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The Civil Society Covenant
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) are working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to engage the wider sector to develop a ‘Civil Society Covenant’.
The Covenant will be a new agreement to improve the relationship between civil society and government. A strong, two-way relationship is vital to ensure organisations like yours can achieve your mission.
Since the general election, the partnership has engaged over 50 voluntary infrastructure bodies and worked with DCMS to develop draft principles that will define this new two-way relationship.
- Recognition: to ensure a strong and independent civil society.
- Partnership: to ensure effective service delivery and policy making, and shared learning of best practices.
- Participation: to ensure people and communities can be heard and make a difference.
- Transparency: to ensure civil society and government have the information needed to best serve people and communities.
Once finalised, these principles will form the Civil Society Covenant.
Now is your chance to share your views on this work to help finalise it.
NCVO, ACEVO and DCMS are engaging civil society organisations to get their feedback before 12th December 2024.
The Covenant will:
- support collaboration between civil society organisations and government
- ensure respect for the different roles we play, and protect our independence
- support all public bodies and civil society organisations
- build on and support existing agreements in place at a local level
- complement other arrangements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Read more about the draft principles here.
