How it plans to promote fair trade in schools.

The Scottish Government''s Curriculum for Excellence focuses on citizenship and values which supports and encourages teaching about international education and international development. Fair trade falls within this by teaching the benefits of helping producers of goods in developing countries.
The responsibility for the management and delivery of the Scottish curriculum including learning and teaching about international development education lies with education authorities. The concordat with COSLA, however includes, as a national outcome, the four aspirations of Curriculum for Excellence: that our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens. The aim of the Curriculum for Excellence is to prepare young people with a range of knowledge and skills with which to engage in today''s increasingly multicultural and globalised society, to ensure that young people develop respect for the environment, different cultures and traditions, attitudes and in so doing, become more tolerant and understanding individuals. Learning Teaching Scotland''s website provides information on fair trade and creative learning and teaching ideas for schools http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenship/index.asp.
The Scottish Government also provides core funding of £60,000 a year for three years to the Scottish Fair Trade Forum to raise awareness of fair trade across the country, including within local authorities and schools. In addition, my colleague, the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, visited a number of primary schools during Fairtrade Fortnight earlier this year to hear about their fair trade activities, to encourage them to keep up the good work and set an example for other schools to follow.