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Today, I have published the third edition of an annual compendium providing key statistics for the Regional Collaborative Areas.


Public service reform underpins the vision set out in our Programme for Government for a fairer and more prosperous Wales.


Much of the evidence about what works in improving services, supports the view greater regional and national collaboration helps to deliver better services. The Welsh Government set out a geographical footprint for regional collaborative activity across public services in 2011, aligning Local Authority and regional boundaries with other public services such as health and policing.


Standardising on this common set of geographical boundaries and regional arrangements, supports delivery by promoting stronger governance and accountability. This approach puts collaboration on a more stable, long\-term footing so partners can get on with the job of joining up services to meet the needs of people and communities across Wales.  


The publication I have issued today is the latest in a series of reports which bring together information about public services in Wales. This will help the public and others acting on their behalf, to understand and scrutinise the performance of public services.


This latest report provides an analysis of each of the six Regional Collaborative Areas and sits alongside the Local Authority Services Performance publication which I issued in January. It presents a comparison within each regional area and across the six areas. It includes a range of information reflecting the demographic, economic and social characteristics of these areas.


Since the previous version of this publication was produced, the Report of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery has been published. The Commission’s Report underlined the importance of embedding the collaborative agenda and reinforced the case for collaboration at a regional level.  


The collaborative footprint areas covered by this publication continue to serve an important purpose whilst we are formulating our response to the Commission’s Report.  As I have consistently stated, I do not expect Local Authorities to use the Commission’s Report as an excuse to slow down or stop work to improve public services in their area, whilst the work to formulate our response, or to put it into effect, is being taken forward. The challenges facing public services in Wales which led us to set out the regional footprint exist in the here and now and are not going to go away. The future of public services in Wales will be shaped by our response to the Commission’s Report, however, the efforts to shape the future do not diminish the need to develop more effective approaches to the delivery of services today.


The publication, a Comparison of the Regional Collaborative Areas 2014, can be found online.


 


 







Translation:


 
Heddiw, rwyf wedi cyhoeddi trydydd argraffiad crynodeb blynyddol sy’n darparu ystadegau allweddol ar gyfer Ardaloedd Cydweithredol Rhanbarthol.

Mae diwygio’r gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn sail i’r weledigaeth a nodir yn ein Rhaglen Lywodraethu ar gyfer Cymru decach a mwy llewyrchus.

Mae llawer o’r dystiolaeth am beth sy’n gweithio o ran gwella gwasanaethau, yn ategu’r farn bod mwy o gydweithredu rhanbarthol a chenedlaethol yn helpu i gyflenwi gwasanaethau gwell. Nododd Llywodraeth Cymru batrwm daearyddol ar gyfer gweithgarwch cydweithredol rhanbarthol ar draws  gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn 2011, gan alinio ffiniau’r Awdurdodau Lleol a ffiniau rhanbarthol â gwasanaethau cyhoeddus eraill megis iechyd a phlismona.

Mae safoni’r set gyffredin hon o ffiniau daearyddol a threfniadau rhanbarthol yn cefnogi cyflenwi trwy hyrwyddo llywodraethu ac atebolrwydd cryfach. Mae’r dull hwn yn rhoi cydweithredu ar sylfaen hirdymor, fwy sefydlog er mwyn i bartneriaid fwrw ymlaen â’r gwaith o gydgysylltu gwasanaethau i ddiwallu anghenion pobl a chymunedau ledled Cymru.  
   
Y ddogfen yr wyf wedi’i chyhoeddi heddiw yw’r ddiweddaraf mewn cyfres o adroddiadau sy’n dod â gwybodaeth ynghyd am wasanaethau cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i helpu’r cyhoedd ac eraill sy’n gweithredu ar eu rhan i ddeall a chraffu ar berfformiad gwasanaethau cyhoeddus.

Mae’r adroddiad diweddaraf hwn yn cynnig dadansoddiad o bob un o’r chwe  Ardal Gydweithredol Ranbarthol ac mae’n gymar i gyhoeddiad Perfformiad Gwasanaethau’r Awdurdodau Lleol a gyhoeddais ym mis Ionawr. Mae’n cyflwyno cymhariaeth o fewn pob ardal ranbarthol ac ar draws y chwe ardal. Mae’n cynnwys ystod o wybodaeth sy’n adlewyrchu nodweddion demograffig, economaidd a chymdeithasol yr ardaloedd hyn.

Ers i’r fersiwn flaenorol o’r cyhoeddiad hwn gael ei chynhyrchu mae Adroddiad y Comisiwn ar Lywodraethu a Darparu Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus wedi cael ei gyhoeddi. Tanlinellodd Adroddiad y Comisiwn bwysigrwydd ymwreiddio’r agenda gydweithredol ac atgyfnerthu’r achos o blaid cydweithredu ar lefel ranbarthol.  

Mae ardaloedd y patrwm cydweithredol a gwmpesir yn y cyhoeddiad hwn yn parhau i ateb diben pwysig tra bôm wrthi’n llunio ein hymateb i Adroddiad y Comisiwn.  Fel rwyf wedi dweud yn gyson, nid wyf yn disgwyl i’r Awdurdodau Lleol ddefnyddio Adroddiad y Comisiwn fel esgus i arafu neu i roi’r gorau i weithio i wella gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn eu hardal, tra bo’r gwaith i lunio ein hymateb neu i roi effaith iddi yn mynd rhagddo. Mae’r heriau sy’n wynebu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yng Nghymru a barodd i ni nodi’r patrwm rhanbarthol yn hollbresennol ac nid ydynt yn mynd i ddiflannu. Caiff dyfodol gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yng Nghymru ei lunio gan ein hymateb i Adroddiad y Comisiwn; er hynny, nid yw’r ymdrechion i lunio’r dyfodol yn lleihau’r angen i feithrin dulliau gwell o gyflenwi gwasanaethau heddiw.

Mae’r cyhoeddiad, Comparison of the Regional Collaborative Areas 2014, i’w weld ar lein.