Embedding quality in your commissioning practice (Blog Posting)

Abstract

To add to the valuable partnership resources developed by the Cultural Commissioning Programme, I’d like to flag parallel work around quality happening in the arts sector. Even though the new insights come from participatory arts research I believe they’re crucial for any kind of work delivered with beneficiaries.

The quality of what we deliver, and the quality of our users’ experiences and outcomes, is directly related to the level of shared understanding and purpose between us and our project partners. Because key conditions for quality arise in the Inception phase of a project, this has obvious significance for commissioning.