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Timing, Outputs and Getting Involved

Timings

We are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by Monday 12 February 2007.

What happens next?

During the course of the consultation, groups will be set up to take forward each theme. These groups will gather in evidence from stakeholders and proof their theme against the crosscutting issues noted earlier.

It is our intention to draw together all of this evidence into a package of reports that will be presented to incoming Ministers after the elections to the Scottish Parliament in the Spring of 2007, and this is what will inform any future action.

We want you to get involved with this process and you will be able to do so in a couple of different ways:

• Firstly, we would like you to provide us with your written submissions based on the themes in this document. You may contribute on as many or as few themes as you wish and you can do this at any time throughout the life of the consultation.
• Secondly, the theme specific work groups may seek your views on their areas. Each work group will be able to gather evidence in whatever way they feel is most appropriate, but it is likely that they will use a mixture of face to face discussion through interviews, events etc, and written submissions.

Contacts for each theme are given below along with an overall contact for the consultation.

Responding

Please do not feel you have to respond to all the questions or be restricted by the set questions in this consultation paper. Your comments on any aspect of the consultation paper will be welcome.

There are different ways that you can respond to this consultation paper.

• Online

This is our preferred contact method. If you want to reply electronically, if possible please use our online form and email your response to LLLstrategyconsultationresponses@scotland.gsi.gov.uk. Please ensure that you also complete the respondent information form and send it in with your submission.

This consultation, and all other Scottish Executive consultation exercises, can be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Executive website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations. You can telephone Freephone 0800 77 1234 to find out where your nearest public internet access point is.

• In Writing

This paper is only available as an online document, but if you prefer not to reply electronically you can, if you wish, submit a postal response. Please send your submissions to:

Lifelong Learning Strategy Consultation

Please note that you should also include a respondent information form with any postal response. A printable copy of this can be found at Appendix 3.

If you have any further queries please send an email to LLLstrategyconsultationresponses@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or phone 0141 242 0287.

Handling your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Your completed respondent information form will ensure that we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential, and we will treat it accordingly.

Access to Consultation Responses

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public, these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Executive Library and on the web by w/c Monday 12 March 2007. We will check all responses where agreement to publish has been given for any potentially defamatory material before logging them in the library or placing them on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the SE Library on 0131 244 4565. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

Everyone responding should be aware that the Scottish Executive is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. This means we would have to consider any request made under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

SEconsult

The Scottish Executive now has an email alert system for consultations (SEconsult). This system allows anyone with an interest - individuals or organisations - to register and receive a weekly email with details of all new SE consultations (including web links). SEconsult complements, but in no way replaces, SE distribution lists. It allows you to keep up to date with all SE consultations activity, and therefore be alerted at the earliest opportunity to those of most interest. We would encourage you to register.

Further information on Lifelong Learning in Scotland

If you would like to find out more about lifelong learning in Scotland, please go to http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Life-Long-Learning

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to:

email: LLLstrategyconsultationresponses@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Workgroup Contacts

The overall contact for the consultation is:

Tel: 0141 242 0287
karen.mcavenue@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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