COVID-19 has created severe economic challenges for businesses across the world, with lengthy closures, significant job losses and an uncertain road ahead. As reported by the Irish Central Bank, the uneven nature of the shock across sectors has become apparent, with firms within the accommodation and food sector continuing to report the largest falls in […]
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ICLRD in partnership with Belfast Healthy Cities hosted by MUSSI present this timely webinar . Promoting greater walking and cycling has been on the policy agenda for many years now to encourage active travel. However, in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, and associated lockdowns, many local authorities, and national governments, have fast-tracked statutory guidance to […]
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6th November 2019, The Great Hall, Ulster University – Mageee Campus, Derry/Londonderry Focusing on the theme of “Planning for Change: Planning in Times of Change”, the 12th Annual Conference of the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) took place on the 6th November 2019 in Ulster University – Magee Campus, Derry/Londonderry. We live in changing and […]
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DEATH BY NOSTALGIC SENTIMENT OR A NEW NARRATIVE FOR RURAL IRELAND? 26th September 2019, Ballymascanlon House Hotel, Dundalk The joint International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and Co-operation Ireland seminar on ‘Death by Nostalgic Sentiment Or A New Narrative for Rural Ireland?’ took place on Thursday, 26th September 2019 in the Ballymascanlon House Hotel, […]
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PLANNING FOR 21ST CENTURY RURAL POTENTIALS AND CHALLENGES 26thApril 2018, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk The joint International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and Co-operation Ireland seminar on ‘Rural Society in Transition: Planning for 21st Century Rural Potentials and Challenges’ took place on Thursday, 26th April 2018 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Rural […]
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Conference Programme As part of its ten-year celebrations, the International Centre for Local and Regional Development’s (ICLRD) held its annual conference on the afternoon of 9th February 2017 in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Sligo. The theme of this celebratory event was place-making; a subject matter that has lain at the heart of much […]
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Conference Programme On the 27th October 2016, the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) together with Co-operation Ireland, held a half-day conference on the theme of Revitalising Small Towns on the Island of Ireland: The Role of Local Government. Held in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan, the event considered the general principles of […]
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Conference-Programme The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) held their joint annual conference at the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen on 29-30 January 2015. The conference, Shared Services, Shared Opportunities: New Models of Public Sector Collaboration and Partnership, focused upon a critical component of the public sector […]
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The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), in partnership with Co-operation Ireland‘s All Island Local Authority Forum, hosted a seminar on The Role of Development and Area Plans in Economic Growth and Regeneration on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in the Armagh City Hotel. The seminar is part of a series of seminars examining […]
Read More...The second ICLRD Shared Services Learning Network seminar takes place on Thursday 16th October at the Armagh City Hotel. The seminar, which begins at 16.00, will be addressed by Paul Dunne (Principal Officer, Local Government HR & Services, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government), and Ian Maye (Deputy Secretary, Local Government, Road Safety & Corporate Services Group, Department of the Environment). The […]
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