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 …
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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.
Islands (Scotland) Bill
Formally introduced on 9 June 2017, the Bill is for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a national islands plan; to impose duties in relation to …
Smart Sustainable Inclusive Blue Growth
4th Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference, Glasgow If the potential of the blue economy is to be realised, strategy must be based on local need and local communities must be key …
Small Islands Think Big in Orkney
‘Small Islands are “the agents of change” that can be trusted to make the low carbon revolution happen in Europe’ declared Brendan Devlin, Special Adviser to DG Energy, at our …
Kirkwall, Shapinsay and North Ronaldsay: S.I.F. AGM 2017
S.I.F. AGM to take place alongside ESIN AGM and Conference in Kirkwall this September The Scottish Islands Federation will be hosting the European Small Islands Federation AGM and annual Conference …
EU Cohesion Policy translated into UK policy: more S.I.F. Brexit questions!
Do we have a UK Cohesion Policy equivalent to the EU Cohesion Policy? No we haven’t, says S.I.F. Chair Camille Dressler, and there has been so far no evidence that …