OTS consultation research underway
The Office of the Third
Sector (OTS) has appointed a consortium to undertake a research project looking
at effective and innovative consultation with the third sector.
The research, jointly
funded with NCVCCO, will fulfil a commitment from the Third Sector Review and
will build on the Department for Business,
The Third Sector Review,
published in July 2007, highlighted that listening and responding to the views
of citizens and communities is a vital part of the policy making process and a
thriving democracy. The Office of the Third Sector is carrying out the research
to ‘promote better understanding of effective and innovative methods of
consultation with the third sector and a diverse range of third sector
organisations’.
The research will be
England-wide and will cover the whole of the third sector, including voluntary
and community groups, social enterprises, charities, co-operatives and mutuals.
Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies will be employed in the project.
It will provide a useful
resource to wider government as they seek to consult with third sector
organisations, and inform future OTS consultation exercises.
The final report,
interactive on-line toolkit and a dissemination seminar will be delivered by
the end of October 2008.
