The Bigger Picture: Investing in Scotland’s Historic Environment

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The case for a Scottish Historic Environment Auditing Framework
and State of the Historic Environment Reporting

Over 25 non-Governmental Organisations and others concerned with the care of Scotland’s Historic Environment have joined together to call on the Scottish Executive to take a good look at how well we care for our historic places. Scotland’s heritage is central to our culture, identity and future prosperity as a newly devolved administration.

Since the launch of the Historic Environment Audit in May 2001 we have been pressing successive Culture Ministers for progress towards the main finding of that report – the need for a broad, independent review of the way we care for the Historic Environment.

We have invested much time and effort in researching what needs to be done. This part of the BEFS website is dedicated to sharing our findings, and demonstrating why we urgently need to take stock of our management and use of Scotland’s historic places, and why we must monitor change more systematically and regularly in future.

Ø You can find out more about how we came to our conclusions in the BACKGROUND page.

Ø For a brief overview of our case, you can view or download a copy of our ADVOCACY DOCUMENT, which was launched in Edinburgh on 2^nd June 2004.

Ø If you want to know more about particular aspects of the Historic Environment, visit our pages relating to VALUES, PEOPLE and CHANGE. As well as a brief overview, each of these sections leads to further pages of information, statistics, views and quotes.

Ø To get an idea of what we think the Scottish Executive should be doing about these concerns, please go to the WAY FORWARD page.

Ø You can also see the unedited results of our SCOPING MEETINGS in the main BEFS website.

We have taken our Historic Environment too much for granted for too long. It is precious, and once it’s gone it’s gone forever. You can lend support to our campaign by writing to your MSP and expressing your concern. Click here to find the contact details of all MSPs.

NOTE: The issues and viewpoints contained within the HERT web pages have been raised as part of the scoping process, but should not be taken to represent the views of BEFS or its members.