National Guidelines III
- In November 2004, new
guidance for Local Economic Forums was produced.
This set out the key messages and future priorities for
LEFs, taking into account achievements to date and the
continuing challenges.
National Guidelines II
- The August 2002
guidance
proposed that Forums should consider issues of local
strategic importance and develop a local economic
development strategy which is coherent with, and
contributes to achieving the key national aims and
ambitions articulated in
A
Smart, Successful Scotland.
- In doing so, Forums should be an integral part of
the Community Planning process in their localities.
Forums working effectively can provide the economic
dimension of the community planning process.
National Guidelines I
Following extensive consultation, national
guidelines
on Forums were issued on 7th March 2001. Key messages:
- Forums should agree a shared vision and action plan
to achieve greater value for the considerable sums of
public money spent on economic development.
- The focus of activity should be to achieve genuine
rationalisation of provision at the local level. They
should tackle duplication as a means of releasing
resources to fill gaps and create new
opportunities