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New Opportunities Fund Scottish Land Fund
Briefing to Scottish Land Reform Convention
By Pauline Cameron, Head of Scotland Office, 24 March 2000
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![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities Programme11.5% allocation to Scotland. 75%
(10.78 million) for community acquisition of land in rural Scotland |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Use award partner to deliver grant management and assessment of programme |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Delegated decision making to Scottish Land Fund Committee (sub-committee of NOF Board) |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Funding to be allocated to award partner by end 2002 |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Award partner contract to last until 2007 |
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![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Complement legislation (including crofting provisions) but not restricted to funding
projects where community power to purchase is exercised |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Community land purchase and management as a package |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Management of land in partnership with agencies (on an equal partner or tenancy basis) |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Management costs: capacity building in community business skills, land management,
income generation projects |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Contribution towards land acquisition costs |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Contribution towards feasibility studies in assessing a proposal |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Feasibility study costs: land valuation, economic/environmental assessment |
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Definitions
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Communities: who live and work on or near land which they are interested in
purchasing/managing. Not about access to land for visitors to area. Communities can be
defined geographically by parish, ward, community council area etc |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Genuine community involvement: reasonable representation/ interest of the community on
partnership/ applicant body. Rigorous checks that more than tokenism |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Rural: follow legislative definition, but will allow for case to be made by applicant |
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Criteria
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Not-for-profit community based organisations/ business/ trust; include public/private
sector agencies as partners |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Additional income levered in by project (eg leasing through increased land value) must
be reinvested into activities for which the project was originally intended (eg community
development) |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Applications from communities and/or organisations which will contribute to the
sustainability of rural communities in fragile areas > population retention, increased
skills base |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Demonstrate balance between environmental and socio-economic benefits |
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Award Partner
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Contracted out grant management for open application grant scheme: |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Application request: dedicated NOF phone line, postal address: retain NOF identity |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Promoting programme to target communities |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Assessment |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Recommendations to NOF sub-committee |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Compliance monitoring and evaluation |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Appointment by NOF Board: chaired by Scotland Board member |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Range of expertise/ skills: community land management, grant management, community
development, range of sectors, geographic spread, land reform legislation, crofting issues
etc |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Responsible for strategic direction of programme |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Responsible for decision making on all grants from the fund |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Formal procedures for dealing with conflicts of interest |
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Scotland NOF Office
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | GSSC Case Manager |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Management of contracts |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Support award partner in servicing of sub-committee |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | M&E programme delivery |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Ensure adequate ongoing consultation with stakeholders |
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Timetable
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | 31 March 2000 deadline date for submission of expressions of interest in becoming the
award partner |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | April 2000: Board approval of 8 shortlisted candidates for Scottish Land Fund Committee |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | May 2000: first Scottish Land Fund Committee meeting |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Summer: successful award partner notified and asked to progress to stage 2 to develop
bids in more detail |
![bullet](_themes/tabs/atabbul1.gif) | Autumn 2000: contract approved by Scottish Land Fund Committee and launch of award
partner scheme |
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