Please find featured below and attached details of the Inaugural Seminar of the HIV, Human Rights and Development Network; this was set up following research with HIV positive asylum seekers last year. The Inaugural Seminar of the Network is on 9 May 2013 at the Scottish Parliament from 5.30 - 8.00pm.

Kind regards.

David Wright
GCID/GHRN Administrator

With the emergence in the 1990’s of the City Regions concept in the Scottish/UK public policy arena, those involved in economic development in the south of Scotland (the South of Scotland Alliance), began to consider the implications of the roll-out of this policy for rural areas. The emergent view was that while the City Regions dynamic was understood and relevant, the suggested  primacy in public policy terms, somewhat undermined the significance of the town and its position and influence in rural and peri-rural economies.