1. Pàrlamaid Dhùthchail na h-Alba #ScotRP2014 Key Themes 2014 Emma Cooper, Scottish Rural Parliament Coordinator

2. Identifying the themes Existing research Ten options Online survey Offline survey Board decision

3. Key Themes Rural businesses and employment Access to broadband Transport infrastructure Issues of land use and planning Protecting natural assets and adapting to environmental change Support for communities to lead with confidence Health and social care

4. Twitter @ScotRuralParl / Storify building supportive strategic infrastructure eg smaller scale abattoirs and product dev premises is crucial We have funding for community minibuses, but not for scheduled services. Funding streams dictate use. Decent broadband & mobile essential for remote health & social care #ruralhour All interconnected Enabling young people to making a living & build a life in remote/rural locations - land for homes & small businesses

5. Twitter @ScotRuralParl / Storify Imperative to value and support those who already work with the environment not just newer large scale projects Good governance is hard, but training and guidance becoming easier to access through TSIs Excellent GP services here but recruitment & retention an increasing problem in remote rural areas.

6. Local Events Cairngorms Fife Moray and Nairn Perth Loch Lomond Orkney Golspie Shetland Perthshire Ullapool Argyll Castle Douglas Skye Angus Ayr Dumfries and Galloway Borders Aberdeenshire Isle of Lewis Isle of Benbecula Isle of Jura Lochcarron/ Applecross Canonbie Isle of Bute

7. Working Groups Remit: main issues; current research; solutions; workshops; short report.

8. Scottish Rural Parliament All workshops lead to recommendations for change Collated for Saturday morning Strategy Voting Report – February 2015 Debate in Scottish Parliament

9. Pàrlamaid Dhùthchail na h-Alba #ScotRP2014 www.scottishruralparliament.org.uk T @ScotRuralParl F Scottish Rural Parliament

10. Pàrlamaid Dhùthchail na h-Alba #ScotRP2014 Programme Norman MacAskill Director of SRA

11. #ScotRP2014 Friday Programme 8 for 8.30 Presentations Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment, Mr Richard Lochhead, MSP Carol Craig, CEO, Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing – Local decision- making and community confidence. Anneli Kana, Estonian Rural Parliament – Impact of the Estonian Rural Parliament on rural communities 10.15 & 11.45 Key Theme Workshops 14.15 Open Space Workshop 19.15 Dinner

12. #ScotRP2014 Saturday Programme 9 for 9.30 Presentation Cllr David O’Neill, Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy 10.30 Future of the Scottish Rural Parliament 12noon Ideas, to policy, to delivery– moving our rural agenda forward. 13.20 Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and local MSP, Michael Russell 13.40 Concluding remarks, John Hutchison, Chair of Scottish Rural Action

13. Pàrlamaid Dhùthchail na h-Alba #ScotRP2014 Open Space Sandy Brunton Director of SRA

14. Pàrlamaid Dhùthchail na h-Alba #ScotRP2014 The Big Picture Argyll Voluntary Action