Publications and outcomes
There will be a range of publications and outcomes from this project.
In June 2025, Scottish Government published:
- The theories of change from project stage 1. This includes theories of change for Community Led Local Development, Scottish Rural Action, and Scottish Rural Network, as well as an overarching theory of change. These theories of change may be refined as the project progresses.
- The policy and delivery context, as part of the project stage 2. This explains how these Community Led Local Development, Scottish Rural Action, and Scottish Rural Network fit within wider policy and legislation.
In October 2025, Scottish Government published international case studies of rural community development in England, Canada, Finland and Ireland. Scottish learning from these case studies for Scotland will be contained in future publications. These will be available at the following links from 21/10/25.
Further publications will be provided in Winter 2025.
