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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Audit Committee Paper 7 25/08/06 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


FOR INFORMATION 


Title: STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER 

Prepared by: DAVID CAMERON, HEAD of CORPORATE SERVICES 


Purpose 

To update the Committee on the Management Team’s review of the Strategic Risk Register. 


Recommendations 

The Committee is asked to: 

1. Note that the Management Team has began the process of reviewing and updating 
the Authority’s Strategic Risk Register each quarter; 

2. Note the updated Strategic Risk Register presented at Annex 1 to this paper. 


Executive Summary 

The Management Team has now started the process of regularly reviewing the Authority’s 
Strategic Risk Register. The updated Strategic Risk Register is presented in Annex 1 to this 
paper for information. 

Three new risks have now been added to the register 



STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER – FOR INFORMATION 

Background 

1. At its meeting in March 2006, the Committee noted the establishment of the 
Authority’s Strategic Risk Register and that the register would be considered regularly 
as part of the Management Team’s quarterly operational plan review process. 

2. This regular review process has now been initiated and the updated Strategic Risk 
Register is presented in Annex 1 to this paper for information. 


Risk Register Update 

3. The Management Team have now updated the risk register to take account of the 
current status of delivery against operational and corporate plan objectives. Text 
highlighted in italics in the Annex to this paper shows the additions made in July 2006. 

4. In particular, three new risks have been added to the register. These new risks reflect 
the changing nature of work being undertaken on the National Park Plan; the 
consequent awareness amongst staff of potential changes in organisational structure to 
reflect changing patterns of work; and the heightened awareness of the need to 
maintain good understanding of activities of the Authority and the Sponsor 
Department within the Scottish Executive. 

5. A number of actions in managing existing risks have also been updated, as indicated 
in the Annex. 


Future Action 

6. The Risk Register will continue to be reviewed by the Management Team and updates 
brought to the Audit Committee. 


DAVID CAMERON 
15 August 2006 

davidcameron@cairngorms.co.uk