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Today I am publishing the Welsh Government’s revised Third Sector Scheme by formally laying a copy in the National Assembly for Wales.


The Third Sector Scheme is our key policy framework which underpins Welsh Government’s relationship with the Third Sector in Wales and sets out Welsh Ministers’ intentions in taking forward this relationship. Section 74 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 provides the legislative framework for this policy.  


In January 2013, the then Minister for Local Government and Communities announced in a Written Statement the intention to renew this key relationship.   We published the consultation document – *Continuity and Change: Refreshing the relationship with the Third Sector in Wales* – in May.  Following a 12 week consultation which generated a very large response, I made a Statement in the Assembly on 12 November regarding the outcomes.  The consultation confirmed the need to revise the existing Voluntary Sector Scheme (2004\) and the Code of Practice for Funding the Third Sector (2009\), to bring them both fully up to date.


Previously, these two documents were published separately. They have now been formally linked, with the Code of Practice becoming an Annex to the Scheme.  Our aim in this is to strengthen and make clearer the links between the Scheme (which describes the overarching principles by which Welsh Government works with the Third Sector), and the Code of Practice for Funding (which details the principles by which Welsh Government will financially assist the Third Sector).


The Scheme including the Code of Practice published today has been developed in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, principally through the Third Sector Partnership Council (TSPC) and the networks represented by its members, taking full account of the consultation responses we received last year.  I therefore expect that this strategic framework will stand the test of time and provide a sound foundation for our collaboration with the Third Sector for many years to come.


The Scheme sets out the shared vision and values which underpin this relationship.  It outlines the main ways in which Welsh Government engages with the Third Sector, including the TSPC and highlights our shared commitment to supporting communities and encouraging volunteering.  

    

The revised Scheme also describes our approach to supporting the Third Sector through an integrated infrastructure covering the whole of Wales.     Welsh Government and the Third Sector both recognise the challenges that public services face and that quality of life cannot be delivered by the state alone. I hope that other public bodies in Wales and beyond will identify with the intentions set out in the Third Sector Scheme and use them to inform regional and local relationships.


The revised Code of Practice for Funding the Third Sector is an integral part of the Scheme. It is based around 17 Principles which are set out in greater detail than previously.  The Code also provides information about Welsh Government’s approach to funding, with sections on Commissioning, Grants and Procurement.  The Scheme will be relevant well beyond the relationship between Welsh Government and Third Sector organisations in receipt of direct funding.  


Publishing the Third Sector Scheme and Code of Practice today is by no means the end of this process. We will continue to work closely with the Third Sector to raise awareness of these documents and highlight their relevance for a very wide range of organisations and individuals across all sectors. Work has already commenced to drive forward some of the central messages from the Scheme. A key priority over the forthcoming year ahead will be a more formal move towards regional working within the Infrastructure and this dialogue already is underway. Additionally, we are working through the TSPC to ensure that engagement mechanisms, such as the TSPC itself and Ministerial meetings with the sector are more outcome focused.


In particular I hope that local authorities, health boards and other public services will take note of the Scheme and Code of Practice to inform the development and strengthening of Local Compacts with the Third Sector.   We are ready to work with them to support this process and to jointly develop guidance and improve monitoring of Compacts in the future.


 







Translation:


 
Rwy’n cyhoeddi heddiw Gynllun Trydydd Sector diwygiedig Llywodraeth Cymru ac yn gosod copi’n ffurfiol gerbron y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol.

Cynllun y Trydydd Sector yw ein prif fframwaith polisi ac mae’r berthynas rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a’r Trydydd Sector yng Nghymru wedi’i seilio arni.  Mae’n disgrifio bwriadau Llywodraeth Cymru o ran datblygu’r berthynas honno.  Adran 74 Deddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 sy’n rhoi’r fframwaith deddfwriaethol i’r polisi hwn.

Ym mis Ionawr 2013, cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau bryd hynny mewn Datganiad Ysgrifenedig ei fwriad i adfywio’r berthynas bwysig hon.  Cyhoeddwyd y ddogfen ymgynghori \- Parhad a Newid: Adnewyddu'r Berthynas rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a'r Trydydd Sector yng Nghymru – ym mis Mai.  Yn dilyn ymgynghoriad a barodd 12 wythnos ac a ysgogodd gryn ymateb, gwneuthum ddatganiad yn y Cynulliad ar 12 Tachwedd ynghylch y canlyniadau.  Cafwyd cadarnhad trwy’r ymgynghoriad bod angen adolygu Cynllun y Sector Gwirfoddol (2004\) a’r Cod Ymarfer ar gyfer Ariannu’r Trydydd Sector (2009\) i’w gwneud yn addas a chyfoes.   
Yn y gorffennol, roedd y ddwy ddogfen yn cael eu cyhoeddi ar wahân.  Maent yn awr wedi’u cysylltu’n ffurfiol, gyda’r Cod Ymarfer bellach yn Atodiad i’r Cynllun.  Ein hamcan yn hynny o beth yw cryfhau a chrisialu’r cysylltiadau rhwng y Cynllun (sy’n disgrifio egwyddorion sylfaenol Llywodraeth Cymru wrth weithio â’r Trydydd Sector), a’r Cod Ymarfer ar gyfer Ariannu (sy’n esbonio’r egwyddorion a ddefnyddir gan Lywodraeth Cymru wrth ariannu’r Trydydd Sector).

Mae’r Cynllun gan gynnwys y Cod Ymarfer a gyhoeddir heddiw wedi’u datblygu ar y cyd ag ystod eang o randdeiliaid, yn bennaf trwy Gyngor Partneriaeth y Trydydd Sector (TSPC) a’r rhwydweithiau a gynrychiolir gan ei aelodau a rhoddwyd ystyriaeth lawn hefyd i’r ymatebion a gafwyd i’r ymgynghoriad y llynedd.  Rwy’n disgwyl felly i’r fframwaith strategol hwn oroesi a gosod sylfeini cadarn ar gyfer ein cydweithio â’r Trydydd Sector am flynyddoedd mawr i ddod.

Mae’r Cynllun yn disgrifio’n gweledigaeth a’n gwerthoedd cytûn sy’n sail i’r berthynas hon.  Mae’n amlinellu sut y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru’n ymgysylltu â’r Trydydd Sector, gan gynnwys y TSPC ac yn tanlinellu’n hymrwymiad cytûn i gefnogi cymunedau ac annog gwirfoddoli.

Mae’r Cynllun diwygiedig yn disgrifio hefyd sut yr ydym yn defnyddio isadeiledd integredig Cymru gyfan i gefnogi’r Trydydd Sector.  Mae Llywodraeth Cymru a’r Trydydd Sector ill dau’n cydnabod yr heriau sy’n wynebu’r gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ac nad trwy’r wladwriaeth yn unig y daw ansawdd bywyd.  Rwy’n gobeithio y gwelwn gyrff cyhoeddus yng Nghymru a thu hwnt yn uniaethu â’r bwriadau yng Nghynllun y Trydydd Sector ac yn eu defnyddio i borthi’u cysylltiadau rhanbarthol a lleol.  

Mae’r Cod Ymarfer diwygiedig ar gyfer Ariannu’r Trydydd Sector yn rhan annatod o’r Cynllun. Mae’n seiliedig ar 17 o Egwyddorion sy’n cael eu disgrifio’n fanylach na chynt.  Mae’r Cod yn darparu gwybodaeth hefyd ynghylch sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru’n mynd ati i ariannu, gydag adrannau ynddo am Gomisiynu, Grantiau a Chaffael.  Mae’r Cynllun yn berthnasol i fwy na’r berthynas rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a mudiadau’r Trydydd Sector sy’n derbyn nawdd uniongyrchol.

Wrth reswm, nid diwedd y broses yw cyhoeddi Cynllun y Trydydd Sector a’r Cod Ymarfer heddiw.  Byddwn yn dal ati i gydweithio’n glos â’r Trydydd Sector i godi ymwybyddiaeth am y dogfennau hyn a thynnu sylw at eu perthnasedd i amrywiaeth eang iawn o fudiadau, cyrff ac unigolion ar draws pob sector.  Mae’r gwaith wedi dechrau eisoes i ledaenu rhai o negeseuon canolog y Cynllun.  Un o’r prif flaenoriaethau dros y flwyddyn i ddod fydd symud at weithio’n rhanbarthol ar lefel fwy ffurfiol, gan ddefnyddio’r Isadeiledd.  Mae’r ddeialog hon eisoes wedi cychwyn. Hefyd, rydym yn gweithio trwy’r TSPC i sicrhau bod mecanweithiau ymgysylltu, fel y TSPC ei hun a chyfarfodydd Gweinidogion â’r sector, yn canolbwyntio fwyfwy ar ganlyniadau.

Rwy’n gobeithio yn arbennig y gwnaiff awdurdodau lleol, byrddau iechyd a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus eraill nodi’r Cynllun a’r Cod Ymarfer a’u defnyddio i ddatblygu a chryfhau eu Compactau Lleol â’r Trydydd Sector.  Rydym yn barod i weithio â nhw i gefnogi’r broses ac i ddatblygu arweiniad gyda’n gilydd a monitro’r Compactau’n well yn y dyfodol.