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HEIF/UU Sponsored Morning Symposium:
Community Engagement and Neighbourhood Regeneration Innovative Practice.
You are invited to a collaborative symposium, bringing practical and research-based academic expertise on stakeholder engagement from Ulster University and Queens University Belfast together with Government, statutory, and voluntary representatives who influence public policy and decision-making processes across Northern Ireland.
The morning-only event includes case-study presentations, thematic workshops, and action-led discussions for shared dissemination.
When: 10th June 2016, 8:30am – 12:30pm
Where: Ulster University, Belfast Campus, York Street
Cost: Free by Invitation; Breakfast buffet, refreshments provided
Proposed Programme:
8:30-9:00 Coffee, Breakfast buffet and introductions.
9:00-10:00 Working breakfast: Case-study presentations & discussion.
10:00-11:00 Three working groups: Targeted discussion & outcomes.
11:00-11:15 Coffee/Tea break
11:15-12:00 Joint presentations/discussion on target outcomes
12:00-12:30 Summary and draft of actions for report and pilot studies.
1230 Close
Optional tours of the Ulster University Faculty of Art, Design and Built Environment End of Year Student Shows will follow at 1230-130pm.
AIM:
To share and appraise creative approaches to the three objectives for public policy development on consultation-engagement as set out in the Fresh Start Agreement:
1. To enhance decision-making,
2. To improve the acceptability of decisions reached, and
3. To build capacity for relationships with interested parties and stakeholder input to political processes.
OBJECTIVE:
To publish shared proceedings as a consultative policy report, and to establish a pilot digital platform for future knowledge-exchange and best-practice collaboration.
INVITEES
Agustina Martire, QUB
Jack OConnor, Dept. Communities NI & Voluntary Community Forum
Arthur Scott, Dept. Communities NI & Voluntary Community Forum
Alywn Riddell, MAG
Orla McCann, Disability Action
Jenny McEneaney, NICVA Policy
Peter Moore, BCCM, Belfast One BID
Callie Persic, BCC, Place
Alina Holyst, QUB Painting
Turlough McAleenan, North Belfast Partnership
Michael Corr. QUB/ Place
Colin McCrossan, Strategic Investment NI Board Project Manager
Maurice Kinkead, CEO Eastside Partnership
Tim Brundle, UU Director of Research and Innovation
TBC:
Julie Harrison, Dept for the Economy, SIB
Jane McCarthy, Dept for the Economy, SIB
Nuala Flood, QUB
Colm Bradley, Community Places
Ciaran Mackel, Place, UU
Arthur Acheson, MAG/Dept of Communities