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Measuring Scotland's Progress
26/03/2003
The performance of Scotland's economy against strategic
objectives set by the Scottish Executive is examined in a
report published today.
Measuring Scotland's progress towards a Smart,
Successful Scotland 2003 follows a similar report
published in March last year.
The report was produced by the Joint Performance Team, a
collaboration of senior representatives from the Executive,
Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands
Enterprise.
Analysis for the report was carried out by the Fraser of
Allander Institute. Their work is presented separately from
commentary by the JPT.
A Smart, Successful Scotland set out the
Executive's ambitions for the Scottish economy and provided
direction for the enterprise networks.
Measuring Scotland's progress towards a Smart,
Successful Scotland published in March 2002, set
out progress measures against which performance would be
tracked
. Progress measures reflect objectives for skills,
employment, entrepreneurship, e-business and global
connections. The data used is already publicly available,
but the report draws comparisons between Scotland and the
economies of other OECD countries.
The tracking of performance will assist Scottish
Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise to focus
their activities where they are most needed. The final
section of the report indicates how the Enterprise Networks
are responding to the key themes, setting out current and
future activities designed to support sustainable economic
growth in Scotland.
A Smart, Successful Scotland was published
in July 2001 and is the economic strategy which guides the
direction and focus of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands
& Islands Enterprise. The strategy contains 12
priorities under three key areas:
- Growing Businesses
- Global Connections
- Skills & Learning