Scottish Civic Forum
"Sus it Out"
The Scottish Government offered the Scottish Civic Forum grants of up to £40,000 in 2005-06, £90,000 in 2006-07, 2007-08 and £20,000 in 2008-09, with the purpose of building capacity within civic society, increasing awareness in civic society organisations of the contribution they make to sustainable development and of their potential for increasing this contribution.
The intention was that the project would also support regional events for groups and organisations to share their conclusions, including consideration of an annual 'Future Scotland' conference .
The outputs were to include a tailor made awareness raising tool; training and development modules and activities for use with organisations' annual pledges of activity in support of sustainable development.
This project aimed to deliver a higher profile for and greater awareness of sustainable development amongst civic society organisations using the tool and measurable changes in the behaviour of these organisations in relation to environmental awareness, economic impact, inclusiveness and participatory government.
The Scottish Government's funding of the Civic Forum work on this project ended in June 2008.