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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Paper 2 8 Septem­ber 2023 Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

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For Inform­a­tion

Title: Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Terms of Ref­er­ence and Scope Pre­pared by: Dav­id Camer­on, Deputy Chief Exec­ut­ive and Dir­ect­or of Cor­por­ate Services

Pur­pose This paper presents an over­view of the scope of work to date of the Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee togeth­er with a remind­er of the agreed terms of ref­er­ence of the Com­mit­tee with­in the con­text of the Park Authority’s wider com­mit­tee structure.

Recom­mend­a­tions

The Board Is asked to: a) Note the scope and terms of ref­er­ence of the Per­form­ance Committee

Inform­a­tion

1. As the Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee now has a rel­at­ively new mem­ber­ship and new Chair, it is timely to provide an update on the scope of the Committee’s work and its terms of reference.

2. To date, the Com­mit­tee has provided scru­tiny and assur­ance on behalf of the board over the fol­low­ing pro­grammes and major pro­jects at reg­u­lar inter­vals: a) Cairngorms 2030 Her­it­age Hori­zons Pro­gramme; b) Peat­land res­tor­a­tion pro­gramme; c) Cairngorms Caper­cail­lie Pro­ject; d) Com­munity Led Loc­al Devel­op­ment (CLLD), Vol­un­tary Giv­ing and rela­tion­ship with the Cairngorms Trust.

3. These areas of work are expec­ted to remain part of the Committee’s future agenda over the remainder of the cur­rent fin­an­cial and oper­a­tion­al year.

4. The Com­mit­tee has also con­sidered one-off reviews of spe­cif­ic aspects of deliv­ery which may have wider implic­a­tions to the Author­ity. Overy the course of the last 12 months, the fol­low­ing activ­it­ies have been considered:

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Paper 2 8 Septem­ber 2023 Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

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a) Man­age­ment of vis­it­or infra­struc­ture and path main­ten­ance; b) Cairngorms Nature Festival.

1. The full terms of ref­er­ence for the Com­mit­tee, togeth­er with an out­line of the fit of the Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee with­in the wider Park Author­ity com­mit­tee struc­ture, can be accessed through the fol­low­ing link: 210813CommitteeTermsOfReference.pdf (cairngorms​.co​.uk)

Dav­id Camer­on davidcameron@​cairngorms.​co.​uk