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In Off the Shelf, we highlight some recent additions to the Rural Gateway documents library. There are hundreds of documents in our library, from research reports to community newspapers. You can search by keyword or by description, making it easier to find what you need.

Reporting on 100 Days: Moving Scotland Forward

This document reports on the first 100 days of the new Scottish government and their first steps to achieving their objectives. Their aim is to make Scotland a wealthier, fairer, healthier, safer and stronger, smarter and greener country.

The report includes reference to the development of a Road Equivalent Tariff Scheme for ferries, a Scottish Housing Support Fund for first-time buyers and other issues of interest to rural Scotland.

It was a challenging first 100 days, with an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease and a terrorist attack to contend with. How do you think the government is getting on with moving Scotland forward? And what do you think of this document? Let us know by going to the document and adding a comment.

Impact Assessment of Voluntary Modulation

Scottish Rural Development Programme 2007-2013: Impact Assessment of Voluntary Modulation – Scotland – Total Income from Farming is a concise document with a long title. Published by the Scottish Executive, it looks at the impact that voluntary modulation will have on Scotland’s farmers – their prices, production and cash income.

Voluntary modulation is the transfer of funds from the Single Farm Payment (Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy) to the Rural Development Fund (Pillar 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy).

Daye Tucker has added a comment to this document pointing people to the Scottish Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 document. She says that "reclaiming voluntary modulation money is not for the faint-hearted". She also thinks policy makers should spend one day a year out of their offices on a real farm.

We’d be interested to hear more of your views on this document and its conclusions. You can do so by going to the document library and adding a comment.

If you want to know a bit more about the Scottish Rural Development Programme 2007 -2013 and voluntary modulation take a look at the following Rural Gateway articles:
SRDP delays bring disagreement on way forward
Scottish Rural Development Programme funding plans announced
Response round up – SRDP funding announcement

Scottish Mountaineering Incidents Report

The Scottish Mountaineering Incidents Report looked at incidents on Scotland’s mountains in the ten-year period between 1996 and 2005. Mountain rescue teams attended an average of 300 incidents per year, including 25 deaths and 180 injuries.

Navigation was the most commonly cited cause of all incidents, and two-thirds of people involved in accidents could be described as ‘experienced’.

You can read more in Experience does not guarantee safety on Scotland’s summits.

A Review and Evaluation of Initiative at the Edge

Initiative at the Edge is a partnership programme involving communities in economically and socially fragile areas in the Highlands and Islands. The operating principle gives community groups the power to identify their needs, required actions and develop projects accordingly.

The areas covered are: Isle of Jura, Glenelg and Arnisdale, Eday and Stronsay, Northmavine, Lochs, Isle of Coll, Caithness Southeast, Sanday and North Ronaldsay, North Isles (Unst, Yell and Fetlar), Barra & Vatersay.

Initiative at the Edge are holding a conference in Barra from 11th to 14th September 2007. The theme is “How to assist and develop voluntary effort”. Look out for a conference report from the Rural Gateway’s funding expert, Sandra Hogg, who will be attending the event.

Download A Review and Evaluation of Initiative at the Edge.

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