Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review: Stage 4 Final Report

This report is the final output of the Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review. It brings together the evidence collected during the project & provides options & practical recommendations for the roles and delivery of Community Led Local Development, Scottish Rural Network and Scottish Rural Action


List of acronyms

AKIS Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System

CAP Common Agricultural Policy

CLLD Community Led Local Development

CLV Community Led Vision

DEFRA Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

ELARD European LEADER Association for Rural Development

ERCA European Rural Communities Alliance

EU European Union

KPIs Key Performance Indicators

LAGs Local Action Groups

LEADER Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l’Économie Rurale (French - can be translated as ‘Links between actions for the development of the rural economy’)

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

RESAS Rural and Environmental Science and Analytic Services

SEP Socio-Economic Performance

SME Small and Medium Enterprise

SRA Scottish Rural Action

SRDP Scotland Rural Development Programme

SRN Scottish Rural Network

SROI Social Return on Investment

UK United Kingdom

YLAGs Youth Local Action Groups

Contact

Email: socialresearch@gov.scot

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