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TOWARDS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR RURAL SCOTLAND
 
A DISCUSSION PAPER
Foreword
Section 1: Overall Aims for Rural Scotland
  • Purpose of paper
  • Rural Scotland in context
  • Overall policy aims
  • Putting Sustainable Development into practice
Section 2: Challenges
  • Land Reform
  • Democratisation
  • Encouraging Entrepreneurship
  • Nature Conservation and Local Economic Development
  • Reform of EU Structural Funds
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
  • Service Provision
Section 3: Structures and Principles
  • More Effective Partnerships
  • A More Integrated Approach
  • Flexibility to Meet Rural Circumstances
Section 4: Conclusions
Annex 1: Work Programme of National Rural Partnership in 1997-98