children playing in the streets, safe from harm, happy,
cheerful and content? So, do you still think Marc's wrong
when he says we're failing?
So, what's the problem?
How can we be achieving so little when
we all know that we are doing so very
much?
“The problem is not that there is not enough money” says
Marc. “The problem is that we have all this activity, but it's
not joined up. Different government departments don't talk
to each other, they never sit at the same table and combine
their activities and their resources to ensure the best
possible delivery. There is no incentive or pressure for them
to work together. There is no
pressure at all placed on them to
cooperate in an effective way.”
“This lack of coordination means
that sometimes they can't even
spend the money they have.
And, quite often, these social
development projects rely on
other government departments
who simply fail to deliver – and
when they fail then the
programme fails.”
At the highest levels of government there needs to be the
mandate and the requirement that departments cooperate,
work together to deliver on the government's own priorities.
Any and all government department that has influence over
the delivery of these social services should be held to
account – forced to deliver and deliver fast.”
“Never has so much money been thrown at