STRATEGY & POLICY DEVELOPMENT
BiGGAR Economics has worked with a range of national and local public agencies supporting the development of strategies and policies.
Our work in this area includes:
- facilitation of the strategy development process (for example, by working with an organisation's senior management team);
- economic and market analysis to provide an evidence base on which strategies and policies can be developed;
- reviewing the strategic context for proposed programmes and projects.
- development of evidence-based policy papers.
PROJECTS
- facilitation of the development of the Edinburgh City Region Economic Development Framework, working with the nine local authorities in the City Region;
- economic impact study of the Draft Land Registration (Scotland) Bill, new legislation proposed by the Scottish Law Commission to strengthen the land registration system in Scotland;
- development of the economic development case and impact appraisal of the proposed projects in support of the Highlands and Islands Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) strategy;
- integrated economic strategy for South Dublin County, one of the fastest growing counties in Europe, on behalf of South Dublin Chamber of Commerce, South Dublin County Council and South Dublin County Enterprise Board;
- analysis and modelling of the future potential of the Scottish Life Sciences sector to inform the development of Scottish Enterprise's strategy for this key sector;
- development of the Midlothian Economic Development Framework, a monitoring and evaluation plan to continuous assess progress and a series of key sector action plans;
- research and policy paper for the think tank Reform Scotland on a model for the devolution of fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament;
