[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "AboutPolitics and PolicyPeople and PlacesCultureVoices"}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Ar ran y grw\u0302p hoffwn gyflwyno ein cyd-fenter newydd a\u2019ch gwahodd i gymryd rhan. Dyma\u2019r cyntaf mewn cyfres o flogiau sy\u2019n arwain at ddwy gynhadledd, un ym Mangor ym mis Medi ac un arall yng Nghaerdydd ym mis Tachwedd \u2013 digon o amser a gwybodaeth i benderfynu a ydych chi eisiau ymuno a\u0302 ni neu beidio."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "Ar o\u0302l gweithio gyda\u2019n gilydd fel grw\u0302p ers peth amser, penderfynom ei bod hi\u2019n bryd rhoi egwyddorion y Ddeddf Llesiant ar waith, yn enwedig y pum ffordd o weithio. Dyma\u2019r cwestiynau gododd ymysg ein gilydd:"}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Beth yw cyfraniad hirdymor y grw\u0302p? Beth yw\u2019r pwynt i ni gyfarfod o dro i dro i rannu\u2019n syniadau? Beth sy\u2019n digwydd i\u2019r syniadau hynny? Beth sydd gennym i ddangos am ein hymdrechion?\nNid yw cyfarfod er mwyn ticio bocs yn rhywbeth gwerth chweil i\u2019w wneud felly sut allwn ni osgoi syrthni sefydliadol a marweidd-dra a sicrhau fod ein grw\u0302p ni\u2019n berthnasol?\nMae cydweithio yn rhywbeth yr ydym yn anelu ato ond yn rhy aml mae\u2019n sefydliadau\u2019n cystadlu a\u0302\u2019i gilydd; diffiniodd rhywun \u2018cydweithio\u2019 rhyw dro fel \u2018gohirio casa\u0301u\u2019n gilydd dros dro wrth chwilio am fwy o gyllid\u2019. Cododd hynny we\u0302n yn ein mysg gan ein bod i gyd yn adnabod fod llygedyn o wirionedd yna. Sut felly y gallem ni gydweithio go iawn?\nMae integreiddio yn ddyhead arall \u2013 integreiddio\u2019r hyn a wnawn yn hytrach na dilyn ein hamcanion ni ein hunain mewn sylos. Sut allwn ni wneud yn well?\nMae tynnu pobl i ymuno mewn yn syniad sy\u2019n cario llawer o bwysau ond mae\u2019n anodd ei gyflawni. Pwy ddylai fod yn rhan o\u2019r grw\u0302p? Pwy ddylai wneud beth? Pryd? Ble?"}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "Wrth i ni ystyried y cwestiynau hyn fel grw\u0302p yng Nghynhadledd Newid Ymddygiad Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru yn Aberystwyth ym mis Ebrill 2017, heriodd Yvonne Jones o Brifysgol Abertawe (yr unig aelod craidd sy\u2019n weddill o ysgrifenyddiaeth y RCE Cymru gwreiddiol), ni i adfywio Canolfan Arbenigedd Rhanbarthol Cymru (RCE Cymru) i adlewyrchu ein ffordd newydd o feddwl a\u2019r syniadaeth y tu o\u0302l i\u2019r Ddeddf Llesiant. A dyma ni, ddeunaw mis yn ddiweddarach yn awyddus i ail-lansio RCE Cymru ar ei newydd wedd, yn barod i gyfrannu\u2019n weithredol i rwydwaith rhyngwladol o dros 160 o grwpiau tebyg sy\u2019n brysur yn cymhwyso amcanion cynaliadwyedd byd-eang i gyd-destun cymunedol lleol, gyda phwyslais ar les cenedlaethau\u2019r presennol a\u2019r dyfodol."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Mae gan rwydweithiau\u2019r RCE reolau penodol a\u2019r ddwy reol aur yw i) bod rhaid i RCE gael ei arwain gan Brifysgol a ii) mae\u2019n rhaid iddo ymgysylltu a\u0302\u2019r gymuned ehangach. Felly, rydym wedi dod a\u0302 grw\u0302p bach o dri o bobl ynghyd i weithredu fel Ysgrifenyddiaeth i ddelio ag adrodd ond mae\u2019r gweddill yn hylif ac yn agored i awgrymiadau."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Ar hyn o bryd rydym yn datblygu nifer o gylchoedd o ddiddordeb ac yn chwilio am gyfranogwyr sydd a\u0302 diddordeb. Hyd yn hyn mae\u2019r grwpiau canlynol wedi dod i\u2019r amlwg:"}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Mae cylchoedd eraill ar y gweill:"}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Felly i ateb ein pum cwestiwn gwreiddiol, dyma lle rydym ni arni:"}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "Ein gweledigaeth hirdymor yw creu strwythur gwirioneddol ar y cyd (credwn y bydd trefn yr RCE yn hwyluso hyn) i ddarparu \u2018lle i feddwl\u2019 ar gyfer cylchoedd o ddiddordeb i drafod eu heriau penodol, yn eu hamser eu hunain a\u2019u ffordd eu hunain. Mater i bob grw\u0302p yw penderfynu sut maen nhw\u2019n rhoi trefn ar eu hunain a mesur llwyddiant."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Bydd y cylchoedd o ddiddordeb yn darparu gofod ar gyfer sgwrs ddwy ffordd rhwng y grw\u0302p RCE craidd a\u2019r cylchoedd yn cynhyrchu llif cyson o syniadau newydd a darparu cyfleoedd ar gyfer croes-ffrwythloni syniadau rhwng y cylchoedd. Bydd cyfarfodydd yn cael eu trefnu fel bo\u2019r galw gan y grw\u0302piau eu hunain er mwyn osgoi diflastod."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "Rhaid i gydweithio gael ei seilio ar ymddiriedaeth ac mae hwn yn gyfle i archwilio, yn hollol rydd, sut y gall cyfangorff fod yn fwy effeithiol na chyfanswm y rhannau gwasgaredig. Nid cyllid i gecru drosto, nid oes targedau allanol. Nid oes pwysau i ymuno ac yn bwysicach fydd does dim cywilydd o ran methu \u2013 rydym yma i ddysgu gyda\u2019n gilydd."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Mae yna lawer o fentrau o gwmpas sy\u2019n gysylltiedig a\u0302\u2019r holl gylchoedd o ddiddordeb yn barod. Bu sawl ymdrech i orfodi sefydliadau i weithio gyda\u2019i gilydd yn \u2018oer\u2019, heb ddigon o amser i sicrhau fod sylfeini o gyd ymddiried yn bodoli. Rydym yn gobeithio y bydd natur wirfoddol RCE Cymru drwy\u2019r HEFGG yn hwyluso mwy o integreiddio a rhannu syniadau er mwyn goresgyn y tueddiad i gadw pethau i ni\u2019n hunain a meddwl am bethau mewn termau \u2018ni v. nhw\u2019."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "Y newyddion da yw y gall unrhyw un a phawb gymryd rhan os dymunwch. Nid yw hwn yn glwb caeedig. Prif gymhwyster cael eich cynnwys yw bod gennych chi feddwl agored, agwedd bosib, meddwl creadigol a pharodrwydd i gymryd risg (lle gallai methu fod yn opsiwn) ac ymrwymiad i drio. Ond nid ydym yn chwilio am ferthyron chwaith \u2013 os ydych yn rhy brysur, dim problem. Dylai\u2019r cyd-weitho gyda\u2019r cylchoedd diddordeb ffitio mewn gyda\u2019ch gwaith bob dydd neu fod yn rhywbeth ychwanegol fydd o fudd personol i chi o\u2019ch gwirfodd. Mae cydbwysedd bywyd a gwaith yn holl bwysig"}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Dwi\u2019n aros yn eiddgar am donau o sylwadau ac adborth. Ymlaen mae Canan!"}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "On behalf of the group I\u2019d like to introduce our new joint venture and invite you to get involved. This is the first in a series of blogs leading up to two conferences coming up, one in Bangor in September and another in Cardiff in November \u2013 plenty of time and information to decide whether you want to be involved."}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "Having worked together as a group for some time we decided that it was time to put the principles of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (WFGA) into practice, in particular the five ways of working, asking ourselves the following questions:"}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "What is the long term contribution of the group? What\u2019s the point of us meeting every so often, and exchanging our ideas? What happens to those ideas? What can we show for our efforts?\nJust meeting to tick a box is not a worthwhile activity so how can we prevent inertia and stagnation and make our group relevant?\nCollaboration is something that we aspire to but too often our institutions are in competition with each other and as someone said: \u2018collaboration is the suspension of mutual loathing in search of further funding\u2019. That produced a laugh, because we all recognised a grain of truth. How could we then truly collaborate?\nIntegration is another aspiration \u2013 integrating what we do rather than pursuing our own goals in silos. How could we do better?\nInvolvement is another word that carries a lot of weight but is difficult to achieve. Who should be involved? Who should do what? When? Where?"}, {"text_idx": "#000029", "text": "As we were pondering these questions as a group at the Wales Audit Office\u2019s Behaviour Change Conference in Aberystwyth in April 2017, Yvonne Jones from Swansea University, the last person standing from the secretariat of the original Regional Centre of Expertise Wales (RCE Wales) challenged us to revive and revitalise the RCE to reflect our new thinking and the thinking behind the WFGA. And here we are, 18 months later about to re-launch RCE Cymru in its new guise, ready to contribute actively to an international network of more than 160 similar groups who are busy putting global sustainability objectives into a local community context, with an emphasis on the well-being of current and future generations."}, {"text_idx": "#000030", "text": "The RCE networks have rules of engagement and the two golden rules are that i) an RCE has to be led by a University and ii) it must engage with the wider community. So we have brought together a tiny group of three people to act as a Secretariat to deal with reporting but the rest is fluid and open to suggestions."}, {"text_idx": "#000031", "text": "Currently we\u2019re developing several circles of interest and are looking for interested participants. So far the following groups have emerged:"}, {"text_idx": "#000033", "text": "Other circles are starting to brew:"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Our long term vision is to create a truly collaborative structure (we think the RCE set up will facilitate this) to provide \u2018thinking space\u2019 for circles of interest to explore their theme-specific challenges, in their own time and their own way. It is up to each group to decide how they organise themselves and measure success."}, {"text_idx": "#000037", "text": "The circles of interest will provide a two way dialogue between the core RCE group and the circles, generating a constant flow of new ideas and providing opportunities for cross-fertilisation of ideas between the circles. The meetings will be organised as required by the participants thus aiming to avoid \u2018meeting fatigue\u2019."}, {"text_idx": "#000038", "text": "Collaboration has to be based on trust and this is an opportunity to explore, with no strings attached, how the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts. There is no funding to squabble over, there are no targets to dispute. There is no pressure to join and most important of all, no shame in failing \u2013 we are here to learn together."}, {"text_idx": "#000039", "text": "There are many initiatives associated with all the circles of interest and many attempts to force institutions to work together before the necessary foundation of mutual trust has been built. We hope that the voluntary nature of the RCE Cymru relationships emerging through the HEFGG will facilitate greater integration and sharing of ideas breaking down the protectionist \u2018us v them\u2019 barriers."}, {"text_idx": "#000040", "text": "The good news is that anyone and everyone can be involved if you want to. This is not an exclusive club. The main requirement of involvement is an open mind, a can-do attitude, creative thinking, a willingness to take risks (where failing might be an option) and a commitment to have a go. But we are not looking for martyrs either \u2013 if you are too busy, it\u2019s not a problem. Involvement with any of the circles of interest should fit in with the day job or be an extra that you particularly want to invest your time in. Work-life balance is a goal for all of us."}, {"text_idx": "#000045", "text": "Also within Politics and Policy"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Net Zero: let rich polluters pay the bill"}, {"text_idx": "#000049", "text": "Sign up for our newsletter"}, {"text_idx": "#000050", "text": "The IWA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Books Council of Wales for the welsh agenda."}]