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Edinburgh Partnership
What is the Edinburgh Partnership?
The Edinburgh Partnership (EP) is the community planning
partnership for the Edinburgh.
What does the Edinburgh Partnership do?
Its role is to lead joint activity on issues facing
the city and those living and working here. The priorities for
the EP include sustainable economic development, affordable
housing, social inclusion and introducing measures to tackle
climate change. The Single
Outcome Agreement for 2009, building on outcomes from the
Community Plan and the key plans of the local partners.
The Partnership was successful in a bid for £5m European funding
to help unemployed people into work and training and to regenerate
disadvantaged communities. The Partnership is now responsible for
directing the programme of 19 projects across the city and for
meeting agreed targets.
Who has a say in the Edinburgh Partnership?
The EP involves representatives from key public and
voluntary organisations, strategic partnerships, business and
community sectors. Neighbourhood Partnerships are represented on
the EP by Councillor Tom Buchanan, Chair of the Neighbourhood
Partnership Convener's.
Community engagement is at the heart of community planning and the
EP's Community Engagement Strategy and Action Plan seeks to engage
at all levels of community planning -neighbourhood, communities of
interest and city-wide.
For more information please visit the
Edinburgh Partnership pages of the Council's website.
