Towards a future post-brexit regional policy for Scotland
Post Brexit regional UK policy: is there one? In many respects EU Policies have acted as a proxy for a UK regional policy. Through the EU Territorial Cohesion Policy, European …
Scottish Rural Parliament: the final Brexit statement
The Scottish rural Parliament Engaging Scotland’s rural communities on Brexit Policy Statement WE CALL FOR: 1. Clear and direct UK and Scottish Government’s commitment to equality for rural people, …
S.I.F. AGM: Tiree, 18-20 September 2018
Scottish Islands Federation 2018 AGM & Learning Exchange 18-20 September 2018, Tiree Empowering Small Island Communities – Learn from each other and have your say What a rich and inspiring …
Spring Newsletter
Catch up with news from S.I.F and the islands in our latest member bulletin- download here.
Young returners turning the tide of island population trends
In a great piece of news, a recent study of young people on the islands that stretch from Eriskay to Berneray has shown that, against the trend of many areas, …
From Water Saving to Green Tourism
March 2018 saw the conclusion of the ESIN water study involving 8 small European islands in Greece, Croatia, Ireland and France which all had issues with water shortage. ESIN received …
Islands Bill Makes it Way Through Stage 2
The Rural Economy & Connectivity Committee has now considered Stage 2 of the Bill and has agreed several amendments brought forward by MSP’s and Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport & …
Fuel Poverty Strategy for Scotland – An Island Perspective
“We want to see more households living in well insulated warm homes; accessing affordable, low carbon energy; and having an increased understanding of how to best use energy efficiency in …
The Clean Energy for EU Islands Initiative
Malta Political Declaration on European Islands Following on from the Smart Islands Initiative, spearheaded by island local and regional authorities of the Members States signing the Smart Islands Declaration, momentum …
Winter Newsletter
Catch up with news from SIF and the islands in our latest member bulletin- download here.