For Operational Guidance Only - Not for Publication Scottish Government Events Sunday 15 November Joe FitzPatrick: Announces additional funding for prevention of obesity in Early Years (00:01) (news release) Desk Contact: Kirsty Jenkins 0131 244 3054 Monday 16 November Roseanna Cunningham: Takes part in COP26 Cast panel discussion, run by University of Edinburgh Business School on COP and the wellbeing economy (19:30) Desk Contact: Alice Robertson 07500 030559 Roseanna Cunningham: Speaks at launch of WWF and Scottish Power's COP 26 Climate Collaboration Challenge (14:00) (Twitter) Desk Contact: Alice Robertson 07500 030 559 Fiona Hyslop: Congratulates two Scottish finalists in the Festival UK 2022 innovation competition (00:01) (quote in stakeholder news release, Twitter) Desk Contact: Louise Aitken 07769 357170 Maree Todd: Comments on start of Adoption Week Scotland (10:00) (quote in stakeholder news release, Twitter) Desk Contact: Lana Montgomery 07880 462019 Jeane Freeman: Announces £1 million fund for digital devices in care homes (14:00) (news release) (Twitter) Desk Contact: Matt Paterson 07468 766475 Tuesday 17 November John Swinney: Launches this year's Read, Write, Count book bags as part of Book Week Scotland (09:30) (Twitter) Desk Contact: Richard Clarke 07467 447253 Wednesday 18 November Mairi Gougeon: Launches Buy a Puppy Safely animal welfare campaign (00:01) (news release, Twitter) Desk Contact: Thomas Barker 0131 244 5181 Fergus Ewing: Welcomes a new guide by Scottish Forestry to help small landholders plant new woodlands (09:30) (news release, Twitter) Desk Contact: Steve Williams 07771 730509 Fergus Ewing: Speaks at AgriScot virtual conference (12:00) (news release, Twitter) Desk Contact: Gerard Klein 07468 766494 Kate Forbes: Participates in a virtual Q&A on female entrepreneurship organised by the FSB and the Women’s Business Centre (13:30) (Twitter) For Operational Guidance Only - Not for Publication Desk Contact: Robert Taylor 07917 628636 Ivan McKee: Comments on announcement by the UK Space Agency of funding for the Scottish Space Leadership Council (quote in stakeholder news release) Desk Contact: Robert Taylor 07917 628636 Maree Todd: Takes part in a Q&A with adoptive parents for Adoption Week Scotland (11:00)(Twitter) Desk contact: Lana Montgomery 07880 462 019 Thursday 19 November Christina McKelvie: Congratulates graduates from this year's Young Women Lead programme, designed to increase young women’s political participation (17:00) (Twitter) Desk Contact: Kirsty Jenkins 0131 244 3054 Friday 20 November Maree Todd: Comments on publication of progress made in taking forward the Children's Rights Action Plan (10:00) Desk Contact: Lana Montgomery 07880 462 019 .