This report introduces the indicators and the methodology recommended by CDF to collect the data. The experience of the eleven bodies that tested the indicators is then reviewed and the report concludes with reflections from the experience and information on related developments through which variants of these indicators are being embedded and disseminated in public policies.

There is an increasing commitment from government to involve communities in both the planning and delivery of public services. This has led to the use of performance indicators to ensure public sector programmes offer value for money.

Government concerns over a gap in indicators specifically for community involvement led to the pilot group developing four covering indicators:

Having agreed the four indicators, the group invited local authorities and LSPs to test them. Each body was given a booklet guiding them on how to collect the data and a set of questions recommended to test each indicator.

The testings showed that further development was needed on the following areas:

A version of these indicators will be mainstreamed to become a national reference point.

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Jayne Humm, Kate Jones, Gabriel Chanan – CDF Research Unit

research

Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration > Community development

Citizens' participation