Agreeing Priorities

One way of agreeing priorities for the partnership area is to hold a partnership meeting:

• each agency should come to the meeting having first clarified their own priorities for action.

• each organisation in turn should outline:

  • its strategic priorities in the target area

  • what it can contribute to robbery reduction

  • any initiatives it may oppose or not wish to take part in.

• The group as a whole can then consider the resulting agenda, looking at areas:

  • of agreement and disagreement

  • what is known about effective practice and

  • agree priorities for action

• After the meeting individual partners will need to endorse the agreed priorities.

The priorities agreed should be specific about the issue to be targeted.