| 3:15-3:30pm | Module registration: tea/coffee available on arrival |
| 3:30-3:45pm | Welcome; Reflections on Modules 1-4; Introduction to Module 5: defining the challenges for developing the Twin-City and wider region |
| 3:45-4.45pm | Working Group presentations (20 minutes per group followed by 10 minutes for panel discussion)
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| 4:45-5:00pm | Coffee break |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Working group exercise
Delivering an action agenda for the Twin-City and wider region See enclosed exercise and consider the following questions:
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| 6:00-6:30pm | Plenary session
Making it Happen: A Road-Map for Action Facilitated by ICLRD; based on presentations, responses from panel and working group exercises |
| 6.30-6.45pm | Evaluating the Executive Training Programme |
| 6:45-7:00pm | Reflections on Module 5; Future review of progress; Presentation of Certificates; Module 5 close |
April, 2010:
Module 5: An Action Agenda
Presentations – Module 5 An Action Agenda
1. Neale Blair, Bringing Together an Action Agenda
2. Working Group presentation, Tourism and Recreation
3. Working Group presentation, Green / Sustainable / Renewable Energies
Reading Materials
Module 5
Reading list for Module 5: Bringing Together an Action Agenda (PDF).
Recommended Reading
- ICLRD publication on The Newry-Dundalk Twin-City Region: Supporting the Implementation of Cross-Border Collaborative Frameworks
- Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Development of a Framework for Collaborative Action by ICLRD for InterTradeIreland
Support Documents
- Infrastructure for an island population of 8 million – Summary Report by the Irish Academy of Engineering and Engineers Ireland
- The Cluster Initiative Green Book by Sölvell et al.
Module 4: Engaging the Community
Tuesday 13th April: 3.30pm-7pm, Clanrye O’Hares Room, Canal Court Hotel, Newry
| 3:15-3:30pm | Module registration: tea/coffee available on arrival |
| 3:30-3:45pm | Welcome; Reflections on Module 3; Defining the task for Module 5 |
| 3.45-4.00pm | Reflective questions (consider the selected Module 3 themes: Tourism and Recreation; Cross-border Enterprise/Trade Strategy; and Green/sustainable/renewable energies):Who are the key stakeholders in the Twin-City Region and beyond?
How can these stakeholders be engaged in an action agenda for the region? What specific role can local authorities, business, including chambers of commerce, and others play in harnessing greater community involvement?
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| 4:00-4:30pm | Case study (s) of Community Participation:In the Newry-Dundalk Twin-City Region, local governments and the respective chambers have been closely involved in developing the concept and strategies for the Twin-City Region. Engaging a wider community of stakeholders is a crucial step to furthering the concept and initiating/sustaining action around key projects and programmes. The cross-border context adds a layer of complexity when engaging the community given different types of social networks.
Brendan Bartley, drawing on his research and case studies in Ireland will highlight key issues for engaging community/local govt/private sector partnerships and developing a programme of sustained engagement among key stakeholders including the role for local authority leadership – Brendan Bartley, Research Associate, National Institute for Regional & Spatial Analysis, NUI Maynooth
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| 4:30-5:00pm | Putting the Community in Planning and Service Delivery: lessons from the UK for the Twin-City RegionWithin in Northern Ireland, the RPA proposes to devolve planning responsibilities to the new councils and encourage a more integrated community planning process to shape and implement local and regional development strategies. Under RPA, local councils will have increased discretion in linking a family of services, among them economic development, services, housing and planning.
Prof Greg Lloyd will provide insights on experiences from the UK on community participation to highlight the key issues and opportunities under RPA and the potential application within a cross-border context – Prof Greg Lloyd, Head of the School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster
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| 5:00-5:15pm | Coffee break |
| 5:15-6:30pm | Working GroupsDeveloping an action agenda for community engagement
To consider two inter-related but discreet tasks:
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| 6:30-6:50pm | Plenary – Bringing it all together – with input from expert panel comprising Prof Greg Lloyd and Brendan Bartley (facilitated by ICLRD)Report back from working groups, response and discussion from panel |
| 6:50-7:00pm | Engaging the Community in Shaping and Delivering Local Strategies (link to Module 5); Module 4 close; confirmation of arrangements for Module 5 |
Presentations – Module 4 Engaging the Community
1. Neale Blair, Engaging the Community in Shaping and Delivering Local Strategies
2. Brendan Bartley, Case study(s) of Community Participation
3. Prof Greg Lloyd, Putting the Community in Planning and Service Delivery: lessons from the UK for the Twin-City Region
Module 4
Greg Lloyd is Professor of Urban Planning and Head of the School of the Built Environment at the University of Ulster. Having started his career at the University of Aberdeen, he subsequently became Professor and Head of the School of Town and Country Planning, University of Dundee. Before moving to UU, he was Professor of Planning in the Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool. Professor Lloyd’s research and publication interests include the relations between public policy, planning and real property developments; institutional innovation in spatial planning practices; and the efficiency and effectiveness of new planning and regulatory arrangements. He is a member of the Scottish Government’s National Planning Framework Advisory Group and patron of Planning Aid Scotland; and was Independent Ministerial Advisor to the Northern Ireland Assembly on the reform of land use planning.
Brendan Bartley was Deputy Director of NIRSA and led its research strand on Balanced Regional and Rural Development for the Irish Social Science Platform (ISSP), an all-island platform of integrated social science research and graduate training focusing on the social, cultural and economic transformations shaping Ireland in the 21st century. Together with Dr Delphine Ancien at NIRSA, Brendan developed NUI Maynooth’s structured Masters and PhD programmes in Social Science for the ISSP’s Graduate Research and Education Programme (GREP). He was also the University’s Programme Director for the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD). Over the past fifteen years, Brendan was directly involved in a number of European collaborative urban research networks in the connected areas of spatial planning, governance and urban regeneration. He has also been the Irish Contact Point for the European Spatial Planning Observatory Network (ESPON) which carries out comparative and applied research on territorial development and spatial planning in support of policy development at EU, national and regional scales.