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Partnership Improvement Programme
The pilot Partnership Improvement Programme (PIP) worked with mixed groups from local authorities and the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to build their capacity to work more effectively in partnership and to model a new way of developing sustainable cross-sector relationships.
This summary report of the pilot, a joint initiative between the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and the Aston Centre for Voluntary Action Research (ACVAR) will help readers to understand:
- the policy context for VCS/local authority partnership working
- the drivers and benefits of cross-sector partnership working
- the key challenges, including local examples from the eight areas involved in the pilot.
The report ' Making it real' highlights important lessons from the pilot for both policy makers and practitioners, including examples of conditions that, if met, can help foster effective cross-sector partnership working.
It concludes with an evaluation of the pilot and an outline of the 2006/09 programme that will build on the positive experiences and lessons of the pilot, to continue to develop a collaborative approach to partnership improvement.
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