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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Reference briefing: Scotland’s Labour Market Strategy

Ruth Boyle
24 July 2016
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Procurement is also a key issue, with competitive tenure often undermining the sector’s ability to participate

https://scvo.scot/p/13428/2016/07/24/reference-briefing-scotlands-labour-market-strategy-july-2016

Briefing: SNP Manifesto – third sector commitments

Jordan Ogg
26 April 2016
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help social enterprises compete for public sector contracts and encourage councils to promote the procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/12181/2016/04/26/briefing-snp-manifesto-third-sector-commitments

Opening up open government

Kaela Scott
10 March 2016
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only withheld after a conscious assessment of the need to do so; Ensure greater transparency in procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/11912/2016/03/10/opening-up-open-government

Charities, the Lobbying Act and the Holyrood election

Felix Spittal
1 February 2016
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The above activities can be “reasonably regarded as intending to promote or procure the electoral success

https://scvo.scot/p/11435/2016/02/01/charities-the-lobbying-act-and-the-holyrood-election

Government to favour bidders who pay the Living Wage

Jenny Bloomfield
6 October 2015
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Today the Scottish Government launched its new public procurement guidance to promote fair work.,hardly the revelation that we’d been hoping for back when we first started work on what became the Procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/10299/2015/10/06/government-to-favour-bidders-who-pay-the-living-wage

Briefing: public sector funding

Jordan Ogg
2 January 2016
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Contracts appear to be geared towards large-scale procurement, with few opportunities for smaller organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/11951/2016/01/02/briefing-public-sector-funding

New SCVO Policy Committee members

Jordan Ogg
30 October 2015
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This has let me cover a range of areas, including sport, community organisations, procurement, public

https://scvo.scot/p/10486/2015/10/30/new-scvo-policy-committee-members

SCVO 2016 Holyrood Manifesto - Key Themes

Kate Wane
5 November 2015
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Sustainable funding for the sector – better procurement, grants and access to finance at a time of public

https://scvo.scot/p/10549/2015/11/05/scvo-2016-holyrood-manifesto-key-themes

SCVO response to Scottish Government consultation on Changes to the Public Procurement Rules in Scotland

Jenny Bloomfield
1 May 2015
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Government’s new economic strategy and fair work agenda, now is an opportune time to ensure that procurement,We hope that the Scottish Government takes this opportunity to make procurement a real building block,Indeed, alongside funding, many members cite procurement and procurement processes as the biggest issue,professionals regarding procurement processes and what is possible within the law.,procurement.

https://scvo.scot/p/8991/2015/05/01/scvo-response-to-scottish-government-consultation-on-changes-to-the-public-procurement-rules-in-scotland

Work, wages and wellbeing in the Scottish labour market

Jenny Bloomfield
24 August 2015
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Encouraging the establishment of such firms through providing more extensive support, preferential procurement,use of globally ethical businesses, as will be possible through the careful implementation of the Procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/9961/2015/08/24/work-wages-and-wellbeing-in-the-scottish-labour-market

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