Compacts Elsewhere

The Scottish Compact

The Scottish Compact frames the relations between the voluntary sector and local and central government. The Compact is an agreement between the Voluntary Sector and the Scottish Executive, its Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) that sets out clear principles for working in partnership. Its aim is to develop robust relationships for the wider public good.
The Scottish Compact - Go to website here

Edinburgh have produced an excellent website resource on their Local Compact which you might find useful. The site is easy to follow, concise and a good example of communicating the Compact.
The Edinburgh Compact - Go to website:  http://www.edinburghcompact.org.uk/

The Welsh Compact

Now known as the Voluntary Sector Scheme was launched in December 1998 and shares a common background to the English one, in terms of the development of a commitment by both the sector and the Labour Party towards closer co-operation and partnership.
Voluntary Sector Scheme - Go to website here

The Northern Ireland Compact

The Northern Ireland Compact, "Partners for Change", was published, technically, as a consultation document in June 2001. The Compact itself is structured around 3 Common Themes: Capacity Building, Working Together and Resourcing the Sector.
Northern Ireland Compact - Go to website here

The Canadian Compact

Known as the Canadian Accord, started to form in 1995 when 12 umbrella organisations came together as the Voluntary Sector Roundtable to consider how the relationship between the sector and government could be enhanced. Out of the Roundtable's deliberations came the Broadbent Panel (the equivalent of the English Deakin Commission) which looked in some detail at the sector-government interface and made a number of recommendations. In parallel with this a Reference Group of Ministers, chaired by the President of the Treasury Board, began considering the relations with the sector. In 1999 a joint report "Working Together: A Government of Canada/Voluntary Sector Joint Initiative" was published, which recommended that some form of agreement or accord be developed. With funding from government, progress was rapid and the Accord was published in December 2001. It included commitments by both parties to such things as developing codes of good practice to implement the Accord.

Find out more about the differnce and similarities of each Compact here