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Launch of Conference Proceedings Report: Rural Society in Transition: Planning for 21st Century Rural Potential and Challenge
Posted on November 18, 2019 | No CommentsOn 26th September 2019, the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and Co-operation Ireland jointly launched the proceedings of their previous conference, Rural Society in Transition: Planning for 21st Century... -
RURAL SOCIETY IN TRANSITION
Posted on August 26, 2018 | No CommentsPLANNING FOR 21ST CENTURY RURAL POTENTIALS AND CHALLENGES 26thApril 2018, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk The joint International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and Co-operation Ireland seminar on... -
ICLRD: Celebrating Ten Years with Annual Conference focused on Place-Making
Posted on March 22, 2017 | No CommentsConference Programme As part of its ten-year celebrations, the International Centre for Local and Regional Development’s (ICLRD) held its annual conference on the afternoon of 9th February 2017 in the... -
Our Future in Place
Posted on January 26, 2017 | No CommentsOur Future in Place: The Role of People, Policy and Process in Place-Making and Place-Shaping Thursday, 9th February 2017 Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Ballincar, Sligo PROGRAMME -
Revitalising Small Towns on the Island of Ireland
Posted on December 7, 2016 | No CommentsConference Programme On the 27th October 2016, the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) together with Co-operation Ireland, held a half-day conference on the theme of Revitalising... -
SAVE THE DATE: September 10th, 2015
Posted on July 27, 2015 | No CommentsSAVE THE DATE JOINT CONFERENCE BY CO-OPERATION IRELAND AND INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (ICLRD) “The Housing Debate: (Re)Building Communities through Integrated working with Local Government” Thursday, 10th... -
Tenth Annual ICLRD Conference: Shared Services, Shared Opportunities
Posted on April 10, 2015 | No CommentsConference Programme The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) held their joint annual conference at the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen on... -
ICLRD hosts spatial planning seminar in June in partnership with Co-operation Ireland’s All Island Local Authority Forum
Posted on February 4, 2015 | No CommentsThe International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), in partnership with Co-operation Ireland‘s All Island Local Authority Forum, hosted a seminar on The Role of Development and Area Plans... -
Ninth Annual Conference: Cross Border Economic Development and the Border Development Zone Concept
Posted on February 7, 2014 | No CommentsThe International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), together with the Centre for Cross Border Studies, held its Ninth Annual Conference on 30-31 January 2014 at the Cavan Crystal... -
Announcing the Eighth Annual ICLRD Conference
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River Basin Management Plans: Cross-Border Cooperation and the Role of Spatial Planning
Posted on November 6, 2012 | No CommentsICLRD and the Border Regional Authority hosted a workshop on “River Basin Management Plans: Cross-Border Cooperation and the Role of Spatial Planning” on Wednesday 17th of October at the Monaghan... -
Seminar with the Institute for British-Irish Studies
Posted on June 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe Institute for British-Irish Studies (IBIS), University College Dublin, in association with the International Centre for Local and Regional Development and the Centre for Cross Border Studies hosted a seminar... -
Seventh Annual ICLRD Conference: Planning for a New Future
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe Seventh Annual ICLRD Conference took place on 19-20 January 2012 in the border town of Dundalk, County Louth. The conference material is available for download here. -
Seminar with Co-operation Ireland: Planning and Local Government on the Island of Ireland
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsCo-operation Ireland in association with the International Centre for Local and Regional Development and Queen’s University, Belfast hosted a seminar entitled, Planning and Local Government on the Island of Ireland... -
ESPON Ireland Seminar
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NUI Maynooth) as ESPON Contact Point for Ireland hosted a seminar on Wednesday 28th September 2011 in Dublin city centre. The seminar... -
Workshop with NIRSA and Border Regional Authority — Land Banking and Housing Development: The (New) Role of the Planning System
Posted on April 29, 2011 | No CommentsApril 28 2011 NUI Maynooth The second of a jointly hosted NIRSA-ICLRD-Border Regional Authority event, this one day roundtable discussion focused on Land Banking and Housing Development. Speakers and contributors... -
Workshop with NIRSA and Border Regional Authority — Developing Core Strategies: Adopting a Bottom-Up Approach
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments9 March 2011, Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone Jointly hosted NIRSA-ICLRD-Border Regional Authority this one-day event brought together over 120 local authority planners, elected representatives, private sector delegates and policy makers... -
Sixth Annual ICLRD Conference: Doing More with Less
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No Comments2011 Conference >> Session 1|Session 2|Session 3|Session 4 ICLRD Sixth Annual Conference: Doing More with Less – Challenge and /or Opportunity? The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD)... -
Fifth Annual ICLRD Conference: Preparing for Economic Recovery
Posted on May 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe fifth Annual ICLRD Conference took place on the 21-22 January 2010 in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen. Attended by over 130 people representing central, regional and local government, elected representatives,... -
Rural Restructuring: Local Sustainable Solutions to a Rural Challenge
Posted on April 11, 2009 | No CommentsThe Conference Programme is available here. ICLRD hosted a very successful and engaging conference on rural development strategies, Rural Restructuring: Local Sustainable Solutions to the Rural Challenge on Friday, 8... -
Fourth Annual ICLRD Conference – Achieving Balanced Regional Development: Dynamic Regions, Spatial Strategies and Collaboration
Posted on February 1, 2009 | No CommentsLetterkenny, Co. Donegal 22-23 January 2009 In January the ICLRD held its annual conference in Letterkenny, Co Donegal under the title Achieving Balanced Regional Development: Dynamic Regions, Spatial Strategies and... -
Housing Conference ’08 in Cork, “Shared Future – Shaping the Fabric of Our Communities”
Posted on April 25, 2008 | No CommentsCork, Co. Cork April 24-25, 2008 Creating sustainable communities is a major challenge facing housing programmes on the island of Ireland, the UK and elsewhere. The ’08 Conference of the... -
Third Annual ICLRD Conference – Fostering Co-Operation for Local and Regional Development through Cross-Border Spatial Planning
Posted on January 17, 2008 | No CommentsArmagh, Co. Armagh 17 January 2008 The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) third annual conference was held in collaboration with InterTradeIreland at the Armagh City Hotel on January... -
ICLRD Conference – Supporting Evidence-Informed Spatial Planning and Analysis
Posted on November 15, 2007 | No CommentsDundalk, Co. Louth 15 November 2007 On 15 November, 2007 in Dundalk, the ICLRD together with the Regional Studies Association, the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, the National... -
Conference on Cross-Border Territories: Day-to-Day Europe
Posted on November 11, 2007 | No CommentsLille, France 8-9 November 2007 In November, 800 persons from 36 countries in Europe attended the MOT conference in Lille on Cross-Border Territories: Day-to-Day Europe. ICLRD facilitated the attendance by... -
Thematic Workshop: Local Communities as Agents of Change – The Significance of Participation in Governance & Planning
Posted on March 28, 2007 | No CommentsThematic Workshop: Local Communities as Agents of Change: The Significance of Participation in Governance & Planning 28th March 2007 Hosted by NIRSA, NUI Maynooth in association with Southside Partnership &... -
Conference: Informing Spatial Planning – Preparing for 2007-2013
Posted on January 28, 2007 | No CommentsInforming Spatial Planning – Preparing for 2007-2013 26th January 2007 Hosted by National Institute for Regional & Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth In association with the National Institute for Regional... -
Thematic Workshop: New Opportunities for Active Citizenship through Multi-Level Governance & Strategic Territorial Planning
Posted on November 30, 2006 | No CommentsNew Opportunities for Active Citizenship through Multi-Level Governance & Strategic Territorial Planning 29th November 2006 Hosted by NIRSA, NUI Maynooth in association with Southside Partnership & Meath CDB A thematic... -
Second Annual ICLRD Conference – Implementing a Framework for Collaborative Action: Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland
Posted on November 9, 2006 | No CommentsNewry 9 November 2006 The one-day conference on “Implementing a Framework for Collaborative Action: Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland” took place on Thursday, November 9th in Newry. As... -
Managing Space: Making Places – Strategic Planning for Cohesion and Diversity
Posted on October 30, 2005 | No CommentsDublin 27-28 October 2005 An International Conference hosted by NIRSA/ICLRD in collaboration with the Southside Partnership, Dublin. The conference was addressed by both international and local spatial planning experts and... -
Exploring the Economic and Social Implications of the National Spatial Strategy
Posted on April 15, 2005 | No CommentsAthlone, Co. Meath 15 April 2005 The seminar was organised jointly by the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM). The objective was to... -
Strategic Environmental Assessments
Posted on March 15, 2005 | No CommentsNewry 15 March 2005 EU Directive 2001/42/EC is concerned with assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment within all EU Member States. The conference is... -
Mapping the 2002 Census
Posted on January 27, 2005 | No CommentsMaynooth, Co. Kildare 27 January 2005 The unprecedented rate of economic growth in the Republic of Ireland in the 1990s was associated with very significant adjustments to the demographic and... -
Citizenship, Mobility and Immigration
Posted on November 3, 2004 | No CommentsMaynooth, Co. Kildare 3 November 2004 This interdisciplinary one day workshop addressed the growing interest in issues of citizenship within Ireland. Its focus was on the development of a spatial... -
First Annual Conference: Regional and Local Development Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Addressing Key Issues and Building Capacity
Posted on May 30, 2004 | No CommentsAthlone, Co. West Meath 27 May 2004 The event was opened by the Irish Minister for Education and Science, Mr Noel Dempsey TD, and was attended by 160 senior figures...
