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That is providing strategic leadership and co-ordination, which also comes from ministers and officials meeting together in the Scottish Government resilience room structure, which is our emergency structure.
Scott Mackay is head of finance co-ordination, Dougie McLaren is deputy director of public spending and Daniel Hinze is deputy director for fiscal responsibility.
On the detail of invasive species or other species coming in from Europe, there are very good surveillance programmes in place that are co-ordinated European Union programmes. We know where the species are and how they are moving.
Will the agency have additional resource for that, or will it just co-ordinate the work of existing Government bodies that can provide funds for businesses?
Each organisation has an important role to play, and we would like there to be a co-ordinated effort to define roles and responsibilities, and to facilitate organisations coming together and working in a complementary way.
I am a lecturer from the centre of African studies at the University of Edinburgh and a member of its global development academy. I am the co-ordinator of the International Development Education Association Scotland, which is a network of third sector organisations that support, develop and deliver global citizenship education in Scotland.