A Framework For Action For The Tay Bioregion Part 3

A Framework for Action for the Tay Bioregion (2025–2045) – Part 3: Governance, Collaboration & Finance

When we published Part 1 of our Framework for Action for the Tay Bioregion earlier this year, we described it as the beginning of a conversation about understanding its lands, waters, biotic and human communities, and assessing its current ecological and human health.

Part 3 asks a different question: if we know what needs to change, how do we organise ourselves to make that change possible?

Transforming a bioregion requires more than good projects and good intentions. It requires new ways of collaborating, making decisions, learning together and directing investment towards the long-term health of the places on which we all depend. This part of the Framework therefore explores the governance, collaborative and financial infrastructure needed to support regeneration across the Tay Bioregion over the coming decades.

Like the rest of the Framework, this is offered as a living document. Many of the ideas presented here are already beginning to emerge through our work with partners across Tayside, while others are intended to stimulate discussion, invite challenge and encourage co-design. We hope it contributes to a wider conversation about how communities, land managers, public bodies, businesses, researchers and funders can work together to steward the Tay Bioregion as a thriving, resilient and regenerative commons for generations to come.

You can read the full document via the link below:

Part 3 Governance, Collaboration & Finance
DRAFT, June 2026

We are now commencing on Part 2 of the Framework, which will offer an Opportunity Analysis and Strategic Directions. We aim to co-design these with people who live and work in the Bioregion through a series of convenings and round tables which will focus on:

• Regenerative Stewardship of Land, Water and Ecosystems (our ecological foundation)
• Building a Regenerative Bioregional Economy (how livelihoods emerge from healthy ecosystems)
• Mobilising Finance, Investment and Enabling Infrastructure (how the transition is resourced)
• Developing Shared Knowledge, Learning and Data Infrastructure (how we learn and adapt together)
• Strengthening Belonging through Culture, Identity and Community (how people become active stewards of place)
• Creating Digital Commons and Bioregional Digital Sovereignty (how digital infrastructure supports rather than extracts from place)
• From Climate Risk to Bioregional Continuity (how all of these contribute to long-term resilience and continuity)

Please email bioregioningtayside@gmail.com if you would like to input into developing this work.