INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR LCDC MEMBERS FEBRUARY 2016 CAROLINE CLARKE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY & LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local Economic & Community Plan

Topics to be covered 1. What is a Local Economic and Community Plan 2. Progress so far 3. What type of actions should be in the Plan? 4. Next steps - building on a great start

Why a Plan? Promote and support economic and community development of the area Improve coordination Integration of service delivery Collaboration

Key Features of a good LECP 1. Extensive consultation 2. Strong evidence base 3. Clearly identified needs & solutions 4. Realistic objectives and actions 5. Local agreement on delivery of actions 6. Integrated Plan

What should a plan look like? Socio Economic Statement setting out high level goals for the integrated plan Economic and Community objectives Mid–level Actions that address the needs and are measurable Local Economic and Community Plan

Misconceptions Actions of other bodies Money will come centrally Job is complete when plan is signed off  - Reality Value Added Plan

EU 2020 Priorities Ireland’s National Reform Programme Action Plan for Jobs Regional Action Plan for Jobs National Planning Framework Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies Local Economic and Community Plans Local Authority community focused programmes EU programmes National exchequer funded programmes Other local programmes National Regional Local Where does the Plan fit in the broader landscape

Progress to date 25 approved Further 2 by end April Remaining 4 in June/July

Examples of Actions in LECPs Cavan – Upper Shannon Erne Future Economy Project – Leitrim, Cavan, Longford, Roscommon CoCos Fingal – Linked walking and cycling trails with scope for small business ie guiding - LA, C+V sector, Fingal Community network Galway City – develop vacant spaces for allotment use, social enterprises with associated training programme to kickstart their use - ETB, HSE, Brothers of Charity, LDC

Examples of Actions in LECPs Kildare - Community fire safety programme for primary schools in Kildare - Kildare Fire Service, LA, HIQA, ETB Tipperary – Disability Action Plan - LA, PPN, HSE, Youth Services, ETB, LDC

Next Steps Actions assigned to Lead and Support Partners Monitoring and reviewing Annual work plan Annual report on progress against targets Revised Plan

Plan Life Cycle Plan what we are going to do – define the plan to meet needs and opportunities Lets do what we said – identify who is responsible and affected Check - Have we met out expectations - assess our performance Act – do we need any changes, do we want to take on anything new

Challenges Securing the on-going commitment to the delivery of the plan Making the best use of all existing funding streams locally Identifying new funding streams and ensuring LCDC is in a position to access funding Disciplined review and monitoring Strategic & Operational

Departmental Support Monitoring and Reviewing Guidelines Regional Assembly role - review of LECPs when RSESs are developed Ensuring on-going support from IDG Capacity building

In conclusion - what is your role? Collective responsibility for implementing the plan S-y-n-e-r-g-y – the whole is only as good as the sum of its parts On-going monitoring and reviewing against deliverables On-going consultation with stakeholders/partner agencies to keep everyone focused

National Launch of LECPs

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