1. Michael Ewing Coordinator of the Environmental Pillar
Public Participation Networks Creating and promoting a Vision of Well-Being for Our Communities for This and Future Generations
Michael Ewing
Coordinator of the Environmental Pillar

2. Local Authority Bodies
The reason for the PPN’s existence is to enable two way interaction between civil society and local government The PPNs are to develop and work towards a vision for the well-being of this and future generations

3. Public Participation Networks (PPNs) and their “Visions For Community Well-Being”
The Plenaries of the County/City PPNs and the Municipal District PPNs will commence their work by going through a process to set out what they consider is necessary to promote well-being in their community for present and future generations.
This statement will act as a guiding vision statement for everything done by the group that drew up the statement e.g. choosing representatives, taking positions on issues, developing activities of any kind etc.
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4. Public Participation What? From engagement to participation
Why? To enable the whole community to participate in decision- making to improve the
well-being of this and future generations.
Who? All groups with a stake in the area or issues
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5. Kilkennny PPN

6. County/City PPN
All registered organisations in the County/City are members of the County/City PPN.
They work together on agreed objectives based on promoting the well-being of this and future generations in this area.
County/City Plenary
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7. Municipal District PPN
Each Municipal District will have a PPN.
Develops its own vision for the wellbeing of its community for this and future generations
Has the freedom to engage as it sees fit in whatever way it wishes to promote local development and in this way it can harness local capacity and strengthen local development in a very real manner.
Municipal District Plenary
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8. The Secretariat Flat task oriented structure to empower its members
Communications hub for the PPN
Facilitate the implementation of the decisions of the Plenary
Ensure the proper functioning of the PPN in between Plenaries
Coordinate activities of PPN
Line-Manage the resource worker who will be provided to PPN at a county level to enable them in delivering their objectives

9. Creation Set-up and Operation of the PPNs

10. All Community Groups in the county/City can be members
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11. Community groups are asked to declare that they are one of the following types
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12. The three Electoral Colleges form the Plenary of the PPN
The three Electoral Colleges form the Plenary of the PPN. The Plenary of the PPN is the ruling body of the County/City PPN.
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13. Local Authority Committee
When a position arises on a council committee, the Council writes to the Secretariat and asks them to nominate someone. The Secretariat writes to all community groups and invites them to a meeting. At the meeting an attendance list is taken
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14. Attendance list becomes Linkage Group
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15. PPN Linkage Groups Role is central How it works
Communications protocols
Each representative taking up a position for the PPN must
Represent the views of all the members of the Linkage Group and not just those of their own organisation.
Abide by the communications protocols set out above.
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16. Local Authority Committee
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17. The only exception is for the LCDC
The only exception is for the LCDC. Here, the colleges are asked to meet separately and nominate someone(s) to the LCDC
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18. Each of the colleges elects 2 people to the Secretariat
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19. All community groups in each Municipal District come together to form the Municipal District Plenary which is the ruling body of the Municipal District PPN.
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20. At each Municipal District meeting the attendees are asked to elect 1 person to the Secretariat of the PPN 3
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21. Secretariat now has 9 (or more) members
Secretariat now has 9 (or more) members. It is a support/service mechanism for the PPN but is not the decision-making body! 2 9
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23. Local Community Development Committee
Local Government (Amendment) Act 2014
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (SECTION
128E) REGULATIONS 2014, SI 234 of 2014

24. Local Economic & Community Plan
LECP will be a 6 year plan
The duration of the first LECP will be extended or shortened to facilitate synchronisation with the RSES
Prepared by the LCDC and the local authority
2 Elements
A local economic element—prepared by local authority
A community development element—prepared by the LCDC
The LCDC will be established as a committee of the local authority . Local Gov Act The LCDC will be independent of the local authority in the discharge of its functions.
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