Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act: Theory of Change

The report describes the Theory of Change (ToC) for the Act, describing why the Act is necessary and what it aims to achieve. The ToC is the first step in developing a framework for future evaluation work.  

The underlying ToC is summarised in four logic models which cover the Act’s key provisions: the Social Partnership Council (SPC), the Social Partnership Duty (SPD), Fair Work, and Socially Responsible Public Procurement. The logic models were first developed internally with Welsh Government policy leads; then, the logic models for the SPC, SPD and Fair Work were further tested and refined in a workshop with internal and external stakeholders.

Overall, the ToC provides an assessment of the pre-Act conditions from which change and progress can be measured. The ToC will inform the development of an evaluation framework. The ToC will provide a basis from which future evaluators can assess how the Act has been implemented and what outputs it produces; and robustly monitor and evaluate the Act’s impact over its first five years.