Welcome to the third edition of our newsletter, fulfilling our promise
to keep you informed of Board activities. The primary aim of the
Board is to develop a County Strategy for Economic, Social and Cultural
Development. This strategy will represent a framework for enhanced
local level co-ordination in the delivery of services in our county.
It is a shared vision of where we want County Kerry to be in the
future.
The third
meeting of the Kerry County Development Board was held in the
Brandon Hotel, Tralee, on 9 June, 2000. It was chaired by Councillor
Ted Fitzgerald. 29 people attended the meeting. This was the last
meeting of the current Chairman. The meeting was facilitated by
Ms. Siobhán Griffin, Kerry County Council, Mr. Kieran Hickey,
NUI Galway, and Mr. Joe MacGrath, Director of Service, Community
& Enterprise. The meeting consisted of both plenary sessions
and Working Groups. Rapporteurs for the Working Groups were Mr.
John O'Connor, Kerry County Enterprise Board, and Dr. Barney O'Reilly,
Kerry Education Service/VEC. The Working Groups considered two
issues:
(1) Audit
of Service Provision
(2) Statistical/Data Requirements of the Board
Mr. Trevor
Alcorn and Dr. Kieran Hickey, Eurogise Project, NUI Galway, made
a presentation to the Board on Statistical/Data Analysis of the
county.
Working
Groups: Structures and Terms of Reference
The Kerry
County Development Board at its meeting on 9 June, 2000, confirmed
its decision to proceed with the establishment of four Work
Groups and a Monitoring Group.
Ted Fitzgerald,
MCC, Kerry County Council
Kerry
County Development Board
Chair
Mr. Brian O' Leary MCC, Kerry County Council
Chair
Mr. Paddy O' Callaghan South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd.
Chair
Dr. Barney O'Reilly Kerry Education Service / Kerry VEC
Chair
Ms. Kathleen O'Regan
Sheppard
Business Sector
Work
Group 1
Work
Group 2
Work
Group 3
Work
Group 4
Issues
- WG 1:
Agriculture,
Fisheries, Food
Production, rural isolation
Issues
- WG 3:
Education, I.T.
R&D,
Telecommunications,
Culture
Issues
- WG 4:
Planning,Tourism
Enterprise,
Infrastructure,
Environment
Kerry
Local Development
Consortium
Consultant
Development
Solutions Consultant
Project
Partners Consultant
Tourism
Development International Consultant
Monitoring
Group
Chair
of the Board
Chair
of each Work Group
One
member of each Work Group
Director
Total:
10
The County
Strategy for Economic, Social and Cultural Development will now
be developed through the Working Groups.
Each Working
Group is to be assigned a Consultant/Expert person in Work Group
issues and administrative support. Working Groups will commence
their considerations in July and are required to prepare a final
report for the Board's March, 2001, meeting. The Chairs of the
Working Groups will make interim reports at the September, 2000,
November, 2000, and January, 2001, meetings of the Board.
Terms of
Reference:
•
For each issue to:
- Develop a vision of where County Kerry should be in relation
to that issue
- Develop a realistic strategic objective for the issue
- Outline actions which are necessary to achieve the strategic
objective
• Prepare reports/recommendations
for consideration by the Kerry County Development
Board
• Have regard, in undertaking
their work programmes to:
- Relevant Guidelines
- Local plans, policies and strategies
- Relevant National Plans
- Need for consultation
- Scope for enhanced co-ordination and integration
- Need for mutual respect and confidentiality of deliberations
- Accept that all recommendations must be approved by the Kerry
County Development Board
Role
of the Monitoring Group
To
monitor the work of the four Work Groups
To
bring together the recommendations of each individual Work Group
To
make recommendations to the Board in answer to any queries raised
by individual Work Groups
To
consider methods of formulation and delivery of the Strategy
To
evaluate the Work Programme of the Kerry County Development
Board and make recommendations to the Board in relation to moving
this Work Programme forward
The
Consultative Process: Your Views are important
Timescale
Feb
2000
June
2000
March
2001
January
2002
Establishment
of the Board
Establishment
of
Working Groups
Preparation
of
Draft Strategy
Adoption
of
Final Strategy
Consultation
Consultation
Consultation
What
are your views on the following issues:
How
do we improve the quality of life for those residing or visiting
Kerry?
How
do we maintain vibrant and active rural communities for the
future?
What
strategy is required to prevent a decline in agriculture activities?
Does
Kerry tourism need strategic attention?
Job
creation in Kerry?
The
need to ensure that culture and the arts form part of any strategy
developed for County Kerry
An
effective strategy on social issues for the county?
We would like
to hear your views on the above and other issues. Submissions
may be made to the Director of Community & Enterprise, County
Buildings, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Tel. 066 - 718 3680.
Statistical/Data
Requirements
Following
a presentation to the Board by Mr. Trevor Alcorn and Dr. Kieran
Hickey, NUI Galway, the Board, through group discussion, agreed
that the following should be included as Statistical/Data Requirements
for the county:
Endemic Social Exclusion Data
- Location
- Employment
- Education
Kerry specific data on economic performance
Dependency Ratio
Transport Statistics
Infrastructural Investment
Tourist Facility Data
Rate/Income
basis
Vacancies
in rural houses
Sport
Provision information
Geo-demographics
Languages
capacity
Migration
Data
Maritime
Statistics
Kerry
County Community and Voluntary Forum
Remember,
the Kerry County Community and Voluntary Forum is a countywide
collection of 18 persons representing Community and Voluntary
groups in County Kerry with representatives nominated to Kerry
County Council's Strategic Policy Committees, the Kerry County
Development Board and Working Groups of the Kerry County Development
Board.
At its last
meeting on 29 June, 2000, the Forum co-opted a further two members
in order to strengthen the Forum's collective representation of
countywide issues.
The Community
and Voluntary Forum would, therefore, like to welcome Mr. George
Dineen, CPI Parents Association, and Ms. Bec Fahy, Kerry Traveller
Development Project, to the Forum.
