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Past Policy Activity

• Consultation response – to DEFRA – Taking It On (Developing UK sustainable development strategy together) (30/07/04)
• Consultation response - on Historic Scotland’s Draft Corporate Plan 2004-7 (30/06/04)
• Campaign - for Investing in Scotland’s Historic Environment - The Bigger Picture (02/06/04)
• Workshop notes – Scheduled Ancient Monuments – Criteria for Determining ‘National Importance’ (main note, workshop 1, workshop 2) (23/04/04)
• Parliamentary Briefing – The Historic Environment – a Valuable Resource for Scotland (09/03/04)
• Consultation response on the Review of Historic Scotland  (17/09/03)
• Position Statement on VAT  and the Built Environment (16/07/03)
• Position Statement on the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland  (02/04/03)
• Position Statement on the Abolition of the Ancient Monuments Board and the Historic Buildings Council  (12/12/02)

Past News Releases

• News release – Ministers Challenged on Historic Environment (02/06/04)
• News release - Forum Welcomes Positive Changes for Government Heritage Agency (12/02/04)

Past Working Group Activity

Historic Environment Review Taskforce – Scoping Meetings 02/04 Notes

Background

The need for a review of the historic environment is something that HERT has been promoting for some time. In England the publication by English Heritage of Power of Place in December 2000, and Government response in the form of a Statement on the Historic Environment called A Force for our Future in December 2001, set the ground for a system of regular reporting on the state of the historic environment called Heritage Counts. The consultation that led to the production of Power of Place was an inclusive process of information sharing – and the resulting document is wide ranging in scope. The annual publication of Heritage Counts contains quantitative data on the state of the historic environment which has become an invaluable advocacy tool for the sector. The approach in Wales to historic environment reporting has been different in that a conference was held and research undertaken by a core group, which reported in January 2004.

In Scotland, the route has been different again; Carol Swanson (Head of the West of Scotland Archaeology Service) produced a Historic Environment Audit for Scottish Environment LINK in March 2001. At its launch, the Audit was distilled down into a 10 point plan which extracted the big issues and of these issues identified the need for a Review of the Historic Environment as fundamental requirement. HERT met with Elaine Murray MSP (former Deputy Minister for Tourism Culture and Sport) in June 2002, and BEFS with the new Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Frank McAveety MSP in October 2003 and on both occasions the need for an audit or wider review was promoted. By this stage HERT had developed a Rationale for a Review and HEACS has been asked by the Minister to look at the need for a ‘Heritage Audit’ in Scotland. HERT met with HEACS in the autumn of 2003 and offered to feed into this work by carrying out a scoping exercise amongst stakeholders. The scoping exercise involved commissioning a small research project and organising three Scoping Meetings to explore themes relating to the historic environment. At the same time, Glasgow Caledonian University (a subscribing member of BEFS) continues to carry out related research on the historic environment.

Scoping Meetings

Each meeting attracted 25 – 30 participants with some overlap between meetings – the total number of individuals involved was 50. At each meeting presentations were made on the Background to the HERT and the Scoping Process, and on Defining the Historic Environment. Presentation material and notes of the meetings can be found below. The variations in layout/style of the notes reflect the style of the different reporters. The content of the notes reflects the workshop style of the meetings; points recorded may reflect the views of individuals and therefore do not necessarily reflect the views of HERT or the BEFS membership. For a list of acronyms used, click here.

People and the Historic Environment

Held Wednesday 18 February 2004, Albert Halls, Stirling

Chair: Prof. Ian Ralston, Edinburgh University

Presentation by Don Henson, Council for British Archaeology – CBA Public Participation in Archaeology Report

Workshops looked at the following areas: Formal education, Lifelong learning, interpretation and volunteers, Communities, Resources for People. See also Participants list and Discussion summary

Values and the Historic Environment

Held Friday 20 February 2004, Hutcheson’s Hall, Glasgow

Chair: Robin Turner, National Trust for Scotland

Presentation by Dr Carol Swanson, West of Scotland Archaeology Service – Resources for the Historic Environment in Scotland

Workshops looked at the following areas: Economic Values, Non-financial Values, Resources, Way Forward in Scotland. See also Participants list and Discussion summary

Managing Change and the Historic Environment

Held Thursday 26 February 2004, National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh

Chair: Prof. Alan Prior, Heriot Watt University

Presentations by Dr Ian Baxter, Glasgow Caledonian University – Sustainable Development, SD Indicators and Auditing the Historic Environment

Workshops looked at the following areas: National and International Mechanisms for Managing Change, Regional and Local Mechanisms for Managing Change, Sustainable Development and, How well are systems working. See also Participants list and Discussion summary

Themes running across all three workshops

• Yes there is a need for a Review of the historic environment in Scotland – there is a need for accurate rather than antecdotal information.
• A Review rather than Audit would be more likely to pick up less tangible information – the way forward is likely to be an incremental process which will develop over time.
• The process will need buy-in from a wider range of stakeholders than those participating in the Scoping process.