External Strategy, Gaelic and Communications
The External Strategy, Gaelic and Communications team comprises:
Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership
Corporate Policy
The Corporate Policy Service consists of the Principal Strategy Manager and the Corporate Policy Officer, within the Chief Executive’s Department. The Corporate Policy Service is responsible for:
- the Comhairle’s Corporate Strategy;
- European Policy and Funding; and
- the administration of E-Sgìre – the Comhairle’s Communities Portal.
Corporate Strategy
The service has:
- in consultation with Corporate Management Team, elected Members, the public and other stakeholders, assisted in the development of a new Corporate Strategy for the period 2017-21;
- aligned the Comhairle’s Corporate Strategy 2017-21 to the Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership’s Local Outcome Improvement Plan 2017-27;
- responsibility for reviewing and reporting on the Corporate Strategy on an annual basis; and
- in consultation with Corporate Recovery Team and elected Members, has assisted in the development of the refresh of the Comhairle’s Corporate Strategy 2020-2022: Recovery and Renewal (592.5kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file) also available in gaelic translation Ro-innleachd Chorporra 2020-2022: Buadhachadh agus Athnuadhachadh (378.9kB)
European Policy and Funding
The service will:
- ensure that the Comhairle and partners secure maximum draw down of EU funds to the region from the EU Structural Funds and the Rural Development Funds 2014-2020;
- participate in and continue to monitor and evaluate European Policy and Programme development and implementation 2014-2020; and
- assist the Comhairle and Highlands and Islands partners in shaping future regional policy, strategies, plans and future regional funding post-Brexit.
EU exit – what you need to know (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)
The Highlands & Islands European Partnership (HIEP)
The Highlands and Islands European Partnership, of which the Comhairle is a partner, has launched a Position Paper on Regional Policy (790.8kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
All-party parliamentary group, Post-Brexit funding for nations, regions and local areas :
Report of an initial inquiry into the UK shared prosperity fund (558.7kB)
A Note on the Financing of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (414.3kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)
UK Government Funds Presentation (283.0kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)
Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee
Funding of EU Structural Fund Priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit - Finance and Constitution Committee’s Call for Views (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)
All Responses to the Inquiry (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)
House of Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs
The Comhairle’s response to a Call for Evidence (122.2kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file).
E-Sgìre
e-Sgìre (Opens in a new window or downloads a file): a hub for community information and opinion across the Western Isles.
Contacts
Angus Murray
Principal Strategy Manager
Tel: 01851 822616 (Internal: 211218)
e-mail: angus-murray@cne-siar.gov.uk
Linda Cunningham
Corporate Policy Officer
Tel: 01851 822830 (Internal: 211010)
e-mail: Linda.cunningham@cne-siar.gov.uk