Edinburgh Single Outcome Agreement

In previous years Capital City Partnership had been responsible for monitoring and reporting on progress being achieved within the strategy set out in the Regeneration Outcome Agreement (ROA). In March 2008 the three year ROA was replaced by a Single Outcome Agreement (SOA); instead of focusing on areas of deprivation like the ROA, the SOA has a city wide remit. Single Outcome Agreements are agreements between the Scottish Government and each council in Scotland, which set out how each will work in the future towards improving national outcomes for the local people in a way that reflects local circumstances and priorities.

The SOA was updated in 2009 and provides a strategy for the Edinburgh Partnership to follow till 2012. The SOA looks at 15 National Outcomes and these are set out below. It highlights what Edinburgh can do to help realise these outcomes. In the SOA, each National Outcome leads into one or more Edinburgh Outcomes (there are 30 of these) and for each of these there are a range of indicators (there are 116 of these) that can be used to monitor progress.

Outcomes and Commitments

• National Outcome 1:  We live in a Scotland that is the most attractive place for doing business in Europe.
• National Outcome 2:  We realise our full economic potential with more and better employment opportunities for our people.
• National Outcome 3:  We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our research and innovation.
• National Outcome 4:  Our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens.
• National Outcome 5:  Our children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed.
• National Outcome 6:  We live, longer healthier lives.
• National Outcome 7:  We have tackled the significant inequalities in Scottish society.
• National Outcome 8:  We have improved the life chances for children and young people and families at risk.
• National Outcome 9:  We live our lives safe from crime, disorder and danger.
• National Outcome 10:  We live in well designed sustainable places where we are able to access the amenities and services we need.
• National Outcome 11:  We have strong, resilient and supportive communities where people take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others.
• National Outcome 12:  We value and enjoy our built and natural environment and protect it and enhance it for future generations.
• National Outcome 13:  We take pride in a strong, fair and inclusive national identity.
• National Outcome 14:  We reduce the local and global impact of our consumption and production.
• National Outcome 15:  Our public services are high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to people's needs.

The City of Edinburgh Council, as the lead partner for the SOA, are required to provide the Scottish Government with an annual progress update. To assist with this the City of Edinburgh Council have established an ongoing SOA development group involving a range of partner organisations who will be responsible for the SOA reporting arrangements, amongst other things.

All of the organisations involved in the Edinburgh Partnership seek to ensure that their mainstream services are working towards the Edinburgh Outcomes and in many instances targets have been set that all involved should be seeking to meet.

Regeneration Outcome Agreement

In the past Edinburgh’s Regeneration Outcome Agreement (ROA) was a key part of the overall city plan. It provided an overview of the city’s priorities in tackling disadvantage and inequality, what was to be achieved over the three year ROA period and how that would be measured. It was intended to guide not only area regeneration expenditure but also the strategic priorities and resource planning of the community planning partners over the period.

Each year in June, CCP produced an annual report on progress against the commitments made in the ROA which identified improvements made and difficulties encountered over the year and what the key issues were for the year ahead. The ROA and all subsequent annual reports can be found in this section.

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