Scotland’s Environment web

‘The gateway to Scotland’s environment information’

Peter Singleton

SEPA

Project timetable

• Summer 2009 - Internal discussions in SEPA.• Winter 2009/10 - Discussions with Scottish

Government.• June 2010 - Work on Scotland’s Environment Web

launched by the SG Director of Rural and Environment Directorate.• October 2011 - Launch to partner organisations• November 2011 - public launch.

Partners• Scottish Government (SG)• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)• Historic Scotland (HS)• Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS)• James Hutton Institute (JHI)• Marine Scotland (MS)• LINK• Rivers and Fisheries Trusts Scotland• NHS (Health Scotland)• COSLA• Food Standards Agency Scotland (FSAS)

Governance Steering Group (chaired by George Burgess SG)

Meets every three monthsMembership: SG, SEPA, MS, FSA, RAFTS, NHS, JHI, SNH, COSLA, FCS, LINK

Technical Coordination Group Meets monthly Membership SG, COSLA, MS, HS, SNH,

JHI, FCS, NHS, SEPA

Management Group Meets every two weeksSG, SEPA, FCS, HS, SNH

Strategic Editorial Group Meets monthly Membership SG, SEPA, MS, COSLA, SNH

Communications Group Meets monthly Membership SG, SEPA, MS, SNH, FCS

Focused workshopsOccasionalMembership SG, SEPA, MS, HS, SNH, FCS, NHS,

COSLA, JHI

Home Topics Environmental Reports Interactive Data Trends & Indicators

2009 – initial concept developed

2009 – initial concept developed

Process of website developmentProcess of website development

• Wireframes developed through workshops

• Functionality defined• Some basic layout defined

• Graphic designed & branded as Natural Scotland

    

www.environment.scotland.gov.uk/default.aspx

           

Pilot project• Provided a single story about Scotland’s

Environment.• Directs traffic to partners websites & pulls

information to SEWeb site• Creates a platform for development

Summary

Key Agencies and Departments have made a strong contribution to the development of the project.

Looking to create a sense of ownership across all the partnership

Help promote the benefits of the project

Look for opportunities to deliver organisations objectives via the project

Way forward

Scotland’s Environment web:

LIFE+ funding

‘Working together to prioritise environmental issues and help deliver a better environment for

us all.’

Total: €4.9m

The End