<a href="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ICLRD_2013Conference_ProgrammeFinal-1.pdf" target="_blank">Conference Programme</a>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ICLRD_2013Conference_ProgrammeFinal-1.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2968" style="border: 0px solid; width: 220px; height: 311px;" title="ICLRD2012Conference-cover" src="http://iclrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013conference-cover-final-1.jpg" alt="" width="1653" height="2338"></a>The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) held its <strong>Eighth Annual Conference</strong> on Thursday, 7th February 2013 in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry, County Down. The theme of this one-day event was Cooperating Across Boundaries: Resilience, Imagination, Vision and Information. This one-day event considered the type of cooperative models we should be pursuing in the context of ongoing local government reform across the island of Ireland, continued austerity, the increasing availability of data, and the unceasing need for strategic development.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The conference addressed these very topical issues over three themed sessions:<strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>New Thinking and Ongoing Challenges in Planning for Places and Communities</strong> – exploring the role of planning and regeneration in creating resilient places and connected communities;<strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The Shared Services Agenda:</strong> <strong style="text-align: justify;">Cooperating Across Boundaries</strong><span style="text-align: justify;"> – considering how to encourage and support shared</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> opportunities in providing services and strategic cooperation;</span><strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Open Forum – Advocating</strong> <strong style="text-align: justify;">Strategic Agendas and Pathways to Decision-Making</strong> – debating the extent to which inter-municipal and cross-jurisdictional cooperation is an important factor in contributing to innovation and sustainable development; with specific consideration being given to the themes of models of collaborative working and service delivery, evidence-based planning, and building capacity for new<span style="text-align: justify;"> responsibilities.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As local government reform continues to emerge in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland there are new challenges and opportunities in how local authorities, communities and central government policy-makers bring together different disciplines to ensure clear connections are made between community, work and place.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Speaker presentations are available for download below.</p>

<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>Mr John Driscoll, Director, ICLRD, and Dr. Tim O’Connor, Chairman, ICLRD</td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session 1</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">New Thinking and Ongoing Challenges in Planning for Places and Communities</span>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome by Chair </span></span>Ms. Jenny Pyper, Deputy Secretary, Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Development Paradox in the Divided City: Imagining a New Model of Spatial Planning </span></span>Prof. Frank Gaffikin, The Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning, Queens University Belfast (3 parts)</td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Introduction to John Fitzgerald</strong></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neighbourhood Regeneration in Limerick, Dublin and Elsewhere: The Importance of Active Leadership </span></span>Mr. John Fitzgerald, Chairman, Limerick Regeneration Agencies</td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Introduction to Prof. Deborah Peel</strong></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Role of Planning in Creating Resilient Places and Communities </span>Prof. Deborah Peel, Professor of Planning Research &amp; Scholarship, University of Ulster</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discussion / Q&amp;A</span></td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session 2</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Shared Services Agenda – Cooperating Across Boundaries</span>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome by Chair </span></span>Mr. Niall Cussen, Planning and Housing Division, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, Ireland</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joining-up to Deliver Better Services and Cut Costs - Different Models of </span></span></span><strong><strong>Shared Services: Experiences from English Councils </strong></strong>Ms. Siobhan Coughlan, Programme Manager – Productivity, Local Government Association<strong><strong>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Introduction to Dr. Brendan O'Keefe</strong></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shared Services Through Inter-Municipal Cooperation</span></span> Dr. Brendan O’Keeffe, Department of Geography, Mary Immaculate College &amp; University of Limerick</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discussion / Q&amp;A</span> - (4 parts)<span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<td valign="top"><strong>Launch of <strong><em>Borderlands </em>2013
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Session 3</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open Forum - Advocating Strategic Agendas and Pathways to Decision-Making:</span> Acknowledging that
inter-municipal and cross-jurisdictional cooperation is an important factor contributing to innovation and sustainable development, an open forum discussion on:

– models of collaborative working
–locally owned / centrally supported cooperation
–the role of evidence-based planning
– effective and efficient service delivery
–building capacity for new responsibilities.
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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. Eoin Magennis of InterTradeIreland</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open Forum Discussion (8 parts):</span></span></span>
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 	<li><strong>Mr. Seamus Neely,</strong> County Manager, Donegal County Council</li>
 	<li><strong>Mr. Ciarán Cuffe</strong>, Planner and Lecturer, DublinInstitute of Technology (and Former Government Minister)</li>
 	<li><strong>Prof </strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rob Kitchin, </span>Director, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth</li>
 	<li><strong>Ms. Mary Bunting</strong>, Former Northern Joint Secretary, North-South Ministerial Council</li>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">End Conference</span></span></td>
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