Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Tag: International
The European General Product Safety Regulation – new rules for UK exporters
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog provides information on the new European General Product Safety Regulation which came into force on 13 December 2024. The blog has been produced in response to SPICe receiving a number of enquiries about thie new Regulation.
What on earth are we doing here? COP29 and the connections to Scottish climate policy
Reading Time: 8 minutesA blog that considers the developments in international climate policy from this years COP29 negotiations.
The Human Rights Bill – why has the Scottish Government not legislated and what happens next?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2024-25 Programme for Government didn’t include the Scottish Government’s flagship Human Rights Bill. Like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill – a path to EU alignment?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Product Regulation and Metrology Bill includes provision to allow UK Ministers to align with EU law. This blog focuses on the relationship `between the Bill and EU alignment.
How has the Scottish Government been supporting international development?
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn June 2024, the Scottish Government published its ‘Contribution to International Development Report 2021-23’, which provides information on the Scottish Government’s international development activities from
Scotland’s exports in 10 charts
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog is a summary of the more detailed SPICe Briefing “Scotland’s exports – policy and statistics”. The blog details 10 key charts which give an overview of Scotland’s recent export performance.
Scotland’s European Structural Funds – following the money
Reading Time: 7 minutesRecent media reports have suggested that some of the European structural funds allocated to Scotland during the 2014-2020 programme period may not ultimately be received by the Scottish Government because of a failure to spend the full value of the programme. This blog sets out the various figures available, including new data provided to SPICe by the Scottish Government. For context, it also explains what Structural Funds are and why we are still talking about them given Scotland left the EU in 2020.
After EU exit – UK border checks and the new common user charge
Reading Time: 6 minutesUK regulatory checks on EU imports are now underway following EU exit. Last week, the UK Government announced the charges that will be imposed on checks for commercial movements of animal products, plants and plant products through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel. The Common User Charge will be introduced on 30 April 2024. This blog sets out the background to border checks, the detail of the charges that will be imposed on imports and the reaction to these charges.
Defence and foreign policy in an independent Scotland – the Scottish Government’s proposals for Scotland’s place in the world
Reading Time: 8 minutesOn 4 March 2024, the Scottish Government published the latest policy paper in its Building a New Scotland series which in the Scottish Government’s words “together form a prospectus for an independent Scotland”. To inform a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 5 March 2024, this blog outlines some of the key issues covered in Scotland’s Place in the World