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SCVO
Placement from 2nd March to 13th March
Myint SuZhu YapengMuhammad Saqib Aziz
Chevening Fellows
Who is SCVO
An umbrella body for the voluntary sector
Established in 1939 as Scottish Advisory Committee
Reconstituted as a company limited by guarantee in 1946
In 1986 renamed as Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Expectations
Being a govt servant my areas of interest are following:
Organization and the structure of SCVO How voluntary org shape their advocacy
plans? How govt policies are influenced? How capacity building is carried out? Possibility to establish same body back
Country
Placement Begins
First week at Glasgow Second at Edinburgh Mixture of in house discussions and field visits The organisations visited namely
SCVO offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness
Spirit AidVolunteer Development ScotlandVolunteer Centre GlasgowWise Group
Contd
Turning point- Glasgow drug crisis centreCare commissionGlasgow housingGlasgow city chamber/councilQuality ScotlandEquality Unit Scottish GovernmentThird Sector Division, Scottish Government EVOCHIV Scotland
SCVO as Umbrella
Membership body 1470 members Services provision Capacity building Networking Campaigning and
advocacy Public and Int role Counterpart with
Central Government
Capacity Building
Major organiser of Training Courses for Voluntary Organisations
(Online courses, mentoring are also provided)
Capacity Building services for local authorities
Advocacy and Campaigning Responses of the Voluntary Organisations input to the Scottish
Parliament through Consultative Steering Group (CSG)(The CSG adopted four key principles for the Scottish
government)
Local Compacts: agreement between community planning partners and the wide network of voluntary sector organisations in the city to work better together to achieve more for local people
The Scottish compact: agreement between the Scottish Executive and the voluntary sector on the principles of working in partnership
Implementation of the Compact is a key role for intermediary voluntary organisations, whose purpose is to represent and support other voluntary organisations in a particular field
Achievements
OSCR’s birth Compacts Intermediaries Creation of Scottish Community
Development Foundation
Common Challenges
Preparation for change and adaptability
Capacity issues Funding and
sustainability Values and vision
can be translated at the local level/ delivery level
Public and Int role
Concerns
Relationship with vol sector changing
Identification of submerged segments of society
The compact
Costs of administration
Public policy through campaigning
Public values- goals-role of civil society e.g establishment of turning point/ resistance by the community
funding issues- recession
Expectations Met? Learning
Background and Evolution of the Development of the Third Sector in UK an Scotland
Relationship between NGOs and the government
Special Implications from the placement host organizations
Background and Evolution of NGOs in UK
Limitations of a welfare state Initiatives and advocacy activities of
NGOs Service provision of NGOs Recognition of the advantages of NGOs
in service delivery by the government Development of NGOs , self-governance
(e. g. Quality Scotland, quality control; SCVO capacity building; multi-level development); state regulation (OSCR)
Relations between Government and NGOs
Recognition of role of the Third Sector by the government
Maturization of the Third Sector in terms of regulation, representation of various NGOs and internal appraisal and evaluation, and research (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Smooth and good interaction between the Government and Third Sector
Legal or policy framework guiding NGOs and the Gov. (Compact, contract)
Implications
For Government Recognizing the key role of the third sector, urging for an open, tolerant and if better
cooperative and enabling attitude Establishing regulatory organizations like OSCR
For NGOs More accountable, more capable, and service
delivery oriented Establishing organizations like SCVO, Quality
Scotland For US- professional, capable and
accountable
Values Learnt
Work culture/ethics Professionalism Capacity Right person for right job Systems/procedures