Scotland's rural third sector: breaking out of siloed policy
We set out to discover the intersections between two policy units in the Scottish Government the
Rural and agricultural directorate and the community directorate responsible for third sector.
The purpose of analysis was to find the nexus that enabled coherent policy to drive a rural third sector forward towards a sustainable future.
We return to our research question, does evidence from Rural Development policy and Third Sector policy intersect in a meaningful way to support a sustainable rural third sector or are the directorates of government siloed?
Despite there being a notable commitment to rural development and a significant commitment to community and enterprise development there are few points where one could argue that the coherence is specific enough to
be defined as policy for rural third sector.
