Aughakillymaude
Community Association
Community
Foundation for Northern Ireland
COMET
Concordia
Derry
City Council
Donegal
County Council
Donegal
County Enterprise Board
Enterprise
Northern Ireland
Eurolink
Fermanagh
Trust
International
School for Peace
Irish
Central Board Area Network
Mediation
Northern Ireland
NICEC
N.
Ireland Pre-School Playgroup Association
Northern
Ireland Union of Supported Employment
NORIBIC
Public
Achievement
Women's
Support Network
Youth
Action Northern Ireland
Youth
Council for Northern Ireland
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COMET
PROJECT
TITLE: Connect |
The
Connect Project is a two year programme being delivered as part of the Comet strategy
to facilitate enhanced collaboration and lesson learning between the Councils
and Local Strategy Partnerships of the Belfast Metropolitan area: Belfast, Carrickfergus,
Castlereagh, Lisburn, Newtownabbey and North Down. The main aim of the Connect
Project is to support links with other European Regions to facilitate the exchange
of best practice and lesson learning in the context of approaches to economic,
social, urban development and local governance. The
project is being facilitated through the organisation of best practice exchange
visits with other European Regions including Valencia in Spain, Rybnik in Poland,
Stockholm in Sweden and Vilnius in Lithuania. | Among
the specific objectives of the Connect Programme are: | - To
establish a network across Europe with a selection of metropolitan areas to facilitate
exchange of best practice and lesson learning on key economic, social, urban development
and local governance issues
- To
encourage a more constructive dialogue with the metropolitan regions of Europe
including regions of Europe including regions from the new member states to foster
links and co-operation between members of the COMET Network and a selection of
European Partners
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To promote the image of COMET region and Northern Ireland throughout Europe and
share the region's unique experience in respect of managing and promoting EU Structural
Funds and supporting local economic development
- To
work collectively with other metropolitan regions to ensure that urban affairs
are placed high on European Union's Policy Agenda
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CONCORDIA
PROJECT
TITLE: Partnership for Progress |
| The
'Partnership for Progress' project submitted by Concordia has three key aims,
namely: | - To
develop a trans-national programme to explore international models of best practice.
Funding is available for group, individual and long term study tours;
- To
support social partnership representatives (i.e. representatives nominated by
one of the Concordia member organisations) on bodies associated with structural
funds, primarily Local Strategy Partnerships (LSP's) to improve their skills and
their ability to work in partnership with each other and
- To
advance a common agenda through policy development and research and to advise
Government and Concordia members on the development of social partnership.
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