The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has announced it will allow members of the public to attend its board meetings.
OSCR’s first open board meeting will take please on 12 June at Compass House in Dundee and will allow attendees to see the regulator’s decision making process.
The regulator said the majority of the board’s discussions on that day will take place during the open session but there will be some subjects, such as specific inquiry matters, discussed in private.
The Very Reverend Dr Graham Forbes, chair of the OSCR board, said: “Our corporate values include transparency and having open board meetings is another great way for OSCR to engage with its stakeholders.
“We have published minutes from our board meetings for some time but we felt there was more we could do to share the board’s collective thinking around our decisions.
“I would like to encourage anyone who is interested to come along. We will make every effort to speak about as much as we can publicly, and look forward to discussing these matters in front of everyone who can attend.”
The regulator holds five meetings a year, usually at its Dundee office, with details about each meeting published on its website.
OSCR asked any members of the public who would like to attend a meeting to email [email protected] and put “Open board meeting” in the subject line.
The Charity Commission told Civil Society News it currently has no plans to follow suit by holding its board meetings in public.
But a spokeswoman said that the regulator for England and Wales does hold public meetings every year at which charity trustees and members of the public are invited to hear updates and ask questions on all aspects of the Commission’s work.
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