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Annex H
Functions

Key organisations: core functions

Option 1: Arms length unitary body

Scottish Executive

Policy

  • set cultural rights

  • set cultural policy

  • agree national standards

  • establish cross-cutting initiatives

Funding

  • provide annual funding to Scottish Culture Fund

  • provide annual funding to local authorities

Culture Scotland

Advocacy

  • provide a collective voice for the cultural sector

Advisory

  • recommend standards for the cultural sector

  • advise SE on cultural policy

  • advise Scottish Culture Fund on grant distribution

Mentoring

  • local cultural partnerships

  • Sector Councils

  • evaluate success/performance of sectors and partnerships

  • talented individuals

Development

  • Co-ordinate strategic national development initiatives

  • identifies and invests in high-end-talent individuals

  • brokers talent with business

  • inward talent investment

Strategic

  • Think Tank - co-ordinating existing bodies and commissioning new work

  • statistical research - co-ordinating/commissioning

  • ideas bank exchange

Administrative

  • service sector councils

  • service National Boards and Cultural Assembly/s

Scottish Culture Fund

Administrative

  • distribute revenue and capital funds

Strategic

  • develop new funding streams

  • financial services for the cultural sector

Sector Councils

Advisory

  • propose national standards for their sector

  • identify areas for development within the sector

Advocacy

  • provide an independent, representative voice for their sector

Cultural Partnerships

Policy

  • define a series of cultural entitlements for their area

  • prepare a cultural strategy for their area (delivery of entitlements)

Strategic

  • propose and co-ordinate development initiatives for the area

  • advocacy of issues relevant to the area

  • identify excellence and talent

  • encourage/broker cross-cutting initiatives

Local authorities

Strategic

  • include cultural strategy in community planning

  • delivery of entitlements

  • establish cross-cutting delivery

National Boards

Strategic

  • advocacy for the national companies, collections, estate and creative individuals

  • co-ordinate policy and practice

Cultural Assembly/s

Strategic

  • providing a voice for audience-participant; creative individuals; young people

Miscellaneous

Culture Scotland's services

  • skills

  • audience development

  • cultural planning

  • leadership

  • stewardship

  • maximising potential

  • communication

  • harnessing technology.

Sectoral Councils

  • Arts Council of Scotland

  • Heritage Council of Scotland

  • Libraries and Archives Council of Scotland

  • Creative Industries Council of Scotland

  • Cultural Environment Council of Scotland

  • Institute of Scottish Languages.

National Boards composition

Board of National Performing Companies

  • Scottish Ballet

  • Scottish Opera

  • RSNO

  • SCO

  • National Theatre of Scotland

Board of National Cultural Collections

  • Historic Scotland

  • National Archives of Scotland

  • National Galleries of Scotland

  • National Library of Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • Royal Botanic Garden

  • RC Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland

Board of National Cultural Estate

  • Historic Scotland

  • CoSLA

  • Scottish Executive

  • National Trust for Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • National Libraries of Scotland

  • Heritage Lottery Fund

National Council of Creative Individuals

Implications for existing NDPBs

Cease to exist

  • Scottish Arts Council

  • Scottish Screen

  • Probably cease to exist

  • Scottish Museums Council

  • Scottish Libraries and Information Council

Option 2: Government agency, and smaller arms length body

Scottish Executive ( TCS Department)

Policy

  • set cultural rights

Funding

  • provide annual funding to local authorities

  • provide annual funding to Centre for Creativity

Culture Scotland

(specialist Government Agency, or expanded Government Department)

Advisory

  • set cultural policy

  • agree national standards

  • establish cross-cutting initiatives within SE

Development

  • co-ordinate strategic national development initiatives

Mentoring

  • local cultural partnerships

  • Sector Councils

  • evaluate success/performance of sectors and partnerships

Administrative

  • distribute revenue and capital funds

  • service sector councils

  • service National Boards and Cultural Assembly/s

Centre for Creativity

(small, arms length body, government funded)

Strategic

  • Think Tank - co-ordinating existing bodies and commissioning new work

  • statistical research - co-ordinating/commissioning

  • ideas bank exchange

  • develop new funding streams

  • financial services for cultural sector

  • development

  • identifies and invests in high-end-talent individuals

  • mentors talent

  • brokers talent with business

  • inward talent investment

Advisory

  • advises Culture Scotland on grant distribution to individuals

Sector Councils

Advisory

  • propose national standards for their sector

  • identify areas for development within the sector

Advocacy

  • provide an independent, representative voice for their sector

Cultural Partnerships

Policy

  • define a series of cultural entitlements for their area

  • prepare a cultural strategy for their area (delivery of entitlements)

Strategic

  • propose and coordinate development initiatives for the area

  • advocacy of issues relevant to the area

  • identify excellence and talent

  • encourage/broker cross-cutting initiatives

Local authorities

Strategic

  • include cultural strategy in community planning

  • delivery of entitlements

  • establish cross-cutting delivery

National Boards

Strategic

  • advocacy for the national companies, collections, estate and creative individuals

  • co-ordinate policy and practice

Cultural Assembly/s

Strategic

  • providing a voice for audience-participant; creative individuals; young people

Miscellaneous

Sectoral Councils

  • Arts Council of Scotland

  • Heritage Council of Scotland

  • Libraries and Archives Council of Scotland

  • Creative Industries Council of Scotland

  • Cultural Environment Council of Scotland

  • Languages Council of Scotland or Scottish Languages Board

National Boards composition

Board of National Performing Companies

  • Scottish Ballet

  • Scottish Opera

  • RSNO

  • SCO

  • National Theatre of Scotland

Board of National Cultural Collections

  • Historic Scotland

  • National Archives of Scotland

  • National Galleries of Scotland

  • National Library of Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • Royal Botanic Garden

  • RC Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland

Board of National Cultural Estate

  • Historic Scotland

  • CoSLA

  • Scottish Executive

  • National Trust for Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • National Libraries of Scotland

  • Heritage Lottery Fund (composition and purpose to be re-evaluated following meeting on 9 March)

National Council of Creative Individuals

Implications for existing NDPBs

Cease to exist

  • Scottish Arts Council

  • Scottish Screen

  • Probably cease to exist

  • Scottish Museums Council

  • Scottish Libraries and Information Council

Option 3: Coalition of existing bodies, and smaller arms length body

Scottish Executive (Government Department)

Policy

  • set cultural rights

  • set cultural policy

  • agree national standards

  • establish cross-cutting initiatives within SE

Funding

  • provide annual funding to existing cultural NDPBs

  • provide annual funding to local authorities

  • provide annual funding to Centre for Creativity

Administrative

  • service National Boards and Cultural Assembly/s

Culture Scotland

(formal association of key cultural NDPBs - see notes)

Advocacy

  • provide a collective voice for the cultural sector

Development

  • co-ordinate strategic national development initiatives

  • develop cross-cutting initiatives

  • co-ordinate estates strategy

Administrative

  • minimise administrative operational costs (by sharing)

Existing NDPBs

Advocacy

  • provide an independent, representative voice for their sector

Advisory

  • propose national standards for their sector

  • identify areas for development within the sector

Mentoring

  • local cultural partnerships

  • evaluate success/performance of sectors and partnerships

  • talented individuals

Administrative

  • distribute revenue and capital funds

Development

  • identifies and invests in high-end-talent individuals

Centre for Creativity (small, arms-length body, government funded)

Strategic

  • Think Tank - coordinating existing bodies-commissioning new work

  • statistical research - coordinating/commissioning

  • ideas bank-exchange

  • develop new funding streams

  • financial services for cultural sector

Development

  • brokers talent with business

  • inward talent investment

Cultural Partnerships

Policy

  • define a series of cultural entitlements for their area

  • prepare a cultural strategy for their area (delivery of entitlements)

Strategic

  • propose and co-ordinate development initiatives for the area

  • advocacy of issues relevant to the area

  • identify excellence and talent

  • encourage/broker cross-cutting initiatives

Local authorities

Strategic

  • include cultural strategy in community planning

  • delivery of entitlements

  • establish cross-cutting delivery

National Boards

Strategic

  • advocacy for the national companies, collections and estate

  • coordinate policy and practice

Cultural Assembly/s

Strategic

  • providing a voice for audience-participant; creative individuals; young people

Miscellaneous

Members of Culture Scotland

  • Scottish Arts Council

  • Scottish Screen

  • Scottish Museums Council

  • Architecture and Design Scotland

  • Scottish Libraries Information Council

  • Bord na Gaidhlig

National Boards composition

Board of National Performing Companies

  • Scottish Ballet

  • Scottish Opera

  • RSNO

  • SCO

  • National Theatre of Scotland

Board of National Cultural Collections

  • Historic Scotland

  • National Archives of Scotland

  • National Galleries of Scotland

  • National Library of Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • Royal Botanic Garden

  • RC Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland

Board of National Cultural Estate

  • Historic Scotland

  • CoSLA

  • Scottish Executive

  • National Trust for Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • National Libraries of Scotland

  • Heritage Lottery Fund

Council for the Creative Individual

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