There are 87,672 results relating to "Getting the Inactive Active"
Order by
|
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Mainstreaming nature - international approaches to biodiversity conservation - Marine Protected Areas management and funding - California and Malaysia
Marine tourism has put increasing environmental pressure on MPAs, as an increasing number of tour operators have visited them to provide activities such as scuba diving. To help address these dual challenges and link funding to levels of use, in 2003 the Malaysian Department of Fishery introduced a RM5.00 (approximately US$1.70) per individual entry fee to ...
Committee reports
Date published:
31 May 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill - Improvements to current procedure
The Committee acknowledges that any streamlining of current TRO processes could serve as a means to actively encourage and support those local authorities who wish to introduce 20mph zones and could therefore be viewed as an alternative to the Bill proposals.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 April 2019
Report on Scottish National Standardised Assessments - Scottish National Standardised Assessments - policy background
r=11948&c=2153025page 155 of the OECD 2015 report is relevant:
“The light sampling of literacy and numeracy at the national level has not provided sufficient evidence for other stakeholders to use in their own evaluative activities or for national agencies to identify with confidence the areas of strength in the years of the Broad General Education acro...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 March 2019
Transitions of young people with service and care needs between child and adult services in Scotland - Commission for Developing Scotland's Young Workforce
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/report/2014/12/developing-young-workforce-scotlands-youth-employment-strategy/documents/00466386-pdf/00466386-pdf/govscot%3Adocument" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/report/2014/12/developing-young-workforce-scotlands-youth-employment-strategy/documents/00466386-pdf/00466386-pdf/govscot%3Adocument</a> [accessed 21 February 2019] This paper set out a number of activities...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2019
Report on post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 - The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - Local Senior Officers
Dumfries and Galloway Council describe in its evidence the positive resolution of an issue it encountered when the SFRS appointed the local senior officer to cover both Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire areas, explaining that “One practical example being the availability of the Local Senior Officer to participate in scrutiny-related and Community Planning activities across the two areas”.4Dumfries and Galloway Council. (2018).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 February 2019
Agriculture and Land Use - Public money for public goods? - Addressing under-supply of public goods using payments for ecosystem services
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes are where land managers are compensated for activities that support the provision of ecosystem services.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Young People's Pathways: a progress report on Developing the Young Workforce - The role of parents and carers
National Parent Forum of Scotland, written submission (May 2018)DYW activity cited in evidence reflects many and varied efforts to broaden awareness of other options, including marketing campaigns.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 September 2018
Buying a home - Scottish Government support - GB comment on impact of home ownership schemes
There was evidence of displacement on buyer activity, with some buyers suggesting that the scheme had altered their behaviour, for example, by them purchasing a bigger house or bringing forward their time-frame for buying.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 March 2018
The impact of Brexit on Scotland's growth sectors - Workers
EU nationals make up 9.4% of those employed in Food and Beverage service activities and 25% of the workers in the Manufacture of Food products, with a particularly heavy presence in sub-sectors such as fruit picking and fish processing, according to APS data (2015).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 September 2017
Brexit: The Financial Settlement and the Withdrawal Agreement - EU revenue: where does it come from?
Finally, the EU and Member States make payments for activities not linked to the budget. Member States for instance provide capital to the European Investment Bank (EIB) and resource the European Development Fund (EDF) which provides international development aid but this is not linked to the EU budget.
