A Compact is a written statement of understanding between community Planning Partners and the voluntary and community sector. Community Planning is the way in which public bodies, together with other national and local organisations agree local priorities with the community and then work collectively to provide the services that are needed at local level.In Dundee, the main statutory partners are Dundee City Council, NHS Tayside, Tayside Police,Tayside Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Enterprise Tayside, Communities Scotland, academic institutions and representatives of the private sector. In recognition that only through our joint contribution in working together with the voluntary and community sector can we make Dundee a better place, the Dundee partnership has remitted a group to develop a Dundee Compact. A Compact is deliberately not exhaustive. It recognises the diversity of the voluntary and community sector and its activities; it represents a reciprocally beneficial and constructive relationship between the statutory and voluntary sectors.