COSLA Seminars for Elected Members

We are hosting a series of exciting free seminars aimed at Elected Members in Scotland.

Find the full list of past and upcoming seminars for 2024/25 below.

Upcoming Seminars

How COSLA Negotiates Local Government Pay - 16th October - 1pm - 2pm

COSLA's Resources Spokesperson, Councillor Katie Hagmann, will join us to discuss the process by which we negotiated local government pay.

Councillors can now book a space here.

Past Seminars

National Care Service -  11th September 2024 - 1pm - 2pm

COSLA's Community Wellbeing Spokesperson, Councillor Maureen Chalmers, will join us to discuss the COSLA's policy work in Migration, Population and Diversity.

A recording of this session will be added here soon.

Migration, Population and Diversity -  14th August 2024

COSLA's Community Wellbeing Spokesperson, Councillor Maureen Chalmers, will join us to discuss the COSLA's policy work in Migration, Population and Diversity.

Local Visitor Levy - 12th June 2024

COSLA Resources Spokesperson, Councillor Katie Hagmann, will join us to discuss the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill.

A copy of the presentation slides can be found here, and a recording of the presentation portion of the seminar can be seen below.

Trading Standards Scotland - 15th May 2024

Councillor Maureen Chalmers, COSLA's Community Wellbeing Spokesperson, joined us for the second in a series of COSLA elected member seminars for 2024, covering the important work of local Trading Standards services across Scotland.

The European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill - what it means for Scotland's councils - 17th April 2024

Councillor Steven Heddle, Vice President of COSLA, launched the first in a series of elected member seminars for 2024.