The events will build on the momentum of last year’s Games for Scotland programme, which saw all 32 of Scotland’s Local Authority areas participate in celebrations to coincide with the Delhi Handover Ceremony.
The programme will include a variety of Commonwealth Games-themed sports and cultural activities and will take place between 23 July – exactly three-years until the opening of the Games – and 27 October, the date which signifies 1,000 days to go.
Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison said: "It’s little more than three years until the start of the Commonwealth Games. Now more than ever in the countdown to 2014 it’s important that we involve local people and communities from across Scotland in the excitement of the Games.
"Hosting the Games is not only about putting on a spectacular sporting extravaganza but also about leaving a lasting legacy for the people of Scotland."
The 2011 Games for Scotland programme is being delivered by EventScotland as part the Scottish Government's Commonwealth Games Legacy Plan - A Games Legacy for Scotland.
It will be one of a number of initiatives in the lead up to Glasgow 2014 which bring together people together.
Robison (centre) was joined by Rhona Simpson, Scotland’s most capped hockey player, and Hong Kong Connection and Asian Games international Michele Field at the 15th Golden Oldies World Hockey Festival at Inverleith Park in Edinburgh, to celebrate the launch.
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