[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "AboutPolitics and PolicyPeople and PlacesCultureVoices"}, {"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": "#000014", "text": "Mae cylchoedd eraill ar y gweill:"}, {"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": "#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": "#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": "#000045", "text": "Also within Politics and Policy"}, {"text_idx": "#000047", "text": "Wales leading the way on tough decisions"}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Levelling the playing field: A case for retrofit over demolition"}, {"text_idx": "#000049", "text": "Sign up to receive a daily welsh agenda article and our latest news and events"}, {"text_idx": "#000050", "text": "The IWA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Books Council of Wales for the welsh agenda."}]