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Slavery and colonialism in Edinburgh

About the Review Implementation Group

Remit

The purpose of the group is to oversee the actioning of the Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review report recommendations. This requires

  • creating a prioritised delivery plan to include expected costs and timescales for each recommendation
  • liaising with a variety of stakeholders to make sure there are
    • positive community impacts
    • effective use of resources
    • sharing of expertise and information
  • identifying funds and resources to implement the delivery plan
  • regular reporting to Council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee
  • consulting with people and organisation in Edinburgh as required
  • regular communication of the group's activities.

Outputs

The anticipated outputs are

  • a series of projects to make sure the ESCLR recommendations are developed into achievable, impactful and measurable actions.
  • annual progress reports to Council
  • a final report summarising the group’s achievements.

Inaugral meeting

At the first meeting of the group on 20 October 2023:

  • the members were formally introduced to each other
  • agreed values and behaviours to guide their work going forwards
  • agreed terms of reference
  • discussions were initiated about assigning a lead and support member to take forward each of the recommendations. The pairs of members will work up costed proposals for relevant projects
  • members had workshops to develop creative ideas for project delivery
  • ideas were discussed on how to make sure there will be involvement from
    • wider public
    • ESCLR Supporters' Network
    • other stakeholder
    • potential partners.

More information

Contact us if you would like more information about the meeting. Email edinburghlegacyreview@edinburgh.gov.uk

Listen to Irene Mosota talk about the Implementation Group