The Elected Members' webinar Series has been developed by the IS to provide elected members with further development opportunities. Webinars are held live and elected members are encouraged to join in and participate on the day. Webinars are also recorded, so elected members that couldn’t join in on the day, can access and view the content.
Upcoming webinars
Elected Members Webinar: Code of Conduct - Compliance with Quasi-judicial Matters
Thursday 30 January 2025, 10am -11:30am, MS Teams
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The webinar will cover Section 7 of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct and the rules with which councillors must comply when involved in any quasi-judicial or regulatory matters (such as planning and licensing applications). The webinar will help you to understand your responsibilities:
- when you are a member of a committee tasked with making a decision and
- when you are dealing with, or assisting, potential and actual applicants, objectors and members of the public
Past webinars
Recordings of all our elected member webinars, plus additional materials when available.
- Following the ethical standards of public life when engaging with social media - with the Standards Commission for Scotland
- Following the ethical standards of public life when engaging with the public - with the Standards Commission for Scotland
- Celebrating 50 years of Community Councils
- Introduction to Children and Young People's Rights
- Community Map Scotland
- Accounts Commission's Local Government Overview Report 2023
- Social Media for Elected Members
- The Green Recovery and Net Zero
- Child Poverty and Covid-19: Understanding the Impact and Taking Action
- Presentation: Child Poverty and Covid: Understanding the Issues (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
- Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach to Recovery and Renewal (Improvement Service)
- Community Wealth Building
- Covid-19 National Violence Against Women Guidance
- An Introduction to Personal Reslience
- Fairer Scotland Duty
- Best Value
- Public Health Reform
- Community Participation
- Child Poverty
- Digital Transformation
- Engaging with Constituents through Social Media
- The Planning System in Scotland
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Scotland's Councillors 2017-2022
A survey of councillors elected in 2017. It looks at the demographic profile of councillors and questions relating to their role, such as additional employment status, how councillor duties are managed and why they chose to stand for election.
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#FollowMe2: a Social Media Guide for Elected Members
An introduction to what social media is and how councillors can use it for communication. This also contains brief guides to the most popular social media tools.