<p align="justify">The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), in partnership with <a href="http://www.cooperationireland.org/">Co-operation Ireland</a>'s All Island Local Authority Forum, hosted a seminar on <em>The Role of Development and Area Plans in Economic Growth and Regeneration</em> on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in the Armagh City Hotel. The seminar is part of a series of seminars examining the on-going reform of local government throughout both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland. The seminar was attended by more than 100 delegates from existing councils and the new super councils in Northern Ireland and newly structured local authorities in the Republic of Ireland, political representatives, academics and key figures from local and central government. The conference brochure is available for download <a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Final-Brochure-1.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>, while speaker presentation files are available below.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong>Welcome Address</strong>
Peter Sheridan, CEO Co-operation Ireland</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong>Overview of the Local Government Reform Process to date & Vision for the Future</strong>
Minister Mark H Durkan, MLA
Minister Jan O’Sullivan, TD
Chair: Peter Sheridan, Co-operation Ireland</td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">History of the Planning Process North & South ; Overview of Spatial Planning Processes in both jurisdictions</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong>Overview of Spatial Planning Process in Northern Ireland:
Past, Present and Future</strong>
Fiona McCandless, DoE NI</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Fiona-McCandless-1.pptx" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/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;"><strong>Overview of Spatial Planning in Ireland</strong>
Niall Cussen, DOECLG</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Niall-Cussen-Final-1.ppt" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="20" height="19" /></a></td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Development / Area Plans : Experience and Transfer of Learning</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong>Local Development Plans & Economic Development</strong>
Chris Boomer, DoE NI</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Chris-Boomer-1.pptx" target="_blank"><img src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="20" height="19" /></a></td>
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<td><strong>Presentation to 2014 ICLRD Conference, Armagh City</strong>
Liam Conneally, Limerick City & County Council</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Liam-Conneally-1.ppt" target="_blank"><img src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="20" height="19" /></a></td>
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<h2><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Practicalities of Operating in the Spatial Planning System</span></h2>
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<td><strong>Preparing a Development Plan: A councillor's view</strong>
Cllr. Anne Devitt, Fingal County Council</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Cllr-Anne-Devitt-1.pptx" target="_blank"><img src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/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;"><strong>Planning in Scotland</strong>
Cllr. Stephen Hagan, COSLA</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Cllr.-Stephen-Hagan-1.pptx" target="_blank"><img src="http://dev.iclrd.org/iclrd2/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/presentation-icon-1.png" alt="" width="20" height="19" /></a></td>
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