URBACT Ireland Training Course: Towards Sustainable Urban Development

The purpose of this event will be to

(a) showcase and recognise Ireland's successful URBACT networks

(b) provide local authorities with a cutting edge training course based upon the Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities (RFSC) tool pioneered by the French Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and CEMR

(c) to encourage Irish cities to bid for inclusion in URBACT III's current transfer network call

Provisional Programme:

10.00-10.15         Registration & refreshments

10.15-10.25         Welcome and Introduction Colm Downey, Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

10.25-10.45         Introduction to URBACT III Transfer Network Call Prof. Mark Boyle, National Contact Point URBACT

10.45-12.45        RFSC Training I, Pedro Bizarro, Urban Planner, Project Officer - Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities, Council of European Municipalities and Regions, France introduced by Caroline Creamer URBACT Ireland NCP

12.45-13.45        Lunch

13.45-15.00       RFSC Training II Continued

15.00-15.45       URBACT Good Practice Cities Labhaoise McKenna, EMRA tbc

15.45-16.15       Celebration of Irish URBACT Successes, Minister Damien English TD, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development (subject to Dail business)

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