When it last met the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations and whether the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation was discusse…

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a strategic partner of the Scottish Government''s Third Sector Division, working with government across a number of policy areas. SCVO meets regularly with officials from the Scottish Government and has also met with ministers, often as part of a wider group of third sector partners.
SCVO was represented on the short-life Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIOs) Working Group, which was set up to advise ministers on designing a regime for SCIOs that is cost-effective, as straightforward as possible and tailored to the needs of charities in Scotland. The final meeting of the SCIOs Working Group was held on 16 March 2010, at which SCVO was represented.
We look forward to continuing to work closely with SCVO and other third sector partners on the development of regulations necessary to implement the SCIO provisions under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.