Common use of National Context Clause in Contracts

National Context. The Scottish Government’s Purpose is Sustainable Economic Growth1. Success is monitored using the following Purpose Targets: o Economic Growth: To raise the GDP growth rate to the UK level by 2011 To match the GDP growth rate of the small independent EU countries by 2017 o Productivity To rank in the top quartile for productivity against our key trading partners in the OECD by 2017 o Participation To maintain our position on labour market participation as the top performing country in the UK To close the gap with the top five OECD economies by 2017 o Population To match average European (EU15) population growth over the period from 2007 to 2017 Supported by increased healthy life expectancy in Scotland over the period from 2007 to 2017 o Solidarity To increase overall income and the proportion of income earned by the three lowest income deciles as a group by 2017 o Cohesion To narrow the gap in participation between Scotland's best and worst performing regions by 2017 o Sustainability To reduce emissions over the period to 2011 To reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050 1 To focus Government and public services on creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth. Delivery of this is set out in the Government Economic Strategy. The Scottish Government’s Five National Strategic Objectives, which describe where the Government will focus action, are: o WEALTHIER & FAIRER ­ Enable businesses and people to increase their wealth and more people to share fairly in that wealth.

National Context. The Scottish Government’s Purpose is Sustainable Economic Growth1. Success is monitored using the following Purpose Targets: o Economic Growth: To raise the GDP growth rate to the UK level by 2011 To match the GDP growth rate of the small independent EU countries by 2017 o Productivity To rank in the top quartile for productivity against our key trading partners in the OECD by 2017 o Participation To maintain our position on labour market participation as the top performing country in the UK To close the gap with the top five OECD economies by 2017 o Population To match average European (EU15) population growth over the period from 2007 to 2017 Supported by increased healthy life expectancy in Scotland over the period from 2007 to 2017 o Solidarity To increase overall income and the proportion of income earned by the three lowest income deciles as a group by 2017 o Cohesion To narrow the gap in participation between Scotland's best and worst performing regions by 2017 o Sustainability To reduce emissions over the period to 2011 To reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050 1 To focus Government and public services on creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth. Delivery of this is set out in the Government Economic Strategy. The Scottish Government’s Five National Strategic Objectives, which describe where the Government will focus action, are: o WEALTHIER & FAIRER ­ - Enable businesses and people to increase their wealth and more people to share fairly in that wealth.