Our response SCVO has, over the past few years, been having a conversation with the third sector about,SCVO therefore welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation and would like to contribute,What can the Scottish Government and public policy makers do to improve job quality in Scotland?,References [i] http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall/ [ii] http,[vii] Carers Legislation – Consultation on Proposals – January 2014, Scottish Government (2014), p2.
https://scvo.scot/p/9961/2015/08/24/work-wages-and-wellbeing-in-the-scottish-labour-market
We must also recognise that an individual’s form of contribution, or employability needs, may change,References
[i] Carers Legislation – Consultation on Proposals – January 2014, Scottish Government (2014,[ii] Independent and Scottish Green Party Debate: An End to In-work Poverty - SCVO briefing [iii] SCVO,response to Devolution Committee Inquiry into Scotland Bill.,membership from the sector – our 1,600 members include charities, community groups, social enterprises
https://scvo.scot/p/10257/2015/09/30/scvo-briefing-scottish-labour-employment-debate
Our consultation response is broken down as follows: Context setting - new approach to employability,,taking in new powers, the Scottish Government’s conversations and the appetite for better ways of supporting,Joining up employability support with other policy areas Links across Scottish Government budgets Scottish,The Scottish Government also need consult widely over how the new European Structural Investment Funds,programme with very different parts of Scottish Government.
https://scvo.scot/p/10328/2015/10/12/creating-a-fairer-scotland-employability-support-scvo-response
As detailed later, SCVO does not support any form of conditionality and sanctions.,vitamin tablets, was discussed at a joint SCVO and Scottish Government on the future of social security,For example, as highlighted by Children in Scotland in their response to SCVO’s consultation on the Smith,As noted by Nourish Scotland in its’ response to SCVO’s Smith Commission consultation this would align,This would align with the current responsibilities the Scottish Parliament has over skills and learning
https://scvo.scot/p/10556/2015/11/06/scotland-bill-2015-16-report-stage-monday-9th-november
Scottish Enterprise have been tasked with setting up a Decommissioning Action Plan to ensure the skills,Social Enterprise The Scottish Government outlined plans to maintain Scotland’s world leadership in social,To this end, the First Minister announced that the Scottish Government will consult on a draft Referendum,The consultation on the European Pillar on Social Rights was circulated to SCVO’s Eurogroup some weeks,ago and we will be organising a consultation event with the Scottish Government Third Sector Division
https://scvo.scot/p/13545/2016/09/08/analysis-of-scottish-government-programme-for-government
SCVO gave evidence to the Commission on Local Tax Reform in 2015 (http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts,the same year (http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/finance-committee-inquiry-into-scottish-rate-of-income-tax,We are pleased to see this principle within the Scottish Government’s own principles for tax.
2.,Scotland’s transition to a low-carbon economy (http://stopclimatechaos.org/sites/default/files/SCCS-response-APD-Consultation-final.pdf,@scvo.scot
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About us
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the
https://scvo.scot/p/13706/2016/09/27/consultation-response-to-scottish-parliament-inquiry-on-a-scottish-approach-to-taxation
The Scottish Government has moved someway against this through its National Performance Framework[xxxvii,On this front, the Oxfam Humankind Index (OHI)[xxxix] – which was formed by consulting over 3,000 people,Job enrichment & employee engagement in low wage, low skill jobs, The Work Foundation (2014), p3.,[xxv] Carers Legislation – Consultation on Proposals – January 2014, Scottish Government (2014), p2.,[xxxvi] See, for example, Scotland’s Economic Future Post-2014 Submission to the Scottish Government
https://scvo.scot/p/4705/2014/05/07/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall
As the consultation paper notes (p. 4), missions should be cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral, as,Charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises form a significant part of Scotland's economy, and,And the activities of the enterprise and skill agencies?,For example, the 2020 Programme for Government states that the Scottish Government's ‘approach considers,The Programme for Government goes onto say: ‘Within our communities, the third sector and social enterprises
https://scvo.scot/p/40360/2020/09/17/scvo-ses-snib-submission-to-economy-energy-fair-work-committee
