GFIB Programme Board minutes: April 2024

Attendees and apologies

• Scottish Government
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Futures Trust
• Skills Development Scotland
• Falkirk Council
• Forth Valley College
• CVS Falkirk
• Federation of Small Businesses
• Aspect
• INEOS
• INEOS O&P
• Petroineos
• Calachem
• Celtic Renewables
• Syngenta
• Unite the Union
• Forth Ports

Items and actions

Item 1: Welcome and Introductions

Susie Townend (Scottish Government) welcomed new members to the Programme Board and provided a readout from the GFIB Leadership Forum meeting held on 28 March. This included key actions for the Programme Board to consider, including developing a shortlist of low carbon projects for development in the cluster.

Item 2: Grangemouth Just Transition Plan

A Scottish Government official provided an update on the draft Grangemouth Just Transition Plan. This included a presentation outlining the scope and content of the plan, as well as a timeline of work undertaken so far on its development.

Item 3: Presentation from Aspect

A representative from Aspect presented the Programme Board with a summary of their recent work undertaken to inform actions that will comprise priority activities for the delivery of the Grangemouth Just Transition Plan. This included a substantive discussion around developing a thematic action plan, which will form the basis of activity that GFIB will deliver.

Item 4: Close

Susie Townend thanked attendees for their contribution to the discussion and drew the meeting to a close.