URCs setting the policy context Robbie McGhee Regeneration - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

urcs setting the policy context
SMART_READER_LITE
LIVE PREVIEW

URCs setting the policy context Robbie McGhee Regeneration - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

URCs setting the policy context Robbie McGhee Regeneration Division Scottish Government 3 July 2008 Outline Origins of URC policy The two waves of Scottish URCs A New Government where we are now What next?


slide-1
SLIDE 1

URCs – setting the policy context

Robbie McGhee

Regeneration Division – Scottish Government

3 July 2008

slide-2
SLIDE 2

Outline

  • Origins of URC policy
  • The two waves of Scottish URCs
  • A New Government – where we are now
  • What next?
slide-3
SLIDE 3

Origins of URC policy

  • Consultation on URCs launched in 2003
  • 3 Pathfinder URCs launched in 2004
slide-4
SLIDE 4

Why a URC?

  • Vision & strategic focus
  • Attract private sector investment
  • Guide investment towards agreed outcomes

and objectives – physical, social and economic

  • Maximise the use of public sector assets
  • Strategic approach to infrastructure
  • Speed the pace of delivery
slide-5
SLIDE 5

Origins of URC policy

Regeneration policy statement – published in 2006 Committed Government to supporting 3 new URCs

slide-6
SLIDE 6

A New Government

slide-7
SLIDE 7

A New Purpose

  • to focus the Government and public services
  • n creating a more successful country, with
  • pportunities for all of Scotland to flourish,

through increasing sustainable economic growth.

slide-8
SLIDE 8

The Purpose of the Scottish Government

slide-9
SLIDE 9

Where we are now

  • Government funding for URCs secured

– £87m over the next 3 years

  • Key areas of focus

– Credit crunch – Maximising community benefit – Sustainability – Community engagement

slide-10
SLIDE 10

What next?

  • Ongoing support for 6 Pathfinder URCs
  • Evaluation of URC programme

– Early lessons / best practice – Monitoring & Evaluation Framework

  • Sharing best practice