Keynote presentation to the Highlands and Island Enterprise conference on "Strengthening Communities" in Aviemore, Scotland on 21/22 September 2017

1. Embedded intermediaries:
The role of the local in
leading national innovation
Professor Frank Rennie
Lews Castle College
University of the Highlands and Islands

2. https://www.appalshop.org/

6. No take zones – Marine Protected Areas

10. Common threads
• Community-driven May not fit with corporate plans
• Based on community assets Starts from a position of strength
• Flexibly supported by agencies Needs risk-taking and right scale
• Social enterprise models Ideal for market failure regions
• Each cover diverse sectors Not narrowly focussed benefits
• Ideally has a ‘host’ agency A good and stable partnership
• Embedded intermediaries Trusted by locals and agencies
• Learning and education Knowledge, Awareness, Ability

11. Lessons for the future
•Reinforce the local
•Build on assets, not deficiencies
•Provide overall, strategic support
•Dialogue - don’t dominate
•Innovation is awkward – be accommodating!
•Have a collective vision
•Start – Continue – and End with Capacity Building

12. Community Land Trusts = Game-changer

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