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Engaging Scottish Local Authorities in sharing knowledge to enhance practical coordination, disseminate gains, and encourage academic research. The programme aims to support partnerships that benefit local council practices. Coordination activities include meetings, interviews, website development, newsletters, and collaboration with review teams. Challenges such as financial constraints, policy shifts, and resource allocation are addressed. Future activities involve further discussion, press releases, website enhancements, and summarizing project reports.
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Engaging Scottish Local Authorities Sharing knowledge: building impact ESLA Programme Coordination Rehema White and Sharon Chisholm University of St Andrews
Coordination Aims • To facilitate practical coordination and knowledge sharing across projects • To assist with dissemination of knowledge gains • To profile how these partnerships can both assist local council practices and encourage academically excellent research
Coordination Activities • Meetings with project teams and funders • Interviews with project leaders, funders and other stakeholders • Website developed www.st-andrews.ac.uk/engage/ • Newsletter • Summary reports from projects • Working in collaboration with review team
Main results to date • One year a short period to produce outcomes; projects under-resourced relative to expectations • Building on existing relationships was useful • Projects are part of a process • Challenges include financial climate, restructuring and pragmatic issues around resource distribution, language etc • Shifting policy context
Issues arising for coordination/review Activities to come: • Facilitate further discussion of KE/KMb and relevant cross project themes • Contact list • Press release(s) • Next newsletter • Enhance website • Final meeting • Collate summary project reports
Acknowledgements • All project teams and their partners, who have made this coordination feasible