National Parks Advice to Ministers - Annex A – Stakeholder Advisory Group – Membership, Terms of Reference and List of Papers
Published: 2023
Membership
- Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland/Scottish Campaign for National Parks
- Cairngorms National Park Authority
- CEMVO Scotland (Council Of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations)
- COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)
- Disability Equality Scotland
- Europarc Federation
- Forest and Land Scotland
- Heads of Planning Service
- Highlands and Island Enterprise
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority
- Marine Conservation Society
- National Farmers Union Scotland
- Southern Scotland Enterprise Agency
- Scottish Environment LINK/ Ramblers Association Scotland
- Scottish Environment LINK/RSPB
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Land and Estates
- Scottish Landscape Alliance
- Scottish Renewables Forum
- Trees for Life (Affric Highland)
- VisitScotland
- YoungScot
Community Land Scotland, Land Commission Scotland and Marine Scotland were also invited to join the group.
Terms of Reference (as set out paper 1-2)
The meeting will be chaired by NatureScot Board member, Heather Reid. She will be responsible for the efficient running of the meetings; for making sure everyone on the stakeholder group is able to make an effective contribution; and (where appropriate) for summarising the main points of agreement and disagreement for NatureScot to consider.
NatureScot staff in the project team will act as Secretariat and prepare papers. Other papers may be tabled by any member of the group, provided they are available for circulation by the Secretariat one week before it meets. All papers will be circulated electronically unless otherwise requested.
Contributions from members of the group at the meetings will be non-attributable to individuals or organisations (“Chatham House” rules).
An unconfirmed report of each meeting will be prepared by NatureScot and circulated to members of the group. The confirmed report, along with any other papers prepared for the meeting, will also be posted on the NatureScot website.
| Meeting | Papers |
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Meeting 1 (12th July 2022)
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Paper 1-1: Programme of work Paper 1-2: Terms of reference Paper 1-3: Proposals for consultation Paper 1-4: Establishing new national parks background paper |
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Meeting 2 (17th August 2022) |
Paper 2-1: Possible changes to the aims and powers Paper 2-2: Developing criteria for the evaluation of new park proposals |
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Meeting 3 (1st September 2022)
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Paper 3-1: Updates on proposed consultation events Paper 3-2: Towards a first draft of the proposed consultation document Paper 3-3: Background paper – an overview of the governance arrangements for the park authority Paper 3-4: Background paper – selected overview of complementary or alternative local, national and international designations |
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Meeting 4 (22nd November 2022) |
Paper 4-1: Key elements for a vision and mission for Scotland Paper 4-2: Indicative timeline and next steps for 2023 |
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Meeting 5 (21st December 2022) |
Paper 5-1: Views of young people and disabled people on national parks Paper 5-2: Description of the approach to the survey analysis Paper 5-3: Survey analysis – first-cut Paper 5-4: Key issues emerging from the consultation |
