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Summary of Actions
1. The Scottish Executive will provide £100,000 during 2006 to support anti-sectarian project work in schools, promote use of the anti-sectarian education resource and develop innovative approaches to tackling sectarianism. The Executive will also provide £13,500 to support the use of the resource in youth work.
2. The Scottish Executive will run seven pilot performances and supporting education workshops of the anti-sectarian play 'Singing I'm No a Billy, He's A Tim', which will involve 700 pupils from across Scotland, by June 2006.
3. The Scottish Executive will produce an information pack for schools and local authorities highlighting the principles of twinning, distilling the good practice examples, illustrating ways to overcome potential barriers, and containing a comprehensive list of twinning activities and contacts. This will be published mid-2006.
4. To raise the profile of the work that is being taken forward to tackle sectarian bigotry at school level, an anti-sectarianism category will be developed for the Scottish Education Awards 2006.
5. To support the National Union of Students Scotland anti-sectarian campaign the Scottish Executive will provide £10,000 to produce a range of materials that can be used by students' associations to ensure that the anti-sectarian message reaches thousands of students in every campus across Scotland during 2006/07.
6. The Scottish Executive will work in partnership with the Scottish Football Association and sportscotland to develop a strategy for tackling sectarianism in football. This will be launched by the end of 2006.
7. The Scottish Executive has appointed an independent facilitator to work with supporters groups of the Scottish Premier League and a selection of Scottish Football League clubs to identify actions that these groups can recommend or take forward to tackle sectarianism. This work will begin early in 2006 and the facilitator will deliver a report on what has been achieved by mid-2006.
8. The Scottish Executive has introduced Football Banning Orders as part of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill 2006. The provisions relating to Football Banning Orders will be implemented in autumn 2006.
9. The Scottish Executive will work in partnership with the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations to establish a network of anti-sectarian groups and will host annual meetings to facilitate information sharing and the promotion of good practice.
10. The First Minister will meet with Action for Churches Together in Scotland on an annual basis to support the development of co-operative partnerships at the highest level.
11. The Scottish Executive will work in partnership with the National Union of Students Scotland and the Scottish Trades Union Congress Youth Committee to hold a conference bringing young people together to discuss breaking down barriers and developing participation in present-day Scotland. Tackling sectarianism will be high on the agenda.
12. The Scottish Executive will ensure that the legislative provisions on marches and parades being taken forward as part of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill 2006 will be implemented by 1 April 2007.
13. Scottish Ministers will issue guidance for local authorities on implementing the recommendations of the Review of Marches and Parades in Scotland to all 32 Scottish local authorities and other key stakeholders by March 2007.
14. The Scottish Executive will work in partnership with the Accounts Commission and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to develop monitoring arrangements to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the recommendations of the Review of Marches and Parades in Scotland. The first report on activity - covering the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 - will be produced by July 2008.
15. The Scottish Executive will form a working group of key interests to map out the legal interventions that can currently be used to deal with abusive behaviour at marches and parades. The Group will also be asked to assess the effectiveness of current laws and make recommendations on whether further interventions are required. The Group should make its initial report to Ministers by December 2006.
16. The Scottish Executive will work in partnership with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to review the reports received under the Section 74 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 for the period 1 January 2004 to 30 June 2005 and provide an in-depth analysis of cases throughout this period by mid-2006.
17. The Scottish Executive and Sense Over Sectarianism will fund the Scottish Trades Union Congress to carry out research into the effect of sectarianism in the workplace and to make recommendations as to how any identified problems might be addressed. The research will be completed by September 2006.
18. The Scottish Executive will establish a Task Group on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland in early in 2006 to make recommendations on new areas and initiatives where positive action can be taken to tackle sectarianism in the long term. The Group will also produce a report on its activities one year after inception.
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