The Compact
The Compact is the agreement between the Government and the
voluntary and community sector to improve their relationship for
the benefit of each other and the communities they serve.
It was published in 1998.
The Compact sets out:
- a shared vision and principles
- undertakings from both sides
- Government’s commitment to respect the
independence of the sector
- systems to help make sure that the
agreement works.
Full Cost Recovery
News
Defra publishes report on Full Cost Recovery:
The Compact Funding Code states that Public sector Funders
will:
‘Recognise that it is legitimate for providers to include the
relevant element of overhead costs in their estimates for providing
a given service’
What is Defra doing about Full Cost Recovery?
At our Working Together Conference: Implementing the Compact
Code on Funding and Procurement within Defra on 21st of February
2005 Feedback from delegates (both VCS and Defra) indicated that
there was real confusion about how to apply Full Cost Recovery
(FCR).
In response to these concerns the Defra Compact Group have
commissioned a piece of work which aims to increase our
understanding of the progress that has been made to date in
implementing FCR (both within Defra and amongst our VCS
stakeholders) and to explore the challenges and opportunities
involved in taking the full cost recovery agenda forward.
Seven organisations were
invited to tender. The tender was awarded to Transform
Consultancy in September 2005.
The project will focus on two Defra funding streams:
- The Environmental Action Fund (EAF)
- Rural Social and Community Programmes
(RSCP)
The project will undertake a survey of both the Defra officials
responsible for the two funds and a range of existing or (in the
case of the RSCP) potential grant recipients from the VCS.
Useful Links:
Rural
affairs home
The Compact
www.thecompact.org.uk
Treasury guidance to funders