The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), in collaboration with a range of partner organisations in 2014, has successfully developed and launched several powerful online tools utilising data from the 2011 censuses in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The All-Island Digital Atlas, created in partnership with the All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO), is a user-friendly […]
Read More...The new All-Island HP Deprivation Index, presenting a consisted area-based deprivation measure for the island of Ireland based on the 2011 censuses, is now accessible to researchers, policymakers and others concerned with socio-economic issues in the Irish cross-border context. The Deprivation Index is a joint project developed by Trutz Haase and Dr Jonathan Pratschke, in […]
Read More...The All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) and ICLRD have collaborated in the development of an All-Island Digital Atlas utilising data from the 2011 censuses in Northern Ireland and Ireland. The Atlas is a user-friendly online mapping tool containing datasets on Population, Religion, Place of Birth, Ethnic Group, Housing Type and Tenure, Labour Force, Industry, Occupation, Transport […]
Read More...The third ICLRD Shared Services Learning Network seminar takes place in the Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk on 25 November, beginning at 16.00 (concluding at 18.00). The seminar will be addressed by Professor Deborah Peel, The Geddes Institute, University of Dundee, who will discuss the reform of public services in Scotland, with a particular emphasis on the […]
Read More...Title: Cross Border Economic Development and the Border Development Zone Concept Venue: Cavan Crystal Hotel, Cavan Date: 30-31 January 2014 Register for the Conference here! Access the conference programme here While there is no longer an all-island Common Chapter, the Irish Government’s 2007-2013 National Development Plan (NDP) notes that the border “causes natural markets to […]
Read More...Press Release: 17th October 2013 The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) welcomes the recent publication of ‘Framework for Co-operation: Spatial Strategies of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland’. This innovative approach to strategic development is the first such spatial planning framework on the island of Ireland, and seeks to influence strategic […]
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New Project to Develop a Form of Cross-Border Economic Development Unique to the Irish Border Region
The Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS), in association with the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), launched its exciting new project: ‘Towards a Border Development Zone’ on 24th June 2013. This project is funded under the EU INTERREG IVA programme managed by the Special EU Programmes body, and will be rolled out […]
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PRESS RELEASE: MONDAY 17 JUNE 2013 The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) is delighted to have secured funding under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ‘Reconciliation Fund’ to assist the newly established North west Partnership Board to develop an action plan. This action plan will, when completed, will synchronise the objectives […]
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ONE-DAY CONFERENCE Planning Reform on the Island of Ireland: from Policy to PRACTICE May 2nd 2013 Canal Court Hotel, Newry Time Type of Session Focus & Speakers 09.15 – 09.45 Registration & Refreshments 09.50 Welcome Address: Peter Sheridan, Chief Executive, Co-operation Ireland 10.00 Session 1 Chair: Ian Maye, Deputy Secretary – Planning and Local Government, […]
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The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) will publish the fourth edition of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland in January 2014. The Centre is currently seeking high quality research papers on issues of spatial planning and regional development to include in this forthcoming issue of the Journal. The subject matter […]
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