National Standards of Community Engagement

The National Standards for Community Engagement are good-practice principles designed to support and inform the process of community participation, and improve what happens as a result. They are used to support community engagement and user involvement in Scotland and have been widely accepted as key principles for effective practice. They provide detailed performance statements that everyone involved can use, to achieve the highest quality results and the greatest impact.

They are not designed to replace existing community engagement or participation frameworks. They are intended to act as a central benchmark and reference point for best practice. 

For more information, including how we can know if we have met the standards, the VOiCE Scotland website has useful information as well as a downloadable version of the National Standards.