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For dis­cus­sion

Title Cairngorms 2030: Deliv­ery phase incep­tion Pre­pared by Dav­id Clyne, Head of Cairngorms 2030

Pur­pose To update the Park Author­ity Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee on the risks under man­age­ment. This paper presents the deliv­ery phase incep­tion peri­od from Janu­ary to Feb­ru­ary 2024 and the planned devel­op­ment work to end April 2024.

Recom­mend­a­tions The Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee is asked to review the pro­gramme update report and note: a) The Park Author­ity and the Nation­al Lot­tery Her­it­age Fund have agreed and signed the 5‑year deliv­ery phase con­tract. b) The offi­cial start date of the five-year deliv­ery phase is 18^th Janu­ary 2024. c) Scotland’s First Min­is­ter, Humza Yousaf, and Min­is­ter for Green Skills, Cir­cu­lar Eco­nomy and Biod­iversity, Lor­na Slater, offi­cially launched Cairngorms 2030 at Mar Lodge on 5^th Feb­ru­ary 2024. d) Deliv­ery phase pro­ject plans and gov­ernance pro­ced­ures now in progress.

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Per­form­ance Dash­board: Pro­gramme level | Per­form­ance Meas­ure | RAG status | Issue/​mitigation | | — -| — -| — -| | Pro­gramme risk pro­file | Green | Deliv­ery phase con­tract signed by Park Author­ity and NLHF. | | Future fund­ing pro­file | Green | Match fund­ing pos­i­tion is being act­ively mon­itored with Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment and oth­er deliv­ery part­ners. | | | Oth­er fund­ing sources required to deliv­er pro­gramme to be secured in 2024 (Trans­port, Nature Scot, HIE, LA). | | Fin­ance: impact on Park Author­ity budget man­age­ment | Green | No issues | | Pro­cure­ment | Green | No issues | | Staff­ing | Green | Intern­al recruit­ment com­pleted. Extern­al recruit­ment com­menced. | | Deliv­ery of Sus­trans fun­ded pro­jects | Amber | On-going chal­lenge align­ing NLHF and Sus­trans deliv­ery timescales. |

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Per­form­ance Over­view: Deliv­ery against stra­tegic expect­a­tions Offi­cial launch

1. The Park Author­ity and the Nation­al Lot­tery Her­it­age Fund have agreed and signed the 5‑year deliv­ery phase contract.

2. The offi­cial start date of the five-year deliv­ery phase is 18^th Janu­ary 2024.

3. Scotland’s First Min­is­ter, Humza Yousaf, and Min­is­ter for Green Skills, Cir­cu­lar Eco­nomy and Biod­iversity, Lor­na Slater, offi­cially launched Cairngorms 2030 at Mar Lodge on 5^th Feb­ru­ary 2024. Also in attend­ance were rep­res­ent­at­ives from the Nation­al Lot­tery Her­it­age Fund and two of our Juni­or Rangers.

Recruit­ment

1. In total 13 new posts will be cre­ated to deliv­er the pro­gramme, across three areas: com­munity engage­ment, nature-based solu­tions, and transport.

2. The intern­al recruit­ment pro­cess for the new posts com­menced in Novem­ber 2023. a) The fol­low­ing posts were suc­cess­fully filled:

   • Nature Based Solu­tions Man­ager, band E.
   • Com­munity Engage­ment Officer, band D
   • Cyc­ling Devel­op­ment Officer, band D
   • Learn­ing Coordin­at­or (Cli­mate and Com­munity Arts) band C
   • Com­munity Cli­mate Grants Officer, band C
   • Sus­tain­able Travel Beha­viour Change, Officer, Band D

b) The fol­low­ing posts have been advert­ised extern­ally and await interview.

• Com­mu­nic­a­tions Coordin­at­or, band C
• Research & Know­ledge Exchange Officer, band C.
• Rur­al Devel­op­ment Admin Assist­ant, band B
• 2 x Com­munity Engage­ment Coordin­at­ors, band C
• Sus­tain­able Trans­port Man­ager, Band E.

c) The fol­low­ing posts will be advert­ised when the Sus­tain­able Trans­port Man­ager is in post:

• Gradu­ate trans­port plan­ner, Band C
• Trans­port Intern, band A

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Com­mu­nic­a­tions

1. The Park Author­ity press release for the offi­cial pro­gramme launch is here

Train­ing

1. The deliv­ery phase is being co-ordin­ated using MS Pro­ject soft­ware. Staff train­ing for exist­ing staff is complete.

Sus­trans

1. The next phase of Act­ive travel design pro­jects was sub­mit­ted to Sus­trans on sched­ule. Decision and fund­ing award expec­ted in April 2024.

2. No fur­ther changes to fund­ing policy were noted dur­ing the report­ing period.

Gov­ernance

1. The first deliv­ery phase C2030 Pro­gramme Board meet­ing was chaired by Grant Moir (CEO) on 1^st Feb­ru­ary 2024. Mem­bers con­grat­u­lated the Park Author­ity on its fund­ing suc­cess and recom­men­ded stand­ing report­ing items on com­munity engage­ment and just trans­ition. Addi­tion­al recom­mend­a­tions were accep­ted on mon­it­or­ing and eval­u­ation techniques.

Cash flow

1. Pro­gramme match fund­ing pos­i­tion is being act­ively mon­itored with Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment and oth­er deliv­ery partners.

2. The Park Author­ity will mon­it­or cash flow on a quarterly basis and report annu­ally to NLHF on match fund­ing secured (planned v actu­al) over the period.

3. The Park Author­ity issued a revised year one cash flow to NLHF as part of the offi­cial ​‘per­mis­sion to start process’.

Pro­cure­ment

1. Pro­cure­ment stand­ards and guid­ance note issued to pro­gramme staff.

2. Cairngorms Future Farm­ing plan­ning con­sultancy tender issued on Pub­lic Con­tract Scotland.

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1. Pro­gramme mon­it­or­ing and valu­ation con­sultancy tender issued on Pub­lic Con­tract Scotland.

Pro­gramme deliv­ery actions to end April 2024. | Action | When | | — -| — -| | MS Pro­ject train­ing com­pleted | Feb 2024 | | Pro­cure­ment phase com­mences | Feb 2024 | | Extern­al recruit­ment com­pleted | March 2024 | | Plan­ning for Sum­mer 2024 pro­gramme cel­eb­ra­tion event | March 2024 | | Pro­gramme and 20x pro­ject Q1 2024 update reports sub­mit­ted to NLHF | April 2024 |

Sig­ni­fic­ant Pro­gramme Change Requests 17.6. None

Sig­ni­fic­ant Budget Adjustments

1. None

Con­clu­sions: Per­form­ance Over­view and Mat­ters Mer­it­ing Stra­tegic Review

1. Deliv­ery phase incep­tion phase on tar­get for com­ple­tion by end March 2024.

2. Staff recruit­ment and train­ing pro­gress­ing well.

3. Pro­ject plans and gov­ernance pro­ced­ures in place.

Dav­id Clyne Head of Cairngorms 2030 davidclyne@​cairngorms.​co.​uk