Paper 7 Audit and Risk Committee

21 June 2024

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For dis­cus­sion

Title: Stra­tegic Risk Register

Pre­pared by: Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance and Cor­por­ate Operations

Pur­pose

This paper sup­ports a review by the Com­mit­tee of the Park Authority’s stra­tegic risk man­age­ment position.

Recom­mend­a­tions

The Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee is asked to:

a) Con­sider the cov­er­age and adequacy of the Park Authority’s stra­tegic risk man­age­ment pos­i­tion and advise on any gaps or amend­ments required to the cur­rent stra­tegic risk register.

b) Con­sider the cov­er­age and adequacy of the Cairngorms 2030 pro­gramme risk man­age­ment pos­i­tion and advise on any gaps or amend­ments required to the cur­rent pro­gramme risk register.

Exec­ut­ive Summary

1. The Cairngorms Nation­al Park Authority’s most recent stra­tegic risk register, and stra­tegic risk man­age­ment pos­i­tion is set out in Annex 1.

2. While mit­ig­a­tion actions are pro­gress­ing, no risk scores have been amended since the stra­tegic risk register was last reviewed by the Committee.

3. The Cairngorms 2030 pro­gramme risk register, and risk man­age­ment pos­i­tion is set out in Annex 2.

4. The Com­mit­tee is invited to con­sider the cur­rent cov­er­age of the risk registers as set out in the Annexes.

5. Sug­ges­ted updates to the stra­tegic risk register are noted in red text on the register. The Committee’s views on these sug­ges­ted updates, and on the cur­rent status of the stra­tegic risk register, are welcomed.

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1. The Committee’s views on the cur­rent status of the C2030 pro­gramme risk register are welcomed.

Louise Allen Head of Fin­ance and Cor­por­ate Oper­a­tions June 2024