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Module Title
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Objectives
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Tools, Templates and Annexes
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Overview
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Key points
- Sets out the purpose and structure of the CARES community benefits toolkit
- Provides a provisional road map for those seeking to secure, set up and deliver community benefits.
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Understanding community context
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Key points
- Sets out key factors influencing how communities respond to a new community benefit opportunity
- Describes the various stakeholders in a community and their roles
- Signposts readers to sources of support available to the community.
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Securing community benefits
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Key points
- Highlights key principles to bear in mind and questions to ask when discussing community benefits
- Sets out how to develop respectful and accountable relations between the prospective renewable energy business and the communities involved.
- Provides information on what a written agreement between the prospective renewable energy business and the communities should cover.
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Creating a lasting legacy
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Key points
- Key principles of creating a lasting legacy.
- Sets out the value in creating a community action plan
- Introduces the key elements of, and the practicalities involved in developing, a community action plan
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- Example purpose statement for a community consultation exercise
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Getting the governance right
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Key points
- Defines good governance and some key principles to bear in mind when selecting the most appropriate governance arrangements
- Outlines the most common legal structures used for community benefit governance in Scotland, some of their main features and key considerations in using them
- Considers some key procedures for ensuring good governance in setting up and operating a community benefits, such as how to recruit those who will sit on the group (or groups) overseeing delivery
- Presents some options for administrative arrangements, and factors in deciding on the most appropriate one.
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Contains:
- Guide to options for recruiting decision making group.
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Monitor, evaluate, report
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Key points
- Highlights some important mechanisms for enabling accountability and transparency
- Sets out key steps in establishing a monitoring framework that can capture information on spend, impact and learning
- Considers how to review the impact of the funding distributed and adjust the community action plan and strategy where necessary, so as to ensure its ongoing effectiveness
- Provides guidance on planning for effective reporting to key stakeholders.
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