ICLRD: Celebrating Ten Years with Annual Conference focused on Place-Making
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...
Revitalising Small Towns on the Island of Ireland
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...
Briefing Paper No. 13: Applying the Functional Territories Concept:Planning Beyond Borders
This paper reviews the concept of functional territories and their application in drafting flexible development strategies that are not bound by administrative boundaries; highlighting that such strategies can often better capture the...
Cross-Border Greenways and Cycle Routes on the Island of Ireland
The capacity for cycling and the associated physical infrastructure of greenways and cycle routes to intersect with, and influence, a range of policy agendas, is widely acknowledged, including within key public policy documents in both jurisdictions on the island of...
SAVE THE DATE: September 10th, 2015
SAVE THE DATE JOINT CONFERENCE BY CO-OPERATION IRELAND AND INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (ICLRD) “The Housing Debate: (Re)Building Communities through Integrated working with Local Government” Thursday, 10th September 2015 Maynooth University...
Post-Module Reports Available for Executive Training and Animation Programme
The Executive Training and Animation Programme for cross-border region councils, using the successful ICLRD model linking training and animation developed under CroSPlaN I, targeted the 22 Councils involved in the three local authority-led cross-border networks,...
Photos: 10 Annual ICLRD Conference
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 theme of the event was Shared Services, Shared...
Tenth Annual ICLRD Conference: Shared Services, Shared Opportunities
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,...
Community & Spatial Planning in the Irish Border Region
In June 2013, the Framework for Cooperation: Spatial Strategies for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was jointly published by the Department for Regional Development (Northern Ireland) and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (Republic...
ICLRD hosts spatial planning seminar in June in partnership with Co-operation Ireland's All Island Local Authority Forum
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...
Research papers sought for special themed edition of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland
The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) will publish the fifth edition of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland in Summer 2015. This edition of the journal will focus specifically on the concept of shared services and its...
Final Programme Available – ICLRD & CCBS Conference, Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh – 29-30 January 2015
Shared Services, Shared Opportunities: New Models of Public Sector Collaboration and Partnership The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) will be holding our joint annual conference at the...
URBACT National Infoday, Maynooth University – 5 February 2015
The Irish National Infoday relating to the European Cooperation Programme for Sustainable Urban Development (URBACT) is taking place at Maynooth University on 5 February 2015. The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to the URBACT scheme, to elaborate...
Shared Services – Making it Happen: Innovative service agreements facilitating collaboration between public bodies across jurisdictional boundaries
You are invited to attend the fourth Shared Services Learning Network event on Wednesday 14th January 2015 in the Boardroom of the Utility Regulator , Queens House, 14 Queen Street, Belfast, 3pm – 5pm. The workshop will be addressed by Andrew McClelland (ICLRD...
Joint ICLRD & CCBS Conference, Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh – 29-30 January 2015
Shared Services, Shared Opportunities: New Models of Public Sector Collaboration and Partnership The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) will be holding our joint annual conference at the...
Evidence-Based Planning: New Online Resources
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...