5.2 Future Role and Membership of Waste Strategy Group and Local Fora

The North East Waste Strategy Area Group and associated local fora will be maintained as the focal point for the development of the North East Area Waste Plan. In this way we can ensure that the North East Area Waste Plan makes good progress. The partnerships developed in this group and associated fora provide a long-term development resource and a way of embedding expertise on a wide range of issues relating to the development of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland. A North East Waste Strategy Area Co-ordinator will also be maintained by SEPA to provide ongoing facilitation and co-ordination and to ensure that the range of national projects identified in the National Waste Plan are integrated into the Area Waste Plans. Waste Strategy Area Co-ordinators will be responsible for co-ordinating the Waste Strategy Area Group and for reporting on the annual progress of AWP development. Other partners also have significant roles to fulfil.