Engaging and empowering communities and stakeholders in rural land use and land management in Scotland

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