Engaging and empowering communities and stakeholders in rural land use and land management in Scotland
Report on how best to assist rural communities to engage with decisions on land use and land management.
Annex 9 Engagement and empowerment Resources
Scottish Resources
- The Scottish Executive's (2004) Consultation Good Practice Guidance. Available: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/1066/0006061.pdf
- National Standards for Community Engagement (2005): Available: http://www.scdc.org.uk/what/national-standards/
- The VOiCE tool: Available: http://www.voicescotland.org.uk/
- Public engagement in forestry. Forestry Commission. (2011). A tool box for public engagement in forest and woodland planning. Available: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/toolbox
- Community toolkit (Scottish Land and Estates Community Engagement Programme) (To improve engagement by estates with communities). Available: http://www.scottishlandandestates.co.uk/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=1366
- Forestry Commission Scotland. Available: http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/supporting/strategy-policy-guidance/communities
- Buddery, P. and Shafique, A. (2013). Report on 'Environmental protection and management: a social productivity approach for SEPA and SNH'. Available: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/A1250708.pdf
- Talking about our place. SNH. (2012). Project and toolkit. Available: http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/communities/talking-about-our-place/
- 'Building Community Capacity' Available: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/206381/0054848.pdf
- 'Involving your community' Development Trusts Association Scotland ( DTAS): http://www.dtascommunityownership.org.uk/sites/default/files/COSS_Involving_Community_WEB.pdf
Funding Streams
The Scottish Government's Regeneration Unit has several funding streams aimed at supporting community-led activity, community asset ownership, and support with developing community capacity:
- Regeneration Capital Grant Fund
- People and Communities Fund
- Strengthening Communities Fund
Scottish rural networks and enabling organisations
These include:
- Scottish Rural Network. Available: https://www.ruralnetwork.scot/
- LEADER groups. Available: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/farmingrural/SRDP/LEADER and https://www.ruralnetwork.scot/funding/leader
- Community Woodlands Scotland. Available: http://www.communitywoods.org/
- Community Land Scotland. Available: http://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/
- Community Learning and Development services. Available: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/communitylearninganddevelopment/
- Planning Aid Scotland. Available: http://pas.org.uk/
Other potential support may be found through third sector organisations, local authorities, and Development Trusts.
UK and international good practice guides include:
- National Consumer Council. (2008). Deliberative public engagement: nine principles. Available: http://www.involve.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Deliberative-public-engagement-nine-principles.pdf
- International Association for Public Participation. Available: http://www.iap2.org/
- International Association of Facilitators. Available: https://www.iaf-world.org/site/
Toolkits and handbooks include:
- International association for public participation toolkit. Available: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.iap2.org/resource/resmgr/imported/toolbox.pdf
- HarmoniCOP's: Learning Together to Manage Together. (2005). Available: http://www.harmonicop.uni-osnabrueck.de/HarmoniCOPHandbook.pdf
- Biodiversa Stakeholder Engagement Toolkit. Available: http://www.biodiversa.org/577
- Living with Environmental Change Partnership's Knowledge Exchange Guidelines. Available: http://www.lwec.org.uk/ke-guidelines
- CADISPA toolkit (links to various international resources for engaging communities and building community capacity). Available: http://www.cadispa.org/index.php/resources/toolkits
Contact
- Clare Magill, socialresearch@gov.scot
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