership
Events
Since 2008 we have been running a series of dialogue dinners, hosted by principal series sponsor DLA Piper and supported by Grant Thornton, Rockpools and the Scottish Health Council. Each dinner presents a unique opportunity for a carefully selected group to engage directly with Cabinet Ministers on issues central to the new Scottish Government's change agenda and its drive for economic growth.
Discussions will challenge current structures and systems for public service delivery and seek to create a coherent policy narrative for reform across the public sector in Scotland. By developing methods and mechanisms for public engagement this series will effectively test our thesis that investment can only be turned into meaningful and sustainable reform through active public engagement.
Dialogue Dinner Series 2008-10
Launch :: John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Financial & Sustainable Growth :: 20 February 08
Transport & Environment :: Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change :: 16 April 08
Enterprise :: Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism :: 18 June 08
Health & Wellbeing supported by the Scottish Health Council :: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing :: September 08
Education :: May 2009
Housing :: Alex Neil MSP, Housing and Communities Minister :: January 2010
Justice :: details to be announced
Papers
This focus on public engagement, and mechanisms to introduce, develop and encourage it, follows directly from our previously published policy paper, PSR in Scotland: the Road Not Taken? Click here to access the paper on our Papers web page.
Public Service Reform in Scotland - the Road Not Taken [Ross Martin, September 2005]: PSRinScotlandThe Road Not Taken.pdf
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