<a href="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/D_ICLRD-CCBS_Conference_Programme_2015-1.pdf" target="_blank">Conference Programme</a>
<p align="justify">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, <em>Shared Services, Shared Opportunities: New Models of Public Sector Collaboration and Partnership</em>, focused upon a critical component of the public sector reform agendas on the island of Ireland, and is particularly topical in light of recent and imminent changes in the structure of local government in both jurisdictions. The conference is the culmination of a two-year programme of work involving the ICLRD, CCBS and other partner organisations under the INICCO II/CroSPlaN II Programme, sponsored by the Special EU Programmes Body under INTERREG IVA. Speaker slides and audio files are available for download&nbsp;below.</p>

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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Welcome Session</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome Address </span>Ms. Caroline Creamer, Acting Director, International Centre for Local and Regional Development
Ms. Ruth Taillon, Director, Centre for Cross Border Studies</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shared Services and Local Government: A Transformative Agenda </span></span>Mr. Brendan Hegarty, Chief Executive, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council</td>
<td style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Brendan-Hegarty-1.mp3" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid; width: 20px; height: 20px;" src="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Audio_Icon-1.jpg" alt=""></a></td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session&nbsp;1</span></h2>
Shared Services, Shared Opportunities
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction to Session and Overview of the ICLRD's Shared Services Pilots in the Irish Border Region </span></span>Dr. Andrew McClelland, Research Associate, International Centre for Local and Regional Development</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shared Services, Shared Opportunities: Austerity, Reformed Local Government and Reduced Budgets </span></span>Prof. Greg Lloyd, Emeritus Professor at the University of Ulster</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shared Services Across Borders: Some Lessons from Europe </span></span>Mr. Martín Guillermo-Ramírez, Secretary General of the Association of European Border Regions</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Questions and Answers </span></span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Launch of the Centre for Cross Border Studies Evaluation Toolkit for Cross-Border Projects and the Budget Toolkit for Cross-Border Projects </span></span>Introduced by Mr. Martín Guillermo-Ramírez, Secretary General of the Association of European Border Regions</td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session&nbsp;2</span></h2>
Shared Services: A Local Government Perspective
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome by Chair </span></span>Dr. Seán O'Riordán, Director, Public Policy Advisors Network</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Facilitated Conversation between </span></span>Ms. Pamela Arthurs, Chief Executive, East Border Region, Mr. Liam Hannaway, Chief Executive Designate, Newry, Mourne, and Down District Council, Mr. David O'Connor, Senior Responsible Officer for Public Service Reform, Programme Management Office and Mr. Paul Clifford, Director of Economic and Community Services, Monaghan County Council</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Questions and Answers </span></span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summation of Day 1 </span></span>Ms. Caitriona Mullan, Chair, ICLRD</td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session&nbsp;3</span></h2>
Shared Services in Practice: Emerging Agendas for Local Government
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome by Chair </span></span>Dr. Helen Johnston, Chair, Centre for Cross Border Studies</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change Across Borders: Fairness, Justice and the Governance of Adaptation </span></span>Dr. Conor Murphy, Lecturer, Department of Geography and Senior Researcher, Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, Maynooth University</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Red Cross Research - The Impact of Flooding on People's Lives: Building More Resilient Communities and New Multi-Agency Initiatives in Northern Ireland </span></span>Ms. Joanne McKenna, Senior Service Manager, British Red Cross and Mr. Neil McKittrick, Service Manager, British Red Cross</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Questions and Answers </span></span></td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session&nbsp;4</span></h2>
Progressing Shared Services: Cooperation, Innovation and Civic Leadership
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome by Chair </span>Prof. Mark Boyle, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, Maynooth University</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong>Breakout Sessions</strong>
<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;  1.<em> Low Carbon Agenda: </em></strong>Mr. Padraig O'Hora, Senior Executive Engineer, Louth County Council with presentation by Mr. Denis Kelly, Senior Executive Planner, Donegal County Council on cross-border low carbon and renewables project</td>
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<td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.<em> Emergency Management: </em></strong>Facilitated by Mr. Finian Joyce, Chief Fire Officer, Leitrim County Council with presentation by Ms. Joan McCaffrey, Emergency Planning Coordinator, Western Group Environmental Health Service on the Cross Border Emergency Management Working Group and the shared services pilot with Internationale Centre for Local and Regional Development and the All-Island Research Observatory</td>
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<td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.<em> Sustainable Transport: </em></strong> Facilitated by Mr. Pádraig Maguire, Regional Planner, Northern and Western Regional Assembly with presentation by Mr. Gordon Clarke, National Director for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Sustrans on the potential development of a cross-border regional cycle route network.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/PMaguire-Intro-Greenways-Jan15-1.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="20" height="19"></a><a href="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JHetherington-Greenways-Sustainable-Rural-Transport-Breakout-Report-Jan15-1.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="20" height="19"></a></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Return to Plenary: Feedback from Breakout Sessions </span></span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Closing Address: Placed-Based Collaboration - Leadership for a changing world </span></span>Prof. Robin Hambleton, Professor of City Leadership, Department of Environment and Technology, University of West of England</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Closing Comments: Key Points </span></span>Dr. Anthony Soares, Research and Policy Manager, Centre for Cross Border Studies</td>
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