What ethnic groups were consulted in the drafting of the draft 2008 census form.

During the extended period of consultation which led up to the publication in July 2008 of the proposed question about ethnicity for use in the next census and in other Scottish surveys, the following groups were contacted:
African''s Women''s Group Scotland (Aberdeen branch)
Asylum Seeker/Refugee Network
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan
Black Community Development Project
Black Information Link
Black and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure In Scotland
Black HIV-AIDS Network
British Sikh Federation
Central Scotland Racial Equality Council
Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland
Centre for Research into Socially Inclusive Services
Council of British Pakistanis (Scotland)
Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations in Scotland
Edinburgh and Lothian Racial Equality Council
Edinburgh Inter Faith Association
Equal in Scotland
Equal Opportunities Commission
Equality Network
Ethnic Enable
Ethnic Minority Advocacy Service
Ethnic Minority Enterprise Centre
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre
Fife Arabic Society
Fife African and Caribbean Association
Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance
Grampian Racial Equality Council
Gypsy Traveller Network
Gypsy Traveller Women in Scotland
Gypsy Traveller Community Development Project
Hindu Youth UK
Indian Muslin Federation
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Kurdish Cultural Association
Muslim Welfare House
Muslim Women''s Resource Centre
National Development Agency for the Black Voluntary Sector
National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minorities
Pakistan Association
Pakistan Society
Saheliya
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
Scottish Inter Faith Council
Scottish Refugee Council
South Asian Development Partnership
STUC Black Workers'' Committee
The Association of Nigerians in the Grampian Region
The East African Network
The Ligali Organisation
The Scottish Gypsy Traveller Association
The Scottish Inter Faith Council
Traveller Education and Information Project
UNISON Black Members Committee
West of Scotland Racial Equality Council
World Sikh Foundation (Sikh Cultural Society of Great Britain).