Presentation by Declan Rice , CEO, Kilkenny Leader Partnerships, Ireland.
9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance (Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland), 26/27 March 2013.
http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/9thfplgmeeting.htm
Omaio governance and leadership development programKaramea Insley
The Omaio Governance and Leadership Development Program is an intensive 4-month course teaching best practice governance and leadership thinking and teachings delivered by seasoned experts to a growing alumni (around sixty) of exisiting Trustees and emerging Trustees and future leaders. Here are two long term planning case studies on governance and leadership being taught to students.
Omaio governance and leadership development programKaramea Insley
The Omaio Governance and Leadership Development Program is an intensive 4-month course teaching best practice governance and leadership thinking and teachings delivered by seasoned experts to a growing alumni (around sixty) of exisiting Trustees and emerging Trustees and future leaders. Here are two long term planning case studies on governance and leadership being taught to students.
Galeria Domów - katalog projektów nr 23GaleriaDomow
Galeria Domów - wydanie numer 23 naszego katalogu projektów. Zapraszamy również do zamówienia bezpłatnego katalogu w wersji drukowanej, formularz zamówieniowy dostępny na naszej stronie www.galeriadomow.pl
Rme slide /certified fixed orthodontic courses by Indian dental academy Indian dental academy
The Indian Dental Academy is the Leader in continuing dental education , training dentists in all aspects of dentistry and offering a wide range of dental certified courses in different formats.
Indian dental academy provides dental crown & Bridge,rotary endodontics,fixed orthodontics,
Dental implants courses.for details pls visit www.indiandentalacademy.com ,or call
0091-9248678078
Facebook and Email - Integrating Two Important ChannelsJay Baer
Facebook and email are more alike than different. In this presentation from Jay Baer - given as the kickoff to the Advanced Facebook Ads 2012 virtual conference - you'll see why email is Madonna, and Facebook is Lady Gaga. The same thing, but with a new coat of paint.
Learn 17 ways to integrate these two important marketing channels.
National Jobs Conference Dunhill - Declan RiceAction-Project
Declan Rice, Kilkenny Leader Partnership.
2nd National Jobs Conference Presentation. How Local Comunities Create Local Jobs. Green Economy Sector. In Association with Dunhill Rural Enterprises; Waterford County Council; INTERREG ACTION Project; Waterford LEADER Partnership.
Galeria Domów - katalog projektów nr 23GaleriaDomow
Galeria Domów - wydanie numer 23 naszego katalogu projektów. Zapraszamy również do zamówienia bezpłatnego katalogu w wersji drukowanej, formularz zamówieniowy dostępny na naszej stronie www.galeriadomow.pl
Rme slide /certified fixed orthodontic courses by Indian dental academy Indian dental academy
The Indian Dental Academy is the Leader in continuing dental education , training dentists in all aspects of dentistry and offering a wide range of dental certified courses in different formats.
Indian dental academy provides dental crown & Bridge,rotary endodontics,fixed orthodontics,
Dental implants courses.for details pls visit www.indiandentalacademy.com ,or call
0091-9248678078
Facebook and Email - Integrating Two Important ChannelsJay Baer
Facebook and email are more alike than different. In this presentation from Jay Baer - given as the kickoff to the Advanced Facebook Ads 2012 virtual conference - you'll see why email is Madonna, and Facebook is Lady Gaga. The same thing, but with a new coat of paint.
Learn 17 ways to integrate these two important marketing channels.
National Jobs Conference Dunhill - Declan RiceAction-Project
Declan Rice, Kilkenny Leader Partnership.
2nd National Jobs Conference Presentation. How Local Comunities Create Local Jobs. Green Economy Sector. In Association with Dunhill Rural Enterprises; Waterford County Council; INTERREG ACTION Project; Waterford LEADER Partnership.
Tom Addistcott Co-production: how a community successfully acquired £1.2 mil...Bethan Roper
Tom Addiscott
Co-production: How a community successfully acquired £1.2 million.
The Ynysybwl Vision aims for a more green, sustainable and highly networked valley with community owned assets, businesses and activities. Through utilising asset based approaches and the principles of co-production a community come together to successfully acquire £1.2million from the create your space fund, the funding will be used drive forward the long term vision of the people of Ynysybwl. Ynysybwl Regeneration Partnership are keen to share their learning with others including their successes, learning and challenges going forward.
Alec will introduce an overview of LCRIG and its aim to deliver practical solutions to help councils achieve net zero. Stressing the importance of removing silos both in the public and private sector, Alec will show how the lighting sector can team up with others. He will reveal the creation of a net zero working group which ILP members can get involved with.
Presented by Alec Peachey, Content Director, Local Council Roads Innovation Group.
Herefordshire Business Board - Business Summit 28th Feb 2014 - PresentationsRachel Jones
Herefordshire Business Board hosted an event on Friday 28th February to consult and give businesses the opportunity to shape and influence the Strategic Economic Plan for Herefordshire and the wider Marches area.
Graham Wynn, the chair of the Marches LEP and Alistair Neill, the Chief Executive of Herefordshire Council addressed the event to give their unique view of the challenges we face.
Identification of Public Investments, Policy, and Institutional Changes in Dairy Value Chain: Workshop Objectives
Presented by Joseph Karugia during a Workshop on the identification of public investments, policy/tax and institutional changes required in the dairy value chain priorities held on 17 March 2022 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Servizio Civile Universale - Serena SUSIGANOECD CFE
Presentazione di Serena Susigan, Direttrice, ENDO-FAP, Servizio Civile Universale Don Orione, Liguria, all'evento OCSE "Scegliere il Servizio Civile Universale: un dialogo sulle opportunità di impiego dei giovani in Italia", tenutosi a Trento il 6 febbraio 2024.
Maggiori informazioni: https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/oecd-ucs-6-feb.htm
Servizio Civile Universale - Federica DE LUCAOECD CFE
Presentazione di Federica De Luca, Ricercatrice all’Istituto Nazionale per l’Analisi delle Politiche Pubbliche (INAPP), Referente di progetto “Monitoraggio e Valutazione del Servizio Civile Universale”, all'evento OCSE "Scegliere il Servizio Civile Universale: un dialogo sulle opportunità di impiego dei giovani in Italia", tenutosi a Trento il 6 febbraio 2024.
Maggiori informazioni: https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/oecd-ucs-6-feb.htm
Servizio Civile Universale - Cristina PASCHETTAOECD CFE
Presentazione di Cristina Paschetta, Responsabile Progettazione, gestione bandi e volontari, accreditamento nuove sedi, Consorzio Monviso solidale, Piemonte, all'evento OCSE "Scegliere il Servizio Civile Universale: un dialogo sulle opportunità di impiego dei giovani in Italia", tenutosi a Trento il 6 febbraio 2024.
Maggiori informazioni: https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/oecd-ucs-6-feb.htm
FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Transactions - Amit...OECD CFE
FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Transactions
Mary AMITI (FED New York, United States)
Despite competition concerns over the increasing dominance of global corporations, many argue that productivity spillovers from multinationals to domestic firms justify pro-FDI policies. For the first time, we use firm-to-firm transaction data in a developed country to examine the impact of forming a new relationship with a multinational, and find a TFP increase of about 8% three or more years after the event. Sales to other buyers, trade and customer quality also increase. However, we also document that starting to supply other “superstar firms” such as those who heavily export or are very large also increases performance by similar amounts, even if the superstar is a non-multinational. Placebos on starting relationships with smaller firms and novel identification strategies relying solely on demand shocks to superstar firms support a causal interpretation. In addition to productivity spillovers, we document the transmission of “relationship capabilities” and “dating agency” effects as the increase in new buyers is particularly strong within the superstar firm’s existing network. These results suggest an important role for raising productivity through the supply chains of superstar firms regardless of their multinational status.
Find out more at https://oe.cd/spl-mtg
E-invoicing data for functional territories definition: the use case of pharm...OECD CFE
E-invoicing data for functional territories definition: the use case of pharmacies
Maria AURINDO (National Institute of Statistics, Portugal)
The presentation illustrates how a new Business-to-Consumer (B2C) database extracted from the Portuguese E-invoice system can be an important tool to explore the functional territories concept taking the pharmacies catchment areas as an example. The discussion addresses data integration methodological options and how Statistics Portugal infrastructural information domains – Business register, Building and fraction register and Population register – were crucial for this exercise, developed within the CE-SIG – Map of facilities and services project.
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Mapping location and co-location of industries at the neighborhood level - A...OECD CFE
Mapping location and co-location of industries at the neighborhood level
Alessandro ALASIA, Dennis HUYNH (Statistics Canada)
In Canada, there is limited analysis on industry locations at the neighbourhood level; location and co-location of industries have been assessed primarily at the regional scale which results in an information gap for businesses. Recent evidence suggests that businesses do not just choose a city for their location, they choose specific business districts within a metropolitan area. Recent improvements in the geolocation of business microdata allow to address the information gap. This work, undertaken as part of the Business Data Lab and in collaboration with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, is a first attempt to map industry locations at the neighbourhood level in major metropolitan areas of Canada. Using establishment-level microdata from the Business Register, we apply spatial kernel density estimations to identify neighbourhoods with high employment/revenue density for selected industries (2-digit NAICS) and industry clusters (grouping of 6-digits NAICS). The geographic delineation of business districts within metropolitan areas is the first step in understanding the evolution of industry location and co-location over time, and assessing local business dynamics at the neighbourhood level. Ultimately, these business districts can be analyzed in combination with additional data sources (e.g., mobility and road traffic) to derive further economic insights.
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Advancing and democratizing business data in Canada- Patrick Gill & Stephen TappOECD CFE
Democratizing data through innovative data governance and visualizations
Patrick GILL, Stephen TAPP (Chambers of Commerce, Canada)
Small organizations in Canada struggle with accessing and leveraging data on business conditions and trends. These organizations have expressed difficulty in knowing what is available, accessing it and converting this information into actionable insights. To empower small organizations with more business-related information and insights, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has built a suite of free tools that merge and visualize traditional statistics with powerful high-frequency data sets (e.g. payments and mobility). This work is enabled by innovate data governance (e.g. a data trust) and a collaborative partnership with Statistics Canada. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is continuing work with Statistics Canada to release more local business information available through the agency’s Business Register (e.g. the mapping of local business districts), and is exploring how Generative AI can support small organizations’ navigation and understanding of the business information it has curated.
Find out more at https://oe.cd/spl-mtg
Firm-level production networks: evidence from Estonia - Louise GuillouetOECD CFE
The market microstructure of industrial ecosystems in the digital and green transitions: evidence from Estonia
Louise GUILLOUET (Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate, OECD)
Thanks to a unique combination of administrative and survey data matched to the Estonian VAT data, this project studies how information on transaction data can shed light on industrial policy making, through two different angles: 1/ Improving the understanding of the production network, industrial ecosystems and the relevant unit of analysis for industrial policy design and 2/ An application to the diffusion of the green and digital transitions, showing the role of production network in technology diffusion and how this can be leveraged to increase policy effectiveness.
Find out more at https://oe.cd/spl-mtg
Horizon 2020 - research networks across borders - Rupert KawkaOECD CFE
Involvement of rural regions in European research networks
Rupert KAWKA, Torsten SCHUNDER (Federal Office for Building and regional Planning, Germany)
This study investigates the distribution of the European Union's Horizon 2020 funding programme on rural and urban regions between 2014 and 2020 and the resulting urban-rural links. Leveraging the Horizon 2020-database covering the 2014-20 programming period, which encompasses data on approximately 35,000 funded projects involving nearly 180,000 partners, the paper explores the participation of rural firms and organisations in the broader European research framework. By integrating the urban-rural classification of NUTS 3 regions, the research addresses key questions concerning the involvement of rural regions in Horizon 2020 projects, the structural differences in projects with and without rural participation, and the dynamics of urban-rural collaboration in research. The study further aims to identify potential clusters of rural innovation hubs across Europe and assess spatial disparities.
Find out more at https://oe.cd/spl-mtg
How can the social and solidarity economy help refugees along their journey?OECD CFE
Forcibly displaced people fleeing violent conflict and other forms of persecution find support from the social and solidarity economy (SSE) along their pathways, from their country of origin to asylum protection. The numbers are growing and new OECD work sheds light on how the specific values and characteristics of SSE entities provide high-quality responses to refugee needs and facilitate integration in host communities.
The SSE can support access to rights, empowerment, social and labour market inclusion of refugees. Join this webinar with the UNHCR, SINGA and NESsT Poland to discover how the SSE plays a role in the steps along the way of refugee’s journey.
Data-driven regional productivity scorecards in the United Kingdom - Raquel O...OECD CFE
Presentation by Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Professor of Economics, Manchester University and Director of the Productivity Laboratory, The Productivity Institute, United Kingdom at the 21st OECD Spatial Productivity Lab meeting on "Rebooting regional productivity: from analysis to policy", held in virtual format on 18 October 2023.
This webinar focused on recent initiatives from the Basque Country in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Trentino in Italy, where the analysis of subnational economic data is used to compare productivity performance across regions, understand which economic and social factors drive regional productivity, and how regional productivity links to other economic and social outcomes.
More OECD information: https://oe.cd/SPL
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Competitiveness for Wellbeing - Basque Country - James Wilson.pdfOECD CFE
Presentation by James Wilson, Research Director, Orkestra, Basque Institute for Competitiveness, Spain at the 21st OECD Spatial Productivity Lab meeting on "Rebooting regional productivity: from analysis to policy", held in virtual format on 18 October 2023.
This webinar focused on recent initiatives from the Basque Country in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Trentino in Italy, where the analysis of subnational economic data is used to compare productivity performance across regions, understand which economic and social factors drive regional productivity, and how regional productivity links to other economic and social outcomes.
More OECD information: https://oe.cd/SPL
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The productivity board of the autonomous province of Trento - Carlo Menon.pdfOECD CFE
Presentation by Carlo Menon, Economist, Trento Centre for Local Development, CFE, OECD at the 21st OECD Spatial Productivity Lab meeting on "Rebooting regional productivity: from analysis to policy", held in virtual format on 18 October 2023.
This webinar focused on recent initiatives from the Basque Country in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Trentino in Italy, where the analysis of subnational economic data is used to compare productivity performance across regions, understand which economic and social factors drive regional productivity, and how regional productivity links to other economic and social outcomes.
More OECD information: https://oe.cd/SPL
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Rafforzare il partenariato e la cooperazione internazionale in Friuli Venezia...OECD CFE
Presentazione di Mattia Corbetta, Policy Analyst al Centro OCSE di Trento per lo Sviluppo Locale per il lancio del rapporto OCSE "Rafforzare il partenariato e la cooperazione internazionale in Friuli Venezia Giulia", 4 ottobre 2023, Trieste.
Maggiori informazioni www.trento.oecd.org
Immersive technologies and new audiences for classical ballet-RogersOECD CFE
Presentation by Tom Rogers, Creative Digital Producer, Birmingham Royal Ballet, United Kingdom at the 6th Summer Academy on Cultural and Creative Industries and Local Development "Disrupting tradition: How digital technology is changing the cultural and creative processes", 18-20 Sept. 2023 ONLINE and 27-29 Sept. 2023 ONSITE (Trento, Italy).
More info: https://oe.cd/sacci
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Data-driven art residencies to reshape the media value chain-BlotOECD CFE
Presentation by Manon Blot, Project Manager, Cultural and Artistic activities and EU projects, France at the 6th Summer Academy on Cultural and Creative Industries and Local Development "Disrupting tradition: How digital technology is changing the cultural and creative processes", 18-20 Sept. 2023 ONLINE and 27-29 Sept. 2023 ONSITE (Trento, Italy).
More info: https://oe.cd/sacci
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Presentation by Lara Assi, United Kingdom, & Natalie Lama, Jordan at the 6th Summer Academy on Cultural and Creative Industries and Local Development "Disrupting tradition: How digital technology is changing the cultural and creative processes", 18-20 Sept. 2023 ONLINE and 27-29 Sept. 2023 ONSITE (Trento, Italy).
More info: https://oe.cd/sacci
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Presentation by Harry Verwayen, General Director, Europeana Foundation, the Netherlands at the 6th Summer Academy on Cultural and Creative Industries and Local Development "Disrupting tradition: How digital technology is changing the cultural and creative processes", 18-20 Sept. 2023 ONLINE and 27-29 Sept. 2023 ONSITE (Trento, Italy).
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Declan Rice - Enterprise and employment: a local approach to global issues
1. 9th Annual Meeting
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:
A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR
JOBS AND GROWTH
In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal
26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland
WORKSHOP A: LOCAL JOB CREATION - HOW EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
AGENCIES CAN HELP
Declan Rice
CEO, Kilkenny Leader Partnerships, Ireland
2. “Enterprise & Employment”
A Local Approach to Global
Issues
Connected Strategies for Sustainable Communities
3. KLP- who are we?
• Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is a non-profit
‘local action group’.
• It has a Mission Statement stating its purpose:
Kilkenny LEADER Partnership will lead and facilitate the creation
of an integrated local development strategy to improve the
economic, social and cultural quality of life of the people,
communities and small enterprises of all County Kilkenny.
• KLP is governed by a 24-person board of directors
with community sector majority.
• Employing approximately 50 staff operating a range
of development programmes and initiatives.
4. KLP- what do we do?
• KLP operates a number of EU and state economic
and social development programmes in County
Kilkenny. These include:
– LEADER- Axes 3 & 4 of the rural development programme
of the Common Agricultural Policy.
– Local Community Development Programme (LCDP)
– TÚS- community employment placement initiative.
– Rural Recreational Officer programme and related Walk
Scheme
– Inter-Reg IV-A; ‘Outdoor Tourism’ project on River Barrow
– Rural Social Scheme- low income farmer community
employment initiative.
5. “Connected Strategies
for Sustainable Communities”
• The various programmes have their own goals, aims and
objectives. These are achieved while KLP operates an
integrated approach to the delivery of all programmes.
• KLP operates the programmes in the furtherance of a local
development plan.
• The various programmes are a tool box for integrated
economic and social development.
• This should provide a more comprehensive and focused
dividend for the local community.
• That’s the source of our brand strapline- ‘Connected
Strategies for Sustainable Communities’
6. KLP’s Targets & Priorities
• In its LEADER plan for rural Kilkenny KLP has focused as priority
areas for economic and employment growth on:
– Artisan and small food enterprises,
– rural tourism enterprises,
– renewable energy enterprises
– farm diversification enterprises
• In the LCDP, the KLP mentored ‘Employability Strategy’ for
Kilkenny has similarly focused on the following sectors:
– Food
– Light engineering
– Administration businesses
– Renewable energies & ‘Green Businesses’
– Tourism & Hospitality enterprises
• The local initiatives here reflect these priorities & targets.
7. Crucial Role of Pillar Programmes
The 2 Pillar Programmes: LEADER
and LCDP support and fund the
KLP Local Initiatives. They and
supporting programmes such as
LEADER Inter-Reg, TUS and RSS are crucial
to the KLP development strategy.
LCDP
TÚS RSS
8. Public, Private & Community Partnership
• LEADER is a part-funded programme- 50% to 90% rate
range: requiring significant non-public micro-
enterprise, local authority or community contributions.
• The LCDP leverages significant public funding and is
recognised as a value-added medium.
• KLP has partnerships with large businesses on projects:
– Kick Start- a job placement and training initiative tailored to local job
opportunities. Part-funded by State Street
– Vulcan- a 5-county regional project developing wood-fuel supply chains
among small forestry owners. Part-funded by Danone Ecosysteme
9. Barrow Valley
Development Initiative
• A integrated series of capital, marketing and
training/ employment initiatives to develop
the River Barrow as a tourism centre.
• The second longest river in Ireland- and the
most attractive!
• Navigable from Dublin to Waterford.
• Potential to be a major tourism centre for
the east of Ireland- with Kilkenny at its
centre.
• Partnership required with multiple
stakeholders: community groups, business,
other local action groups, local authorities,
state agencies, transnational partners.
10. Unlocking the Barrow
• A development proposal for a €9.5 million
investment to improve the river’s boating
navigation.
• Engineering works- short canals, etc. at key
constriction points; St Mullins, Carlow Bridge.
• Pay back within 10 years.
• Presented to government for their
consideration.
11. Barrow Funding ‘Toolbox’
• Research on improving the boating navigation-
LEADER & community
• Development of Outdoor activity Hub in
Graiguenamanagh- LEADER & local authority
• Capital support towards long-distance cycle trail
and canoe trails- LEADER & community.
• Support for employment and enterprise (capital,
marketing, training, etc.)- LEADER, LCDP & Inter-
Reg,
• Capital support for marina in – LEADER &
community
12. Kick Start Programme?
• A Kilkenny job placement & training programme for local
unemployed people.
• Kick Start is a result of the ‘Employability Strategy’ devised by KLP
& adopted by Kilkenny County Development Board. It defined:
– Employment supports should focus on areas of local job growth: tourism,
light engineering, food, financial services and renewable energies.
– Provide direct linkage between local job seekers and employers
• Kick start is 12-weeks duration per individual, which inlcudes a 4-
week lead-in train module.
• Participants gets a training grant to develop their skill set and
qualifications in an area of local employment growth.
• Key defining character is the tailoring of training needs to the skills
set of the participant and the needs of the employer.
• KLP provides coordination and support services to both.
13. Kick Start Toolbox
• Kick start does not pay participants
• The LCDP supported the operation of the
programme
• The Department of Social Protection (DSP)
supported the training allowances.
• State Street- a major financial services company
with a base in Kilkenny has been a co-funder
with LCDP of operations element.
• Employers make a contribution to the training
element of the participants.
• LEADER funded the employers’ forum costs.
14. Kick Start results & potential
• The two Kick Start Programmes in 2012 produced 17 placements
and from those there were :
– 4 Individuals who went into Full Time Work,
– 1 person into Self Employment,
– 1 Person into Part Time Work
– 2 Individuals into Internships
• KLP is very happy with the headline results- and with the effect on
those who did not get a direct ‘result’ but benefitted form it.
• Following review with both participants & employers, the third
round of Kick Start starting Spring 2013 with 20 participants.
• KLP & State Street believes that the model can be transposed to
other urban and rural areas of the state.
• DSP are interested in the lessons of Kick start for their national
programmes.
15. Trail Kilkenny
• Trail Kilkenny is a non-profit company established to guide the
development, maintenance and marketing of leisure trails in the
county.
• Founded by KLP & Kilkenny County Council.
• Board also comprises Kilkenny Sports & Recreation Partnership,
landowner and community interests.
• KLP identified trail development as an relatively low-cost way to
develop and link rural tourism providers and hubs.
• The Board member organisation provide the development,
maintenance and marketing costs between them
• From a very low base, the Company has driven the development
of a complete suite of trails for use by tourists and residents.
16. Linkage of Physical and ‘Concept’ Trails
• Kilkenny does not have the dramatic ‘wild’ scenery
of other established trail areas in Ireland.
• Trail Kilkenny’s solution is to develop physical trails
such as walking, cycling, canoe for the ‘soft
adventure’ tourist and link them to trail
experiences that this type of visitor may also enjoy:
– Craft Trail
– Food Trail
– ‘Ghost’ Trail- coming soon!
• The latter concept trails are developed with
businesses in those sectors.
• The benefits to the concept trail business should
lead to the support of the physical maintenance
18. Food Strategy- Motivation
Food matters! How a county or region values the
role of food businesses in its society is important.
Not just as a public health issue or even as a matter
of supporting primary producers - but for the multiple
of social, cultural and economic benefits that grow
from the development of an integrated strategy.
19. Kilkenny Food Strategy- History
• Growing Local Food Economy was published in October 2010
following almost one year of wide ranging consultation with
all the agency, industry and community stakeholders.
• Growing Local Food Economy is a comprehensive and
integrated strategy- including enterprise, community and
training, designed to make Kilkenny a leader in ‘food culture’.
• Key to the Strategy’s recommendations was the appointment
of a ‘Food Development Team’ to drive the integrated
Strategy.
• Shortly before the conclusion of the appointment process in
early March 2011- the LEADER food ban came in into force.
• As a result- no structured action on the Strategy until the
blockage was clarified and resolved
20. Food Strategy- Progress
• Can we now start to plan again?
• Probably- YES, but we need a revised simplified strategy to
ensure RDP eligibility and time to deliver it.
• A Strategy with 3 elements:
– A regional Food Trade Desk
– A Town of Food in rural Kilkenny
– A decentralised regional School of Artisan Food
• Driven by a Food Strategy Coordinator
• Appointment of consultants to develop the Trade Desk
concept in late-March 2013
• Commitment on initiating funding on all elements by end 1st
Quarter 2013
21. Town of Food
• The ‘Town of Food’ competition is key part
of KLP’s comprehensive food development
strategy ‘Growing a Local Food Economy’.
• Food culture being the inter-connectedness
between enterprise and community that
leads to a mutually-reinforcing and
sustainable food economy.
• KLP has invited the larger towns and
villages of the county to apply to become
the centre of “food culture” in the county.
• Closing date for applications- 25th March!
• 5 entries to be judged in early April
22. Vulcan- Wood Energy Project
• Vulcan is regional project focused on the creation of five
independent and sustainable wood-fuel supply businesses owned
by the existing forestry owners of the South East region.
• Each company will be provided with staffing, operational,
marketing training and capital supports to set up the business
• The 3-year project (started 2012) has a ‘sun-set funding’ profile to
encourage sustainability from the outset.
• Vulcan is specifically targeting smaller farmer/ forestry owners.
• The project is supported by Danone Ireland, Danone’s Ecosystem
Trust and five LEADER companies of the region.
• In each county, it will require the agreement of the local LEADER
company to co-fund the project for it to access Vulcan funds.
23. Vulcan Progress
• Vulcan has a total budget of almost €1.5 million from Danone
and LEADER company sources.
• Danone Ireland in Wexford have installed a wood-chip boiler
and have agreed to offer a contract for 8,000 oven-dried-tonnes
of wood fuel between the 5 forestry-owner businesses.
• New companies have been established in Kilkenny and Wexford
already with Managers and office bases.
• In January 2013 Laois stakeholders have agreed to join Vulcan.
• Negotiations have occurred with stakeholders in 3 other
counties and Vulcan is confident of getting the 2 additional
companies needed to complete the target of 5.
24. Vulcan’s ‘Priority Example’
• The ‘local initiatives’ are usually
compliant with multiple KLP targets.
• The project fits under KLP’s LEADER
renewable energy priority sector.
• As most of the forestry owners are
active farmers- Vulcan also
addresses KLP’s LEADER focus on
farm diversification.
• The Vulcan target of 30% of its
beneficiaries being lower-income
famers also meets KLP’s LCDP
targets.
25. Themes and Principles
• All the local initiatives have a number of obvious themes and
principles that link them:
– SWOT focus- based on the specific strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats of the Kilkenny region
– Community-based- building on the capacity of the business
and other communities of Kilkenny
– Connections & Linkages- with other programmes, etc.
– Sustainability- financially & structurally
– Strategic Reach & Effect- not just localised benefits
– Integration- of various funding streams and with other KLP
projects
– Connected Strategies for Sustainable Communities