Scotland's Future

[Freefall]

Couldn't find any mention of orienteering (or sport for that matter) or forests in the summary document published by Wee Eck

[oo_wrong_way]

Hope the white paper blue print was searchable - otherwise that means you read it.

[Freefall]

Just the 49 page summary document (slightly shorter than the report I wrote about Moray 2013 weighing in at just under 70 pages)

[AndyO]

This is the section covering sport in the full document:

Sport
The Scotland we can create
Scots are passionate about sport and our country has a long
and proud sporting tradition. Tens of thousands of Scots already
realise the benefits to be gained from participating in physical
activity and we want more people to get active. We believe that
by looking at physical activity and sport together will we harness
that passion and tradition to make positive changes in our
country – improving health, reducing anti-social behaviour
and making our society fairer.
Scotland already competes as a nation in our own right in
international competition with 11 governing bodies of sports
directly affiliated to their International Federation. Scotland
competes very successfully and, since 1998, the sportscotland
Institute of Sport has helped prepare many of Scotland’s best
athletes to perform on the world stage.
In 2014, Scotland has the privilege of hosting two of the world’s
greatest sporting events – the 20th Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow and the Ryder Cup in Gleneagles. These events
present a wonderful opportunity for us to realise our ambition
of helping Scots to become more active. The Games coming to
Scotland provide an exceptional opportunity to make our nation
healthier, and to celebrate our modern and vibrant culture both
at home and on the world stage.
Since 2007, over £73 million has been invested in sports
facilities across Scotland. This substantial investment has
enhanced the sporting infrastructure of our local, regional and
national sporting assets in the following ways:
■■ development of world-class facilities such as the new indoor
sports arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow
■■ a network of new high-quality regional multi-sport facilities
including the Aberdeen Sports Village and Ravenscraig and
Toryglen centres of sport
■■ development of 23 football pitches and 12 new and
upgraded swimming pools in communities throughout
Scotland
■■ a new £25 million National Performance Centre for Sport
to be developed at Heriot Watt University that will provide
Scotland’s first ever dedicated performance centre available
to all of Scottish sport. It will offer our elite athletes the
facilities and services to train and prepare for competing
at international level
In addition, substantial progress has been made to encourage
and support the growth of local participation in sports and
physical activity. This has included:
■■ £80 million investment through Active Schools offering over
five million opportunities for Scottish children in over 100
different sports this year
■■ an additional £8.5 million of funding to ensure PE is
delivered in all schools
■■ the establishment of 114 Community Sports Hubs bringing
local people together and providing a home for local clubs
and sports organisations
■■ a £10 million Active Places Fund that will create and
improve places in local communities where people can
become active
■■ £24 million through the CashBack for Communities scheme
to improve facilities and provide over 750,000 opportunities
for local communities to participate in sport and physical
activity
■■ £5 million invested in clubgolf since 2003 which has
provided 260,000 children in Scotland with an opportunity
to try out golf
At an elite level, our athletes are supported by the
sportscotland Institute of Sport with training, support and
advice which helps them produce world class performances
and, through Coaching Scotland, we have a framework which
will lead us to a vibrant, highly skilled coaching system that is
world renowned.
In an independent Scotland, we will build on this record to grow
a world class sporting system at all levels, with real strength in
schools, clubs and high performance sport.
Our priorities for action
An expert Working Group on Scottish Sport is considering how
sport can develop and take advantage of the opportunities
presented by independence.
Membership of the Working Group has been drawn from a
broad cross section of interests in sport, physical education,
health, education, business and the Third Sector to fully
represent all the opportunities sport presents. The early
work of the Group has focused on ensuring Scotland can be
successful in future Olympic and Paralympic Games. From
its work so far, the group has concluded that “….there is
no reason that securing National Olympic and Paralympic
Committee status should not be a relatively straightforward
process for an independent Scotland, recognising that the final
decision-making powers and the timescales involved are a
matter for the relevant international bodies”. The work of the
group will conclude in spring 2014 with a final report on how
independence can improve Scotland’s sporting credentials.
Based on the Group’s work and the recent experience of
newly independent states, the Government does not envisage
any significant barriers to Scotland achieving Olympic and
Paralympic accreditation and being able to participate at
Rio 2016. For example, Montenegro and the Balkan States
received recognition within one year of independence, while
Croatia and Slovenia were accredited before securing UN
membership.
Independence will mean that more Scottish sportswomen and
sportsmen will have the opportunity to compete at the highest
level of international competition. It will also mean that the key
decisions on athlete development will be taken in Scotland with
the needs of the athlete at the centre. This will help many more
of our sports-people reach their full potential.
A successful sporting nation, alongside the considerable
investment this Government is already making in Scottish
sport, has the power to inspire all ages and abilities in all areas
of Scotland to get even more active. This will have enormous
benefits for Scotland’s health and wellbeing.

no mention of orienteering, as you say Freefall

[Gross]

Scotland already competes as a nation in our own right in
international competition with 11 governing bodies of sports
directly affiliated to their International Federation

That is the key. Scotland (SOA) is NOT recognized by the IOF..... for all the hype Freefall & the others put out that WOC 2015 is being hosted in Scotland.... it isn't. WOC 2015 is being hosted in the UK.

Only one way to change the above..... a YES vote in September

[andypat]

You had your vote already Gross
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17540745

[DeerTick]

That is the key. Scotland (SOA) is NOT recognized by the IOF..... for all the hype Freefall & the others put out that WOC 2015 is being hosted in Scotland.... it isn't. WOC 2015 is being hosted in the UK.

Only one way to change the above..... a YES vote in September

Or, a YES vote might send WOC 2015 to the Lake District, Wales, N Ireland, East Anglia or somewhere flat. Just saying

[greywolf]

... for all the hype Freefall & the others put out that WOC 2015 is being hosted in Scotland.... it isn't. WOC 2015 is being hosted in the UK. Only one way to change the above..... a YES vote in September

WTF are you on about? even if there is a yes vote the proposed independence date is 24/3/2016

[Gross]

WTF are you on about? even if there is a yes vote the proposed independence date is 24/3/2016

Read my post properly It refers to Scotland NOT being recognized by the IOF.....

[greywolf]

You don't have to be an independent nation state to compete in international sport, as Scotland's football team occasionally demonstrates (and various rugby teams, and the W Indies cricketers) - SOA could secede from BOF and join the IOF without full Scottish independence. (Hong Kong and Puerto Rico are both IOF members - neither are independent states)

[Gross]

SOA could secede from BOF and join the IOF without full Scottish independence.

To do so Scotland would need to be an independent member of the IOC (read the IOF Statutes) which I suspect is a bit more complicated than SOA seceding from BOF. Also to get accreditation for WOC etc you need to have a passport from the competing nation - which doesn't exist for Scotland.....

Following an amendment to the Olympic Charter in 1996, NOC recognition can only be granted after recognition as an independent country by the UN.[4] As such, dependent territories such as Curaçao, Gibraltar, Macau or the Faroe Islands cannot be recognised by the IOC, and athletes from those territories can only participate in the Olympics as part of their parent nation's national team. However, the rule does not apply retroactively, so dependent territories which were recognised before the rule change are allowed to continue sending separate teams to the Olympics.

[yeti]

You had your vote already Gross
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17540745

Shock horror orienteering autonomy doesn't seem to have been a factor in Lithuania's independence struggle!?