CONNECTIONS IN SCOTLAND AND IN GOVERNMENT
17. Government will increase activity, including themed conferences and smaller events, to promote improved connectivity within Scotland. This will help disparate parts of the science base - across business and academia - to come together to discuss progress and prospects focused on Scotland's needs, and to promote collaboration and linkages between these areas. Government will also continue to draw on the independent advice of the Scottish Science Advisory Council to reflect the views of the science community and to identify new opportunities and challenges.
18. In pursuit of greater efficiency and effectiveness and to improve arrangements for science in government, Government will:
- initiate a cross-cutting review of Scottish Government science and research expenditure to inform the next Spending Review;
- improve collaboration and identification of strategic opportunities for key science industry sectors to lead global markets by:
- Redefining the role and membership of an existing inter-agency group in order to support proactive and improved joint assessment of strategic investment options. The group will work very closely with business representatives on industry advisory boards and others to identify emerging strategic opportunities to lead global markets through the capacity of the science and business base in Scotland.
- Continue to develop effective funding and organisational structures by:
- Looking for opportunities to enhance collaboration between all those public bodies in receipt of funding for research, knowledge exchange and innovation.