04 Apr 2000 | | Netherlands | Attended British Tourist Board event | Alasdair Morrison | 596.00 | 2 |
06 Apr
2000 | 09 Apr 2000 | USA | The Minister attended a series of Tartan Day events in New York and Washington DC | Alasdair Morrison | 3,747.00 | 3 |
06 Apr
2000 | 09 Apr 2000 | USA | The Minister attended a series of Tartan Day events in New York and Washington DC | Henry McLeish | 3,747.00 | 3 |
07 Apr
2000 | | Belgium | Meeting with Commissioner Vitorino to discuss Justice and Home Affairs issues | Jim Wallace | 631.00 | 3 |
10 Apr
2000 | 14 Apr 2000 | Japan | Inward Investment visit | Donald Dewar | 5,647.00 | 2 |
13 Apr 2000 | 21 Apr 2000 | USA | Fact-finding visit on issues of drug rehabilitation and drug enforcement | Angus Mackay | 3,229.00 | 3 |
03 May 2000 | 05 May 2000 | Portugal | Attended EU conference on Crime Prevention | Angus Mackay | 894.00 | 2 |
08 May 2000 | 12 May 2000 | USA | Fact-finding visit on Social Economy Financing | Wendy Alexander | 802.00 | 3 |
08 May 2000 | 12 May 2000 | USA | Fact-finding visit on Social Economy Financing | Jackie Baillie | 1,096.00 | 3 |
09 May 2000 | 11 May 2000 | Norway | Attended Aquaculture Business conference and met with Norwegian and Irish Fisheries Ministers | John Home Robertson | 918.00 | 3 |
09 May 2000 | | Belgium | Attended annual seafood exhibition | Alasdair Morrison | 609.00 | 4 |
09 May 2000 | | Belgium | Attended annual seafood exhibition | Ross Finnie | 609.00 | 4 |
15 May 2000 | 17 May 2000 | France | Attended Cannes Film Festival | Rhona Brankin | 737.00 | 3 |
18 May 2000 | 20 May 2000 | Netherlands | Attended conference "Meeting the Challenges for Society in the 21st century" | Frank McAveety | 204.00 | 0 |
25 May 2000 | 27 May 2000 | Norway | Attended opening of the Heathland Centre | Rhona Brankin | 1,203.00 | 1* |
05 Jun. 2000 | 06 Jun 2000 | Belgium | Attended EU structural funds conference | Jack McConnell | 536.00 | 4 |
08 Jun. 2000 | | Luxembourg | Attended Education Council | Nicol Stephen | 318.00 | 1 |
16 Jun. 2000 | | Luxembourg | Attended Fisheries Council | John Home Robertson | 916.00 | 1 |
22 Jun. 2000 | 23 Jun 2000 | Luxembourg | Attended Environment Council | Sarah Boyack | 771.00 | 2 |
09 Jul. 2000 | 10 Jul 2000 | Ireland | Meeting with Irish Minister for Sport and Tourism to discuss successful Irish bid for Ryder Cup 2005 | Rhona Brankin | 298.00 | 1 |
11 Jul. 2000 | 12 Jul 2000 | Belgium | Delivered speech at Flanders festival, attended CLRAE meeting in Brugge and met the First Minister of Flanders | Jack McConnell | 653.00 | 1 |
14 Jul. 2000 | 17 Jul 2000 | USA | Trade visit to a number of cities and met with senior company representatives | Henry McLeish | 5,063.00 | 2 |
17 Jul. 2000 | 21 Jul 2000 | USA | Fact-finding visit re. Digital Scotland and Future Schools | Peter Peacock | 3,539.00 | 1 |
14 Aug 2000 | 17 Aug 2000 | Denmark, Norway | Denmark: Visited environment projects. Norway; Visited transport projects | Sarah Boyack | 1,555.00 | 4 |
15 Aug 2000 | 18 Aug 2000 | Ireland | Fact-finding visit on rural policy. Also looked at examples of how farmers have strengthened their businesses though diversification | Ross Finnie | 649.00 | 3 |
24 Aug 2000 | 25 Aug 2000 | Norway | Delivered speech at "The Challenges facing Regional development in Northern Norway and Northern Scotland" conference | Alasdair Morrison | 883.00 | 1 |
29 Aug 2000 | 30 Aug 2000 | Ireland | Fact-finding visit on Freedom of Information. Met with Irish ministers | Jim Wallace | 298.00 | 5 |
31 Aug 2000 | 01 Sep 2000 | Sweden | Part of a fisheries trade mission to the Gotland region. Met with the Swedish State Secretary of Fisheries | John Home Robertson | 1,679.00 | 1 |
01 Sep 2000 | 08 Sep 2000 | South Africa | Attended the International Association of Prosecutors conference | Colin Boyd | 3,508.41 | 0 |
09 Sep 2000 | 10 Sep 2000 | Belgium | Attended the Belgian Pipe Band Championships | Rhona Brankin | 422.00 | 1 |
11 Sep 2000 | 13 Sep 2000 | Luxembourg | Visit to the European Court | Neil Davidson | 611.38 | 0 |
18 Sep. 2000 | | Belgium | Meeting with Commissioner Byrne to discuss EU health issues | Susan Deacon | 317.00 | 2 |
29 Sep. 2000 | | Ireland | Delivered speech to the Irish-Scottish Academic Initiative | Donald Dewar | 288.00 | 3 |
16 Nov 2000 | 17 Nov 2000 | Belgium | Attended Fisheries Council | Rhona Brankin | 357.00 | 4 |
20 Nov 2000 | 21 Nov 2000 | Belgium | Attended Agricultural Council | Ross Finnie | 324.00 | 3 |
22 Nov 2000 | 24 Nov 2000 | Spain | Attended President of Regions with Legislative Power conference | Jim Wallace | 1,383.00 | 3 |
25 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | Canada | Represented UK at the 14th Commonwealth Education Ministers conference | Jack McConnell | 3,015.00 | 2 |
29 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | Belgium | Attended Justice and Home Affairs Council | Jim Wallace | 665.00 | 2 |
05 Dec 2000 | | Italy | Attended the celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Scots College in Rome | Henry McLeish | 458.00 | 3 |
06 Dec 2000 | | Belgium | Met with Commissioner Kinnock to discuss issues such as EU Governance. Met with Scottish MEPs and Judge Edward. | Henry McLeish | 380.00 | 4 |
11 Dec 2000 | | Belgium | Opened Scotland in Europe cultural exhibition in Scotland House. Met with Commissioner Wallstrom | Sam Galbraith | 380.00 | 4 |
14 Dec 2000 | 15 Dec 2000 | Belgium | Attended Fisheries Council | Rhona Brankin | 373.55 | 5 |
20 Dec 2000 | 21 Dec 2000 | New Zealand | Meetings with New Zealand Ministers and officials on Freedom of Information and police complaints | Jim Wallace | 0.00* | 0 |
18 Jan. 2001 | 21 Jan. 2001 | France | Attended Franco-British Colloque meeting |
| Wendy Alexander | 337.00 | 0 |
28 Jan 2001 | | Belgium | Met with Nigel Sheinwald and the Swedish Representative Office and discussed issues of mutual interest | Jack McConnell | 380.00 | 2 |
05 Feb. 2001 | 06 Feb 2001 | Germany | Attended STB/BTA launch of twin cities initiative | Alasdair Morrison | 650.00 | 1 |
05 Feb. 2001 | 06 Feb
2001 | Belgium | Met with Commissioner de Palacio's Chef de Cabinet to discuss a range of issues. | Sarah Boyack | 518.00 | 1 |
05 Feb. 2001 | 06 Feb 2001 | Belgium | Meeting to discuss Objective 2 Structural Funds | Angus MacKay | 513.00 | 1 |
12 Feb. 2001 | | Belgium | Attended Education and Youth Council | Nicol Stephen | 380.00 | 2 |
15 Feb. 2001 | | France | Attended meeting to prepare for the next CLRAE conference of Presidents in November | Jack McConnell | 1,014.00 | 1 |
18 Feb. 2001 | 23 Feb
2001 | USA | Fact-finding visit re. digital Scotland and visited a number of companies | Wendy Alexander | 3,694.00 | 2 |
26 Feb. 2001 | 27 Feb
2001 | Belgium | Attended Agriculture Council | Ross Finnie | 380.00 | 4 |
08 Mar. 2001 | | Belgium | Attended Environment Council | Sam Galbraith | 473.00 | 2 |
08 Mar 2001 | | Belgium | Attended launch of the Columba Initiative strategic plan | Alasdair Morrison | 859.50 | 0 |
16 Mar 2001 | | Belgium | Attended Hearing on EU Governance debate | Jack McConnell | 1,716.00 | 1 |