Participation

  • Know your lefts, know your rights: co-designing a children’s rights animation

    15th November 2022 by

    Scottish Government’s Children’s Rights Unit worked with Renfrewshire Youth and Partners in Advocacy to develop the animation ‘Children’s Rights and the UNCRC in Scotland: An exploration of rights in our communities’, created by MPG. Young people co-designed the pitch for the video and the design and narrative of the final animation.

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  • Join the team: Senior Digital Engagement Manager

    16th November 2021 by

    We are currently seeking applications for a Senior Digital Engagement Manager to join the Digital Engagement Team.

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  • UEFA and civil partnerships bills drafted using digital tools

    24th October 2019 by

    What do the UEFA European Championship and civil partnerships have in common? They’re recent bills being debated before becoming law. What’s interesting is that until now, bills have been drafted on paper. These are the first to be written using digital tools. It’s a move towards more open government. Guest blog from Matthew Lynch at…

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  • Meet the team

    30th September 2019 by

    What does the Digital Engagement Team at the Scottish Government do? We want to make it easier for people to get involved in government’s work. We provide the tools and expertise so the government can consult and involve the public using the latest in digital technology. Democracy is at the heart of what we do….

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  • We’re hiring a Digital Engagement Manager

    27th February 2019 by

    We are currently seeking applications for a Digital Engagement Manager within the Digital Communications Division based in Edinburgh. The Digital Engagement Team is a specialist unit, responsible for delivering effective online consultation and helping support and promote digital engagement tools and techniques. Digital Communications team is part of the Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate. You…

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  • Digital Friends mentoring celebrates 100 partnerships

    28th November 2018 by

    Mentoring is a good thing, right? It benefits both parties – the mentor feels good about helping someone while the mentee learns from their experience. Everyone is happy. An added bonus is when you know it’s having this positive effect on many people. As someone who sets up mentoring I’m proud to have reached the…

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  • Tailoring our approach – user centred for an internal audience

    23rd March 2015 by

    We aspire to help create a government where digital engagement is second nature to all colleagues and as a new team, we’re eager to affect change at an accelerated rate. We’ve had a number of discussions where colleagues have expressed fear anxiety and apprehension in relation to digital engagement.

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