Workshop Reports

Sustainable Investment Prioritisation/Diagnostic Tool – Pre Consultation Workshop (30/01/2020)

BEFS held a workshop on behalf of the OPiT Built Heritage Investment Group (BHIG) on the Sustainable Investment Prioritisation/Diagnostic Tool. This tool has been created through consultation with the heritage sector including the OPIT BHIG, over a number of years. It aims to enable visualisation around decision-making and investment in built heritage. It is designed to help funders, organisations, as well as community and interest groups, with heritage assets explore priorities for action and investment, and clearly communicate decision-making by demonstrating the Economic, Cultural, Environmental and Social outcomes of potential investment in built heritage. Further information here. The workshop was a peer-review session to inform a consultation on the tool.

National Planning Framework 4 / Scottish Planning Policy Roundtable (14/01/2020)

At the invitation of the Scottish Government’s NPF4 planning team, BEFS were asked to invite their members to a roundtable discussion event. This was an informal opportunity to hear a little of where SG thinking sits currently, but also to engage with the team in ‘listening mode’ to consider opportunities for engagement that exist currently.

Climate Change & Environmental Action Plan – Workshop (18/06/2019)

BEFS completed the HES online questionnaire and supplied the workshop report compiled after a recent HEWG meeting explored the questions raised with BEFS members. A comprehensive read which examines the issues with clarity, the ‘actions’ in the current plan were thought to tend more towards achievable than ambitious – respondents raised whether this was enough given the declared climate crisis?

Members responses can also be found: RTPI and RIAS.

Historic Environment Scotland’s Historic Environment Policy – Workshop (03/12/18)

BEFS recent HEWG focused on a workshop gathering responses to the HES Historic Environment Policy Consultation. The responses from this well attended event workshop were synthesised into a formal consultation response which was submitted via the online portal. BEFS have also been provided with responses from our Members Historic Houses and IHBC.

Historic Environment Scotland’s Policy Statement – Workshop (15/03/18)

BEFS held a lively workshop day with stakeholders from across the sector to review Historic Environment Scotland’s Policy Statement (HESPS), ahead of the HES consultations and review to be held in 2018. The Report produced from the day is to highlight and summarise key changes, and challenges suggested for future HES Policy, by attendees throughout the process. The information gathered on the day has been precisely (where possible) transcribed and is presented via a table.

Scottish Government Consultation Places, People and Planning – Workshop (09/02/17)

Scottish Historic Environment Audit 2016 – Workshop (27/09/16)

Mapping Voluntary Organisations Working in Scotland’s Ecclesiastical Heritage – Workshop (02/08/16)

HES draft Corporate Plan – Workshop (20/01/16)

Scottish Historic Environment Data Strategy – Workshop (26/11/15)

National Performance Framework – Workshop (19/11/15)

Draft Archaeology Strategy for Scotland – Workshop (18/05/15)

Historic Environment Scotland Draft Corporate Plan – Workshop (05/02/15)

Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland: what next? – Workshop (27/10/14)

Historic Environment Scotland – early direction of draft corporate plan – Workshop (25/06/14)

Community Empowerment Bill – Workshop(15/01/14)

Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland and HS and RCAHMS merger – Workshop (10&11/07/13)

Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland and HS and RCAHMS merger – Workshop (13/06/13)

Historic Scotland’s Marine Heritage Strategy 2012-15 – Workshop (05/03/13)