Stakeholder groups

SEPA aims to be open and transparent about its activities. We work with stakeholders on a number of issues, including the development of the Water Environment Charging Scheme. Our stakeholders include representatives from industry, environmental groups, local authorities and other water users.

The regulatory stakeholder group allows open discussion with stakeholders on the implementation of charging and regulations. The group is not a decision-making body, but is used to ensure that policies and guidance are technically correct and appropriate. It also provides an essential mechanism for circulating information.

• Regulatory stakeholder group
  Provides an external forum to influence SEPA's work on water charging and regulatory regimes. The group is not a decision-making body, but is used to ensure that policies and guidance are technically correct and appropriate.
  
  
• Scottish Government’s national stakeholder forum 
  Scottish ministers access information on any aspect of the Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR), via Scottish Government’s national stakeholder forum.
  
  
• Economic advisory stakeholder group
  Most environmental effects are the consequence of economic activity and, in order to minimise these effects, we need to understand more about the links between business (and household) activity and the water environment. The economic advisory stakeholder group was established to assist in SEPA’s understanding of these links and merged with the regulatory stakeholder group in 2007.