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Engaging Scottish Local Authorities Sharing knowledge: building impact. ESLA Programme Coordination. Rehema White and Sharon Chisholm University of St Andrews. Coordination Aims. To facilitate practical coordination and knowledge sharing across projects
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Engaging Scottish Local Authorities Sharing knowledge: building impact ESLA Programme Coordination Rehema White and Sharon Chisholm University of St Andrews
Coordination Aims • To facilitate practical coordination and knowledge sharing across projects • To assist with dissemination of knowledge gains • To profile how these partnerships can both assist local council practices and encourage academically excellent research
Coordination Activities • Meetings with project teams and funders • Interviews with project leaders, funders and other stakeholders • Website developed www.st-andrews.ac.uk/engage/ • Newsletter • Summary reports from projects • Working in collaboration with review team
Main results to date • One year a short period to produce outcomes; projects under-resourced relative to expectations • Building on existing relationships was useful • Projects are part of a process • Challenges include financial climate, restructuring and pragmatic issues around resource distribution, language etc • Shifting policy context
Issues arising for coordination/review Activities to come: • Facilitate further discussion of KE/KMb and relevant cross project themes • Contact list • Press release(s) • Next newsletter • Enhance website • Final meeting • Collate summary project reports
Acknowledgements • All project teams and their partners, who have made this coordination feasible