News & Events | Posted September 24, 2025
An invitation to the SLA 2025 Stakeholder Event – Delivering for Scotland’s Landscapes through the Charter and Developing an Action Plan: 10.30am – 3.00pm: 30th October 2025: In person at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, High School Yards, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ
In June 2025 Scotland’s Landscape Charter was launched and it highlights the importance of our landscapes to people, place and nature. It has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and its agencies. This is also the 25th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention(ELC) and the SLA aim to deliver and reinvigorate Scotland’s commitment to the ELC through the promotion and …
In June 2025 Scotland’s Landscape Charter was launched and it highlights the importance of our landscapes to people, place and nature. It has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and its agencies. This is also the 25th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention(ELC) and the SLA aim to deliver and reinvigorate Scotland’s commitment to the ELC through the promotion and adherence to embedding the Charter into everyday landscape action.(Read the Charter here.)
More information and free booking via this link to our Eventbrite page
This event aims to engage with a wide range of stakeholders to shape a short term annually updated action plan to support the implementation of the Charter’s vision and principles and to reinforce the good policy and tools that exist around land and landscape.
AGENDA
10:00 Arrival and coffee
10:30 Welcome & aims of the day: Key Note speaker Nikki Yoxall NatureScot Board
10:45 Scene setting – Learning from the ELC. Guest speaker from IFLA & NetworkNature Advisory Board
11:00 Nature Scot / Heritage Environment Scotland – Joint Action Plan discussion
11.30 Workshop 1 : Reflection
12:30 Lunch & inspirational stories
13:15 Workshop 2 : Looking forward to an Action Plan
14:15 Plenary discussion
14:45 Next Steps and Close
Before the Day
Case Studies: Consider submitting a case study of your own work which can be showcased on the day. Get inspiration from published case studies that demonstrate best practice in following the vison and principles of the Charter such as Falkirk Greenspace.
Survey: Don’t forget to fill in the short survey to help us shape the event. Get inspiration from one of our talking head video’s that demonstrate the tangible importance of the Charter to their work objectives. Read the Charter here.
Please join us and share your views to enable us to continue to reinvigorate Scotland’s landscape community and its commitment to the ELC through the promotion and adherence to embedding the Charter into everyday landscape action. We look forward to welcoming the landscape community again at this important event.