The 'go to' organisation for Local Government improvement in Scotland

There are currently three pathways to engaging with Peer Collaborative Improvement.

Sector-Led - Using the LGBF: Areas of strategic sector-wide importance identified by the LGBF Board/Solace using LGBF data.​

Opportunities for peer collaborative improvement may arise from work being undertaken by the LGBF Board to adopt a more assertive approach to sector-led performance improvement. The LGBF Board has agreed to use the LGBF to focus on critical areas which are common priorities for all 32 local authorities and facilitate a deep dive identifying areas of progress and areas where improvement is required, and where peer collaborative improvement could be offered as an approach to help tackle those performance challenges which exist.

Council-Led: Councils volunteer to host a PCI in a service area they have identified as needing improvement.​

An individual local authority may put itself forward to host a peer collaborative improvement in a service area or area of activity it has identified as needing improvement, for example, based on self-assessment, the LGBF, other benchmarking activity, local performance management and reporting arrangements or service review.

Audit and Scrutiny Findings: Cross-cutting strategic themes agreed collaboratively with audit/inspection bodies.

This approach draws on inspection/audit findings as a key evidence base and platform for improvement. An overall theme will be agreed where peer collaborative improvement could be offered as an approach to respond to specific audit recommendations.

For further information, please see the contact details below.