National Council of Rural Advisers minutes: April 2018

Attendees and apologies

Attendees

• Alison Milne
• Alan Laidlaw
• Jackie Brierton
• Sarah Allison
• Marion MacCormick
• Archie Gibson
• David Sulman
• Sarah Simpson
• Henry Graham
• Lorne Crerar
• Donald MacLean (Strategy Story)

Scottish Government

• Pamela Berry
• Amanda Fox
• Lorraine Macrae
• Eva Kleinert

Presenting

• prof. Sarah Skerratt (SRUC)

Apologies

• Jim McLaren
• Lynn Mann
• Willie Cameron
• John Kinnaird

Items and actions

Action point log

No.	Topic	Action	Lead	Deadline/Update
1	Rural Economy	Sarah Skerratt presentation slides to be circulated	NCRA secretariat to circulate	Completed
2	Rural Economy	Sarah Skerratt and Alison Milne to have a follow up discussion	Alison Milne	ASAP
3	Rural Economy	Sarah Skerratt to provide copies of her reports	NCRA secretariat to circulate	ASAP
4	Rural Economy	Sarah Skerratt to follow up with SEFARI	Sarah Skerratt	ASAP
5	Rural Economy	Sarah Skerratt to explore a map of rural polices and a map of financial support	Sarah Skerratt	ASAP
6	Rural Economy	NCRA members to have bilaterals with stakeholders to update them on the NCRA’s progression and how they (stakeholders) will input	NCRA Members	On-going
7	Rural Economy	Explore if an NCRA member can be involved in the rural economy theme of the South of Scotland Agency work	Lorne Crerar	18 May 2018
8	Regional Workshops	Membership organisation workshop has been rescheduled to 11 May 2018	Alison Milne/RECD	11 May 2018
9	Rural Youth Survey	NCRA to have on-going discussions on how we can work with the Rural Youth Survey	Alison Milne	Ongoing
10	Research	Explore RDC	RECD / Jim McLaren	By next meeting
11	Research	Explore different organisational models	RECD / RESAS	By next meeting
12	Research	Get a paper from F&D colleagues regarding set up of SF&D	RECD/ SG F&D	4 May 2018
13	Research	Explore the possibility of defining the value of the Rural Economy	RESAS	By next meeting
14	Consultation	Agricultural Champions want NCRA to see a draft of the Agricultural Champions Report to ensure both the NCRA and AG reports work together	Archie Gibson/Henry Graham/John Kinnaird/Marion MacCormick	Before publication in May
15	RHS	Explore options of NCRA representation at panel events	RECD	By end of May
16	Skills event	Members to send suggestions for skills event steering group	NCRA members	ASAP
17	Subsequent Meetings	Next dates and locations are as follows: 24 May 2018 - Harper McLeod offices, Glasgow, 2 August 2018 - Ingliston House, 12 September 2018 - Harper McLeod offices, Glasgow	NCRA secretariat to circulate	Complete