Raising Awareness and Understanding of Sustainable Development within the Scottish Executive

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Raising Awareness and Understanding of
Sustainable Development within the Scottish
Executive

• Opportunities
• SCS one-day event
• Policy Making checklist
• Joint training pilot

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Raising Awareness / Understanding

• What kind of training would you / your department
  find of most benefit?
• Who should deliver this internal sus dev team
  or training, external experts?
• Would events that went wider than the SE be more
  useful (gaining different perspectives)?
• Should we aim training by grade / by department /
  for all?
• Should we aim for general or related to specific
  pieces of work?
• Should we focus on key groups like Senior
  Management, Press Office, Policy Makers Network,
  Procurement, Business Managers?
• Size - experience in other area suggests engaging
  in small groups
• Should we have compulsory training for SCS /Band
  C?
• How can we share best practice across the office
  / wider?

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Lunchtime seminars / workshops

• Advantages
• giving general introduction to sustainable issues
  with short length of time may encourage more
  people to participate
• could be used to cover specific issues, like
  sustainable development in the Spending Review
• could be tailored to individual departments /
  portfolios very easily and run at various sites
• could run event aimed at Ministers / senior
  officials
• could bring in outside experts to engage in
  debate
• Disadvantages
• will only be able to give overview of sustainable
  development in timeframe
• sustainable development directorate does not have
  the capacity to run a large number of seminars,
  need support from central training / portfolios
• voluntary

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One day training events / seminars

• Advantages
• giving more detailed introduction to sustainable
  issues
• could include specific issues, like sustainable
  development in the Spending Review
• could be aimed at SCS / or Band B and C
• more opportunity to bring in outside experts and
  engage in debate
• Disadvantages
• people may find it difficult to commitment to one
  day training
• Cost / voluntary

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Incorporate into formal training

• Advantages
• embeds sustainable development into everyday
  working (Policy Making course)
• likely to be tailored to grade
• Disadvantages
• will only be very general coverage
• will not be tailored to individual departments
• will not reach as many civil servants

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Incorporate into Away Days

• links into lunchtime seminars
• Advantages
• focus on departmental / divisional issues
• may be easier to slot in than formal training
• could be used to cover specific issues
• helps embed sustainable development into everyday
  working
• Disadvantages
• Who will deliver this section - sustainable
  development directorate would not be able to
  support this other than providing training pack