{"id":18867,"date":"2018-05-01T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18867"},"modified":"2018-05-01T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:07:28","slug":"hes-publishes-annual-operating-plan-2018-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18867","title":{"rendered":"HES publishes Annual Operating Plan 2018\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HES_AnnualOperatingPlan2018_19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18868\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HES_AnnualOperatingPlan2018_19.png\" alt=\"HES Annual Operating Plan website\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a>Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has set out its plan for the year ahead with publication of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/annual-operating-plan-2018-19\/\"><em>Annual Operating Plan<\/em> for 2018\/19<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HES writes:<\/p>\n<p>The plan outlines the key commitments for HES over the next 12 months to support its work as the lead public body for the historic environment, and details how the work of the organisation will ensure the historic environment thrives and delivers economic and social benefits for all of Scotland. This is underpinned by five strategic themes:\u00a0<strong>Lead<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Understand<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> <strong>Protect<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> <strong>Value<\/strong> and <strong>Perform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to HES sites and users of resources such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/canmore.org.uk\/\">Canmore<\/a>, will see improvements stemming from the Operating Plan, as work continues to make properties, archives and digital resources more accessible. Investments totalling \u00a312m are planned to take place through 2018\/19 at more than 20 key sites.<\/p>\n<p>Priorities set out in the Annual Operating Plan 2018\/19 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protecting and maintaining the nation\u2019s heritage assets through\u00a0<strong>significant investment<\/strong>\u00a0in HES\u2019s Properties in Care and associated collections<\/li>\n<li>Continuing to invest in the wider historic environment through a\u00a0<strong>\u00a314.5m programme of grants<\/strong>, supporting\u00a0<strong>regeneration<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>delivering tangible benefits<\/strong>\u00a0to communities across the country<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing the experience of\u00a0<strong>visitors<\/strong>\u00a0to historic sites, which last year attracted a record 5 million visitors<\/li>\n<li>Developing\u00a0<strong>innovative scientific and technical research<\/strong>\u00a0and learning to both sustain traditional skills and foster new ways of caring for the historic environment<\/li>\n<li>Building on the\u00a0<strong>increased awareness and engagement<\/strong>\u00a0generated by the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology to reach out to new audiences using opportunities such as the Year of Young People and the European Year of Cultural Heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Paterson, Chief Executive of HES, said: \u2018This is an ambitious plan that builds on a successful 2017\/18, and positions HES as a forward-looking organisation committed to ensuring the historic environment makes a positive difference to communities across the country.\u2019<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/about-us\/news\/hes-publishes-annual-operating-plan-201819\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has set out its plan for the year ahead with publication of its Annual Operating Plan for 2018\/19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18869,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867\/revisions\/18869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}