Centre for Cross Border Studies

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Centre for Cross Border Studies

• Dr Patricia Clarke, Research Manager

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Vision

• An independent, university-based research and
  development centre to stimulate new thinking and
  action on practical co-operation across the Irish
  border.

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Mission

• Identify gaps
• Commission and publish research
• Host events
• Present findings
• Manage provide administrative support

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PAST research projects

• Telecoms
• Further education
• Health
• Local government
• INTERREG
• Local history
• Foot and Mouth
• Mental health

• Sustainable development
• Ethnic minorities
• Local environmental studies for schools
• Science and citizenship
• for schools
• Diversity among very young children

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Education EU Peace II

• Diversity and Early Years research project
  studying the impact of conflict and diversity on
  very young children in primary schools
• Pride of our Place local environmental studies
  for cross-border primary schools
• Citizenship and Science Exchange (CaSE)
  citizen science subjects like pollution and
  nutrition for cross-border secondary schools
• North/South Student-Teacher Exchange 80 trainee
  teachers doing their teacher training practice in
  schools in the other jurisdictions

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North/South Secretariat

• Universities Ireland - Bringing the nine
  universities on the island together to work on
  research and conference projects
• Standing Conference on Teacher Education North
  and South (SCoTENS) - Linking the colleges of
  education and other teacher education providers
  on the island
• International Centre for Local and Regional
  Development spatial planning and economics
  development and training

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Studies for Public Agencies

• North/South youth, school and teacher exchanges
  study
• Cooperation and Working Together (CAWT) health
  boards and health trusts evaluation
• University for Industry feasability study
• Obstacles to cross-border mobility (three
  studies scoping, public feedback and provision
  of mobility information)
• North/South business research
• Education for Reconciliation project evaluation

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Conferences and Study Days
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Finance

• The Centres main contributors are
• EU Peace Two Programme
• The Atlantic Philanthopies
• Irish Department of Foreign Affairs
• Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

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Staff

• Andy Pollak, Director
• Dr Patricia Clarke, Research Manager
• Joseph Shiels, ICT Leader
• Mairead Hughes, Administrator
• Patricia McAllister, Events organiser
• Dr Eoin Magennis, Information officer

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www.crossborder.ie

• Unique visitors/ month
• 1,500 in 2003 to 2,500 in 2005
• Visits per quarter
• 1st quarter 2004 8, 087
• 1st quarter 2005 14, 604

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Rationale

• Lack of accessible information to inform
  cross- border policy, research and development
• A growing belief that the cross-border sector is
  already becoming fragmented making information
  retrieval more problematic
• No central access point for information
  specifically gathered on cross-border issues.

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Our Solution

• Borderireland.info
• Peace II measure 5.1 Co-operation Ireland 190K
• Areas
• Areas of agreed co-operation
• Culture and the arts, economic development,
  community development, voluntary sector, sport
• Context
• North/ South
• 1990 onwards

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Information Sources

• Information is defined as any reports, leaflets,
  papers, books or articles with a cross-border
  element
• EU - and other funded projects
• Academic papers and articles
• Government publications/papers
• Other sources associations, etc.

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Cross-border Activities

• Bibliographic details
• Activity insights
• Meta information
• Spatial details
• Funding
• Source
• Associated information
• Related information

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Progress

• By October 2005
• 3,765 contacts (organisations and individuals)
• 3013 activities
• 915 publications
• 20 sources of funding

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Schedule

• Adding government information
• Developing reporting and intelligence service
• Prelaunch access facility
• Marketing campaign
• Launch February 2006
• Login to www.borderireland.info