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National Strategy for Economic Transformation: second annual progress report
Second annual progress report on the delivery of the 10 year National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET).
Annex A – Action Progress Status
As NSET is a 10-year strategy we have always been clear that we need to flex delivery plans as we go to take account of changing circumstances and opportunities. Some actions are not started as we phase delivery over the lifespan of the programme, some actions have been paused as we examine impact and some actions have been stopped as circumstances change.
Our upcoming Programme for Government and aligned updated NSET delivery plans will highlight the priorities we will take forward over the next year to achieve fair, green growth. All actions we take forward will drive forward our mission to unlock our economic potential in order to tackle child poverty, drive progress towards net zero and increase investment in our public services.
| Programme 1 – Entrepreneurial People and Culture | |
|---|---|
| Action | Status |
| Action 1 – Entrepreneurial Learning | In Progress |
| Action 2 – Embed entrepreneurship in the Young Person's Guarantee | In Progress |
| Action 3 – Scotland’s Apprenticeship System | In Progress |
| Action 4 – Entrepreneurial Campus | In Progress |
| Action 5 – Develop innovative, industry-led pathways to redirect the best entrepreneurial talent into building new companies. | In Progress |
| Action 6 – Create a national network of pre-start centres | In Progress |
| Action 7 – Expand the scope of the current tech-scaler programme | In Progress |
| Action 8 – Develop and align private sector incubators | In Progress |
| Action 9 – Attract the world’s best private sector accelerators to Scotland | Not Started |
| Action 10 – Access to support programmes from amongst the most under-represented groups | In Progress |
| Action 11 – Appoint a Chief Entrepreneur | Complete |
| Action 12 – Attract international entrepreneurs to Scotland | In Progress |
| Action 13 – Attract entrepreneurial students | Not Started |
| Action 14 – Enhance Scotland’s profile at key international set pieces such as international conferences | In Progress |
| Action 15 – Build strategic partnerships with key entrepreneurial ecosystems in other countries | In Progress |
| Action 16 – Expand the application of entrepreneurial thinking and approaches to public service reform | Not Started |
| Action 17 – CivTech programme a mandatory part of the way in which the big change programmes of Government are delivered. | Not Started |
| Action 18 – Build on the success of CivTech, leveraging public procurement to stimulate more business start-ups and support Scottish scale ups. | Not Started |
| Action 19 – Proactively promote business start-up opportunities to those at risk of redundancy through the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) programme | Not Started |
| Programme 2 – New Market Opportunities | |
|---|---|
| Action | Status |
| Action 20 – Deliver on our export plans which takes a targeted sector and country approach to raising Scotland international exports | In Progress |
| Action 21 – Promote Scotland as an innovative test bed for new technologies and markets | In Progress |
| Action 22 – Provide public sector R&D grant support & finance | In Progress |
| Action 23 – Provide capital investment to support renewable hydrogen production | In Progress |
| Action 24 – Deliver on the ambitions of ScotWind and future renewable energy developments | In Progress |
| Action 25 – Expand the Supply Chain Development Programme | In Progress |
| Action 26 – Adopt a cluster building approach to strengthen our position in new markets | In Progress |
| Action 27 – Review our strategic approach to public ownership | In Progress |
| Action 28 – Establish an investor panel (co-chaired by the First Minister) to attract investment for a pipeline of projects in Scotland that support our transition to Net Zero | Complete |
| Action 29 – Improve access to private capital for business investment and growth | In Progress |
| Action 30 – Expand and enhance our Green Investment Portfolio | In Progress |
| Action 31 – Establish a values led, high integrity market for responsible private capital investment in natural capital | In Progress |
| Action 78 (new action) – Delivering the Inward Investment Plan to attract high quality inward investment and technologies into sectors such as energy transition, tech and space[1] | In Progress |
| Programme 3 – Productive Businesses and Regions | |
|---|---|
| Action | Status |
| Action 32 – Deliver the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 | Complete |
| Action 33 – Provide an efficient and resilient digital infrastructure. | In Progress |
| Action 34 – Establish a Digital Productivity Fund focused on supporting business to improve firm-level productivity | Paused |
| Action 35 – Develop joint programmes of action to increase digital understanding and adoption | Paused |
| Action 36 – Design and implement programmes to upskill business and public sector leaders in the practical actions they can take to boost productivity, at scale. | Paused |
| Action 37 – Design and implement a Team Scotland leadership programme across the public and private sector. | Paused |
| Action 38 – Appoint Productivity Ambassadors to promote understanding of driving productivity improvements, build international networks with their peers and deliver learning as part of the Team Scotland leadership programme | Paused |
| Action 39 – Establish a new measure of the resilience of the economy, monitoring, assessing and identifying actions to future-proof the productivity of Scotland's economy over the long term, including on issues such as climate adaptation, cyber security, international trade links and critical domestic supply chains. | In Progress |
| Action 40 – Launch the Centre for Workplace Transformation[2] | Stopped |
| Action 41 – Expand Scotland’s SCDI-led network of Productivity Clubs for businesses to use peer-to-peer learning to identify opportunities to improve productivity | In Progress |
| Action 42 – Reinforce our commitment to regional collaboration through our Regional Policy Review and continue to work with Regional Economic Partnerships to deliver Regional Economic Strategies with strong regional economic policies and tailor interventions to evidenced regional strengths and opportunities. | In Progress |
| Action 43 – Introduce Community Wealth Building legislation | In Progress |
| Action 44 – Undertake and publish a review of how best to significantly increase the number of social enterprises, employee-owned businesses and cooperatives in Scotland | In Progress |
| Programme 4 – Skilled Workforce | |
|---|---|
| Action | Status |
| Action 45 – Develop proposals for a national digital academy | In Progress |
| Action 46 – Deliver the national strategy on adult learning | In Progress |
| Action 47 – Deliver key actions from the Scottish Funding Council Review of Coherent Provision and Sustainability | In Progress |
| Action 48 – Implement the next phase of the Green Jobs Workforce Academy and launch a new skills guarantee for workers in carbon intensive industries | Paused |
| Action 49 & Action 50 (Combined) – Implement a lifetime upskilling and retraining offer that is more straightforward for people and business to access and benefit from | Paused |
| Action 51 – Develop a new Skills Pact to underpin our commitment to strong partnership working with both employers and unions | Not Started |
| Actions 52 & 53 – (Combined) Expand Scotland's Available Talent Pool | In Progress |
| Programme 5 – Fairer and More Equal Society | |
|---|---|
| Action | Status |
| Action 54 – Systematically address Scotland's labour market inactivity challenges | In Progress |
| Action 55 – Apply Fair Work conditionality to grants, requiring payment of real Living Wage, and channels for effective workers’ voice by summer 2022 | Complete [Phase 1 delivered] |
| Action 56 – Deliver on the commitment to require payment of the real Living Wage in Scottish Government contracts from October 2021 | Complete [now BAU] |
| Action 57 – Work with employers and trade unions to achieve higher standards of pay, better security of work, and greater union representation. | Complete [now BAU] |
| Action 58 – Build on the findings from the Business Purpose Commission Report in Spring 2022 | Complete |
| Action 59 – Set out how we will support parents to increase their incomes | Complete |
| Action 60 – Simplify the employability system by implementing No One Left Behind | In Progress |
| Action 61 – Ensure that Every Contact Counts in delivering an aligned and integrated offer of support for those seeking to move towards, into or progressing within the labour market. | In Progress |
| Action 62 – Take further steps to remove barriers to employment and career advancement for disabled people, women, those with care experience and people from minority ethnic groups | In Progress |
| Action 63 – Build on the principles of the Young Person’s Guarantee | In Progress |
| Programme 6 – Culture of Delivery | |
|---|---|
| Action | Status |
| Action 64 – Establish a Centre of Expertise in Equality and Human Rights within Scottish Government | Complete |
| Action 65 – Restructure the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board so that it becomes the National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) Delivery Board | Complete |
| Action 66 – Establish a Scottish Government Economic Leadership Group[3] | Stopped |
| Action 67 – Introduce a common accountability framework with delivery partners with senior named leaders | Complete |
| Action 68 – Provide multi-year budgets through Resource Spending Reviews | Complete |
| Action 69 – Ensure the NSET Board has the best available data, drawn from the public sector, academic and private sources | Complete |
| Action 70 – Establish a programme to radically transform the way in which the public sector in Scotland provides support for workers and businesses[4] | In Progress |
| Action 71 – Ensure that strategic guidance to our key delivery agencies aligns with the priorities | In Progress |
| Action 72 – Target support more effectively to businesses in every region of Scotland through introducing a common business identifier to be used by every delivery partner. | In Progress |
| Action 73 – Work with stakeholders to consider how regulation can be used to support economic and societal aims and use this work to continuously improve the approach to regulation and guidance in the future. | In Progress |
| Action 74 – Finalise detailed delivery plans within six months of publication of the strategy, setting out how the programmes will be taken forward. | Complete |
| Action 75 – Publish an annual progress report from the NSET board in order to enhance public accountability | Complete |
| Action 76 – Publish a wellbeing economy monitor | Complete |
| Action 77 – Ensure a consistent approach to evaluation to drive continuous improvement | In Progress |
| Action 79 (new action) – Implement Key New Deal for Business Group Recommendations[5] | In Progress |
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