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On the first part of your question, six things are needed. First, we need access to funding. How do we provide access to funding that reflects the societal benefit of climate action?
Many do not require further action, and all others are either undergoing a statutory assessment, will be assessed by their developer or will have an assessment funded by us.
We recognise that the third sector needs clarity and stability to secure its resilience and to grow its capacity. We are therefore committed to developing a Fairer Funding approach for the sector.
Over the years, with colleagues in HIE—ahead of the development of SOSE—we have developed measures such as the energy investment fund, which was previously the renewable energy investment fund.
The collaborative approach to developing the TOM generated over 90 change ideas which the development group carefully prioritised under Governance/Leadership, Workforce, Education and Training, and Services. 3.
The European social fund and European regional developmentfund programmes have provided significant funding to Scotland for more than 40 years to promote economic development and cohesion.
Prior to 2023, local authorities were required to fund ELC only for those children whose birthday fell in January or February (i.e. the younger children) and could choose to provide funded ELC in other cases where the child’s start to primary had been deferred.