1. “Measuring the Performance of Gateways: How are Ireland’s Primary Urban Centres Developing?” Adrian O’Donoghue - Policy & Research Officer BMW Regional Assembly ESPON, Brussels, 27.11.13

2. Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly Established: 1999 Designated of Ireland into 2 Regions for EU Structural Funds Purposes 3 Areas 1-ERDF Programmes (€452m) 2-Policy&Research 3-Interreg Role

3. 1.Ireland’s Gateways (PUCs) 2.Measuring the Performance of Gateways 3.What Does the Final Index Tell Us? 4.Application of the Index Presentation Overview

4. 1. Ireland’s Gateways

5. National Spatial Strategy 2002-2020 9 Gateways + 9 Hubs ----------------------------- ‘Draw development away from the Greater Dublin Area’ GROW ECONOMIC REACH of Regional Growth Centres v

6. 2- Set About Measuring Performance

7. Socio-Economic Index Has been Developed to: 1)To Measure How Ireland’s Gateway (Cities & Towns) and Hub (Towns) are Driving Economic Development and Improving Quality of Life in their Areas – as Set out in the NSS 2002-2020 2)TO-DATE No Composite Measure of Performance 3)Reflection of a Growing Need to Move Beyond Traditional Macroeconomic Indicators to Include Quality of Life/Soft Data 4)Index builds upon the concept of UN’s Human Development Index (Ireland 7 th 2012) WHEN? (x3) 2009 – 2012 – 2015/6 Longitude Approach Logic for the Development of an Index

8. 1. A Distinct Core Necessary for Dynamic Urban Centres; 2.Attractive Physical Settings and Desirable Social Surroundings; 3.Attractive Place to Live and Work (High Quality of Life); 4.Knowledge-Led Economy with a Diversity of Employment Opportunities (Mixed Sectoral Economy); 5.Environmental Excellence; What Makes a Successful Gateway/PUC ?

9. Step 1- A FUNCTIONAL AREA APPROACH TO ANALYSIS

10. Zone 1 Urban CoreCity/Town and Environs (as defined by Ireland’s Central Statists Office) Zone 2 Gateway/Hub Catchment or Functional Area * District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) Where in Excess of 20% of the Resident Population in Employment Commutes to Zone 1 for Work *CSO: Place of Work Census of Anonymised Records (POWCAR) WHERE do Gateways/Hubs Stop? Defining Gateway/Hubs Functional Areas (Economic Reach)

11. Economic Reach Gateways 2011 (PUCs)

12. Step 2- Capture Key Socio-Economic Factors (by Zones)

14. Growth Centre: Population Growth Prerequisite Vibrancy: Low Dependency Ratios = Attracting Working Age Cohort New Firms/Sectoral Mix-Higher Services Desirable/ Lower Unemployment Rate 3 rd Level Education % of Workforce Locally Created Knowledge - R&D Spill-over Impacts Tend to be Local Water Quality Reflects Physical Environment - Waste Recovery, Measure of the Level of Recycling

15. Connectivity Level – Transport, Broadband and Level of Retail Activity (Attracts people-measure of overall Economic Vitality) Mortality Rates – Birth Weight (Health Measure) – No. of GPs per Capita High Crimes Levels – Negative Impact on Economic and Health Systems, capacity to attraction FDI, capital flight & brain drain (*UN-Global Report on Human Settlements) Affluence and Deprivation Index Scores (Trutz Haase) – Affluence Levels in Performing Gateways

16. Step 3 PERCEPTION STUDY to COMPLEMENT HARD DATA + Stakeholder Engagement

17. The survey questionnaire asked 250 Gateway residents to comment on each of the following subjects (6.2 error rate =/-) : Awareness of the Gateway idea Business and Employment in the Gateway Education, Skills, and Training Provision in the Gateway Services in the Gateway Health and Well-being in the Gateway Social Facilities/Supports in the Gateway Physical Environment in the Area in the Gateway Institutional Environment in the Gateway Overall assessment of the Gateway as a place to live Perception Study Design

18. Stakeholder Consultations County and City Managers Association (CCMA) and Regional Planning Guideline Officers (Dublin Workshop) BMW Region Ballaghaderreen Workshop (Ballina/Castlebar,Galway, Midland, Sligo and Tuam) Monaghan Workshop (Cavan, Dundalk, Letterkenny and Monaghan) S&E Region Waterford

19. 3. What Does the Final Index Tell Us? 9 Individual Gateway Reports 1 Composite Hubs report 1 Summary Report

20. 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 4.8 5.0

22. Economic Reach Growth % (2002-2011) Dublin 17.2% All Other Gateways 17.9% (Galway 24.8%)

23. Letterkenny Functional Area 2011 (more than 20% in DEDs Commute to Z1 for Work)

24. Total Number Commuting from County Donegal to Derry City 2011 (NI Census 2011)

26. (+) - Higher Population Growth - Increase 3 rd Level in Labour Force -3 rd Level R&D/Student (increase) -Strong Retail Activity Levels -IT Connectivity Gains -Lower Mortality Rates -Higher Birth Weights -Lower and Decreasing Crime -Zone 1, Gateway Avg. (4.9) -Z1+Z2 Letterkenny (4.6) Brief Overview GHDI 2012 Letterkenny (-) - Higher Dependency Ratios -Lower Levels of New Firm Formation -Low Actual 3 rd Level R&D/Stud. -High Unemployment Rates -Lower Recycling Levels -Low Sustainable Transport -Lower GPs per Capita -High Levels of Deprivation -Zone 2 (4.3)

29. 4. Working with the Index

30. 1.Measure of Socio-Economic Performance of the FUNCTIONAL AREA + ECONOMIC REACH OF Primary Urban Centres 2. Quantitative Index Both Economic & Social (Quality of Life Factors) Included 3.Longitudinal Study: 2009, 2012 and 2015/2016 4.Repeatable at All Geographic Levels Utilisation of the Index

31. 5. Analysis Tool: to Support Evidence Based Policy Making by Local, Regional and National Authorities in Policy Making/Programme Evaluation/Future Planning e.g., NSS Review 2014/2015, New Regional Spatial Economic Strategies (2014) 6. Further Analysis a) On-going Briefings with Local & Regional Authorities b) Publications c) Feed into Preparation of Regional Operational Programmes 2014-2020 by both Regional Assemblies Application of the Index

32. 7. Online Tools: www.airo.ie/spatialind icators (All-Island Research Observatory- National University of Ireland Maynooth) www.MyPlan.ie www.MyPlan.ie (Dept of ECLG) 8. Next Index 2015/16 Application of the Index

33. www.bmwassembly.ie aodonoghue@bmwasembly.ie Thank You www.seregassembly.ie dbrennan@seregassembly.ie