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Scottish International Forum
12/02/2002
The Scottish International Forum, a new group created to
maximise and improve the promotion of Scotland overseas,
was launched today.
It will bring together the main organisations and
agencies involved in promoting Scotland overseas, including
Scottish Enterprise, the CBI, VisitScotland, the Scottish
Arts Council, the British Council, the Scottish Parliament,
the Scotland Office and CoSLA. It will be chaired by the
Executive.
Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace said:
"There is enormous international interest in Scotland.
We must all play our part to maintain Scotland's strong
international profile and to maximise the benefits the
people of Scotland obtain from our strong image
overseas.
"The Executive has already invested a great deal of time
and effort in working towards this goal with major events
like Tartan Day and Scotland Week in Brussels, and through
developing links with other regions and countries of
Europe. Working with our partners in this Forum and in the
UK Government, we will continue to work to build Scotland's
profile overseas.
"Anyone who is in the business of promoting Scotland
overseas, will readily understand the potential value of
bringing this group together - and I am confident it will
very quickly prove its worth."
A new website to allow the SIF to operate continuously
between meetings is being developed by the Executive. The
forum will meet once every six months.