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This briefing will be of interest to anyone active in local and community governance structures, in integrating local services and designing and delivering more responsive, people-centred public services.
With their remit for wellbeing, public health, and community development, local authorities have a central role to play in promoting age friendly communities. Such a remit is not easy at a period of austerity, yet three case studies from the UK and Ireland provide lessons as to how this might be done.
As the second reading of the Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill commences this evening, this briefing looks at the background to the major reform of municipal government which took place under the Local Government Reform Act, 2014.
The 1st World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace brought together government leaders and experts to discuss how to increase security and reduce violence in cities using their local competencies.
Mancur Olson laid out some important and logical approaches to collective action that can help improve the likelihood of a successful collective action effort. This briefing outlines key aspects of Olson’s work, and how they may be applied in community development situations in Scotland and Ireland.
Examining if a correlation exists between a directly elected political mayor in a city and greater decision making capabilities for that location, comparing examples with Dublin where the question of such mayors is an ongoing issue.
In 2015, eleven new councils in Northern Ireland took the reigns of service delivery and representation to begin the process of moving to a new local government model, one that was different from those of the past and designed for the 21st Century. This briefing explores both this model and the history of local governance in Northern Ireland.
Job creation has to be at the heart of rural development across Ireland for the next decade. Unless people in our rural communities can have access to quality well paid employment and economic opportunity there will be little to underpin all the other critical aspects of rural living.
Libraries provide the perfect environment for social inclusive policies to be tested and implemented. Given the important role played by libraries and Canada’s rich multicultural heritage, this briefing will assess the role of public libraries in this integration effort, and outline how these developments could be applied to Ireland.
The latest in our series on comparative international local government, this briefing offers a snapshot of municipal governance in South Africa, highlighting the mandates and objectives of local government, their financial situation, some of their big challenges and recent responses.