Scottish Government

NATIONAL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK

Wealthier & Fairer

Smarter

Healthier

Safer & Stronger

Greener

National Outcomes (relevant examples)

• We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our research and innovation
• We have strong, resilient and supportive communities where people take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others
• We value and enjoy our built and natural environment and protect it and enhance it for future generations
• We reduce the local and global environmental impact of our consumption and production

National Indicators and Targets

(relevant examples)

• Reduce overall ecological footprint
• Increase to 70% key commercial fish stocks at full reproductive capacity and harvested sustainably by 2015
• Increase to 95% the proportion of protected nature sites in favourable condition
• Biodiversity: Increase the index of abundance of terrestrial breeding birds
• Reduce the rate of increase in the proportion of children with their Body Mass Index outwith a healthy range by 2018
• Increase healthy life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas
• Reduce mortality from coronary heart disease among the under 75s in deprived areas
• Increase the proportion of adults making one or more visits to the outdoors per week
• Reduce the number of Scottish public bodies by 25% by 2011
• 50% of electricity generated in Scotland to come from renewable resources by 2020 (interim target of 31% by 2011)
• Reduce to 1.32 million tonnes of waste sent to landfill by 2010
• Improve knowledge transfer from research activity in universities
• Improve people's perceptions, attitudes and awareness of Scotland's reputation