POLICY AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS Proposed legislation to recognise role of Community Learning and Development   The Scottish Government is proposing a small but potentially significant piece of legislation that would for the first time explicitly recognise in law the need … Continue reading →

CDAS NEWS   CDAS Conference aims to promote action and debate on capacity building   Near final details of the programme for the CDAS 19 April conference on ‘Building Stronger Communities – Community Capacity: Why does it matter? When is … Continue reading →

CDAS NEWS   Permanent Secretary to speak at CDAS conference Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, has confirmed that he will give a keynote address at the CDAS conference on 19 April. He is expected to look … Continue reading →

CDAS NEWS   CDAS conference on Building Stronger Communities, 19 April CDAS is holding a conference on ‘Building Stronger Communities (Community Capacity: Why does it matter? When is it needed? How can it be built?) on Friday, 19 April, 10.30 … Continue reading →

POLICY AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS  Guidance for new SOAs The new Guidance to Community Planning Partnerships  (CPPs) on Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs) has just been published by the Scottish Government  and COSLA. It begins to put into practice their previous Statement … Continue reading →

CDAS NEWS  Discussions on Participatory Democracy   At our recent Members’ Meeting there was apresentation, by Oliver Escobar of Edinburgh University, and a discussion about Participatory Democracy and the prospects for democratic innovation in Scotland. Here is an account of … Continue reading →