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Visits to club academies
In the course of consideration of the petition the Committee undertook a number of visits to academies, specifically:
Celtic FC
Forth Valley Football Academy (Falkirk FC)
Hibernian FC
Ross County FC
St Mirren FC.
Brexit's impact on the structural fund programme has broadened interest in the funds:
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs (CTEEA) Committee - has continued to receive six monthly updates from the Scottish Government throughout Session 5 and received its latest update in December 2018.3Scottish Parliament. (2019, January 17).
PCS union said—
Change of brand and logo at huge cost when budgets are under extreme pressure would be received badly by FC [Forestry Commission] staff and the public, and may lead to reputational damage for SG [Scottish Government] and FC.1PCS. (2017, August).
Secondly, the new administrative and organisational arrangements will be put in place to enable the delivery of the policy and management functions currently delivered by the FC in Scotland.
The summit was attended by Scottish Ministers and representatives of the former Strathclyde Police force, Celtic FC, Rangers FC, the Scottish Football Association, the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Premier League.
Secondly, the new administrative and organisational arrangements will be put in place to enable the delivery of the policy and management functions currently delivered by the FC in Scotland.
The main costs associated with establishing new organisational arrangements are -
Moving and integrating FCS and FES IT to the Scottish Government's network, estimated to be between £2.05 - £8.05 million, between 2017/18 - 2020/21.
The new structure is shown below.
New Forestry Structures in ScotlandScottish Government, 2017In terms of staffing these organisations, the consultation documents states -
About one thousand civil servants work for FCS and FES.
The Scottish Government intends for the forestry functions currently carried out by FCS to be undertaken by a dedicated forestry division within the Scottish Government.