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March, 2010:

Module 3: Making it Happen

Mar 12th, 2010
by McClelland.
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Tuesday 9th March: 3.30pm-7pm, Clanrye O’Hares Room, Canal Court Hotel, Newry

3:30-4:00pm

 Module registration: tea/coffee available on arrival

4:00-4:10pm

 Welcome; Reflections on Module 2 and the importance of indicators/evidence to drive a regional agenda; Schedule for Module 3

4:10-4:25pm

 Reflective questions posed to participants (facilitated by ICLRD):

What will the Twin City region economy look like in 3-5 years time?

What are the critical elements that will shape this economy?

What would prevent this economy from taking shape?

Feedback from each table

4:25-4:45pm

 Right Here, Right Now: understanding possible economic futures based on current realities on the island of Ireland generally and the Twin-City Region specifically – Professor John Bradley, Economic Consultant and former Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute

4:45-4:55pm

 Q&A with John Bradley (facilitated by InterTradeIreland)

4:55-5:10pm

 Coffee break

5:10-6:20pm

 Working Groups (facilitated by ICLRD)

Exercise 1: – Visioning the Twin City Region economy (25 mins)

  • Revisit reflective questions on basis of John Bradley’s presentation
  • Discussion –

Why develop a Twin-City Region economy?

What is the basis for practical areas of collaboration?

Who are the stakeholders and what are their roles?

Exercise 2: – a sustainable economy in practice (45 mins)

  • World Café: development in the Twin-City Region

6:20-6:50pm

 Plenary – Bringing it all together – with input from an expert panel comprising Padraic White, Chairman of the Louth Economic Forum, entrepreneur and former Managing Director of IDA-Ireland; and Fergal McCormack, Managing Partner of FPM Accountants and Chairman of ICLRD (facilitated by InterTradeIreland)

Report back from working groups, response and discussion from panel

6:50-7:00pm

 Creating a short-term action agenda for the Twin-City Region economy (link to Module 5); Module 3 close; confirmation of date for Module 4

Presentations – Module 3 Making it Happen

Mar 10th, 2010
by Driscoll.
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1. Neale Blair, Making It Happen – A Sustainable Economy in the Twin-City Region

2. John Bradley, Right Here, Right Now: Understanding Possible Economic Futures Based on Current Realities on the island of Ireland and the Twin-City Region

Module 3

Mar 2nd, 2010
by Daniel.
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John Bradley was formerly a research professor at the Dublin-based Economic and Social Research Institute and is a now an international research consultant in the areas of EU Structural Fund design and evaluation. During the 1980s he advised the Irish government on medium-term economic and industrial strategy. He now focuses mainly on development barriers facing the post-Communist economies of Central and Eastern Europe (and the impact on them of Structural Funds), and regularly acts as a consultant to government ministries in many of these countries.

Padraic White, former managing director of IDA Ireland, is chairing the Louth Economic Forum. Since leaving the IDA, Padraic has advised Governments around the world on the promotion of foreign direct investment as a senior consultant for FIAS (the Foreign Investment Advisory Service, part of the World Bank) and the Phare programme for new EU member states. He was the first chairman of the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) from 2002-2007, during which time the agency was responsible for the successful launch and operation of the LUAS light rail service in Dublin.

Feargal McCormack is Managing Partner of award winning FPM Accountants LLP, which he established in Newry in 1991. He recently served on the Independent Review Panel on the Location of Public Sector Jobs in Northern Ireland. He is the Chairman of the International Centre for Local and Regional Development. He is aformer Chairman of the Ulster Society of Chartered Accountants and he is an executive Member of the Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade.

Aidan Gough is responsible for developing the strategic direction of InterTradeIreland as it seeks to deliver its legislative mandate. He is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast with an MBA and MSc in Economics. Prior to joining InterTradeIreland, Aidan was Director of the Northern Ireland Economic Council. He has chaired two steering committees overseeing ICLRD applied research studies: Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Development of a Framework for Collaborative Action (2006) and the Newry-Dundalk Twin City Region: Supporting the implementation of Cross-border Collaborative Frameworks (2009).