A consideration about partnerships between local governments and NPOs : Focusing on the Compact model in Britain(<Special Article>Participation and Cooperation in the Intermediary Organization)

Abstract

First, this paper showed the historical and present circumstances of the partnership theory in Britain. And it focused on the Compact which is the agreement of the government and the voluntary sector in Britain, and the actual condition was introduced, giving the example of a Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Furthermore, positioning of the partnership model was discussed from the viewpoint of local governance, and the subject and its evaluation were discussed. Although the partnership model which includes outside environment is inevitable to be complicated, it is necessary to create a new evaluation model for an improvement of community benefit.