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Local Communities as Agents of Change – The Significance of Participation in Governance & Planning

Thematic Workshop: Local Communities as Agents of Change: The Significance of Participation in Governance & Planning 28th March 2007 Hosted by NIRSA, NUI Maynooth in association with Southside Partnership & Meath CDB   The second thematic event to be jointly hosted by NIRSA, NUI Maynooth, Southside Partnership and Meath CDB took place on Wednesday, 28th […]

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Informing Spatial Planning – Preparing for 2007-2013

Informing Spatial Planning – Preparing for 2007-2013 26th January 2007 Hosted by National Institute for Regional & Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth In association with the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), the European Spatial Planning Observatory Network (ESPON), and the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), a one day workshop, […]

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Thematic Workshop: New Opportunities for Active Citizenship through Multi-Level Governance & Strategic Territorial Planning

New Opportunities for Active Citizenship through Multi-Level Governance & Strategic Territorial Planning 29th November 2006 Hosted by NIRSA, NUI Maynooth in association with Southside Partnership & Meath CDB A thematic event on New Opportunities for Active Citizenship through Multi-Level Governance & Strategic Territorial Planning took place in NUI Maynooth on Wednesday, 29th November 2006.  Against […]

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Managing Space: Making Places – Strategic Planning for Cohesion and Diversity

Dublin 27-28 October 2005 An International Conference hosted by NIRSA/ICLRD in collaboration with the Southside Partnership, Dublin. The conference was addressed by both international and local spatial planning experts and project partners and had an audience of over 130. More information about this event

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Exploring the Economic and Social Implications of the National Spatial Strategy

Athlone, Co. Meath 15 April 2005 The seminar was organised jointly by the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM). The objective was to present and discuss spatial strategies from European, national, regional and local perspectives, with particular reference to economic and social aspects.

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Strategic Environmental Assessments

Newry 15 March 2005 EU Directive 2001/42/EC is concerned with assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment within all EU Member States. The conference is a first is a series of assessment and training activities that will provide an opportunity to learn about the mandatory legislative requirements specified under the […]

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Mapping the 2002 Census

Maynooth, Co. Kildare 27 January 2005 The unprecedented rate of economic growth in the Republic of Ireland in the 1990s was associated with very significant adjustments to the demographic and socio-economic profiles. Locational factors have been influential in the establishment of new geographical patterns in respect of key demographic and socio-economic indicators. This workshop provided […]

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Citizenship, Mobility and Immigration

Maynooth, Co. Kildare 3 November 2004 This interdisciplinary one day workshop addressed the growing interest in issues of citizenship within Ireland. Its focus was on the development of a spatial understanding of citizenship in the Irish context, and on the ways in which concepts such as belonging, ownership, access, mobility and immigration are understood in […]

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First Annual Conference: Regional and Local Development Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Addressing Key Issues and Building Capacity

Athlone, Co. West Meath 27 May 2004 The event was opened by the Irish Minister for Education and Science, Mr Noel Dempsey TD, and was attended by 160 senior figures from central and local government, higher education institutions and the private sector in both jurisdictions. There was agreement that many planning and development issues, North […]

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