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About the Programme
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
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.
Events
Throughout 2008, we are 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.
The final twist to this particular series will be the Scotland-specific look at whether choice can be de-coupled from the competition agenda being driven by the UK government in England. This is a recognition that there exist two critical barriers to the introduction of competition to the Scottish public sector - firstly, the small scale of service provision that can only be organised on either a regional, district or local level (e.g. single regional hospitals, single district high schools and single local bus routes); and secondly (and ironically), the fierce competition for the social democratic centre ground - which we have previously characterised as Social Democratic Soup - the new Scotch political broth.
Each dinner presents a unique opportunity for a carefully selected group to engage directly with Cabinet Secretaries on issues central to the new Scottish Government's change agenda and its drive for economic growth.
Dialogue Dinner Series 2008
Launch :: John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Financial & Sustainable Growth :: 20 February
Transport & Environment :: Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change :: 16 April
Enterprise :: Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism :: 18 June
Health & Wellbeing supported by the Scottish Health Council :: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing :: date to be announced
Education :: details to be announced
Justice :: details to be announced
PRINCIPAL DIALOGUE DINNER SERIES SPONSOR:
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