Plenary Session Introduction

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Plenary SessionIntroduction
Sir Roy McNulty Chair, Ilex URC
25 September 2009
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Agenda for Today

• Update on the Process Mainstreaming Equality
• The EQIA
• The Economic Model and a Baseline Outlook
• The Citiscope Survey First Results
• Questions Answers
• Conclusions

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My Review

• Everybody agrees that we should aim high
• Our aim is to deliver in Derry the best
  regeneration any City in these islands has ever
  seen.
• Minister Margaret Ritchie
• November 2007

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Summary of findings
My Review

• The regeneration effort in DerryLondonderry
  lacked key elements which support
  transformational change
• There is a need for
• A clear sense of mission, leadership, energy,
  effective structures, relationships etc and
• A powerful guiding coalition, united behind a
  shared vision.

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We Need
My Review

• A shared understanding of what Regeneration
  means
• Renewal - Economic
• - Physical
• - Social
• and to ensure that gains in prosperity are
  shared with the Most Deprived Neighbourhoods
• A Vision and a Plan which are clear, compelling
  and have a broad base of support
• Clear Organisational Framework.

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The challenge of getting the right balance in the
Plan remains ahead of us

• Ambition the best regeneration etc
• Innovation think and do differently
• Realism
• Clear Priorities
• Deliverability

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Where We Are Now
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Clear Sense of Mission

• Our Mission is
• To deliver Renewal Economic, Physical and
  Social,
• Building a stronger and more vibrant economy with
  increased prosperity for our city and region,
• In ways which ensure that opportunities and
  benefits from regeneration are targeted towards
  the most deprived groups in our communities. 

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Clear Sense of Mission

• .. proposals must demonstrate how they will
  bring about measurable improvements for those
  groups who have been identified as experiencing
  inequality in, for example, housing, education,
  employment, and health.

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Clear Objectives

• Changing patterns by growing the local economy
• Provide more jobs particularly targeted at groups
  identified as experiencing inequalities
• Promoting equality in line with
• The Programme for Government
• Our statutory obligations
• Creating best practice
• in ways which impact positively on the lives of
  citizens
• Building genuine partnership based on stronger
  working relationships, trust and mutual respect.

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Inclusive Participative Organisational Framework
Economic Sub-Committee
Strategy Board
High Level Strategic Oversight of Plan EQIA
Preparation Consideration of Key Strategic
Issues Approval of the Plan
Physical Sub-Committee
Social Community Sub-Committee
Preparation Integration of the Plan
EQIA Secretariat Follow-up Planning Project
Management
Planning Co-ordination Team
Input to Needs Analysis Strategies, Objectives
Priority Actions Consultation Engagement
Sectoral Working Groups
Physical
Social Community
Economic
Education Skills
Citizenship Civic Pride
Transport Infrastructure
Development of City Region Assets
Enterprise Employment
Health Well Being
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River Asset
Children Young People
Tourism, Arts, Culture Leisure
Marketing the Derry Opportunity
Environment Conservation
Successful Neighbourhoods
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Equality - a Key Challenge Opportunity

• Programme For Government
• This is the challenge for all of us today to
  develop new and innovative measures that will
  address existing patterns of socio-economic
  disadvantage and target resources and efforts
  towards those in the greatest objective need
• Building a Better Future,
• Programme for Government 2008- 2011,
• Northern Ireland Executive

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Equality - a Key Challenge Opportunity

• Equality Commission
• Equality schemes, and equality impact
  assessments, are intended to increase
  participation and inclusion, to change the
  culture of public decision making, and to place a
  more proactive approach to the promotion of
  equality at the heart of public policy
• Practical Guidance on Equality Impact Assessment
• Equality Commission February 2005, p.3

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Equality - a Key Challenge Opportunity

• Equality Conference November 2008 Some Learning
• Changing Patterns Through Participation
• Relationships Key to Effective Participation
• The Exercise of Mutual Respect
• Research the inequalities understand the needs
• Focus on how the process will reduce inequalities
• View S75 as both a duty and a source of extra
  authority
• Needs, views and interests reflected in
  decision-making

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Mainstreaming Equality in this Process

• The Mission Renewal, increased prosperity for
  the city, targeted improvements for the most
  deprived
• The Objectives Changing Patterns, growing the
  economy, promoting equality, building
  relationships

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Mainstreaming Participation Inclusion in This
Process

• The Operational Framework, including the SWGs
• The New Research Qualitative Quantitative
• The Data Collectors
• Resulting in
• Objective Needs will be better defined than ever
  before
• Participation Inclusion Over 1,000 people
  have had the opportunity to input to the process
  and have their say so far

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The EQIA

• The mechanism underpinning S75, whereby policies
  are assessed to see how they promote Equality of
  Opportunity
• 7 step process, references impacts on the 9
  equality categories
• Helps deliver better policies and services by
  making sure that these reflect the needs of the
  community
• Helps authorities to think through the impacts of
  their policies
• Helps authorities do good work, not just avoid
  bad work

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Current Indicative Key Dates Milestones

• Quantitative Qualitative Data Collection
  Analysis July-Sept 2009
• Developing Proposals / Interim SWG
  Report Oct-Dec 2009
• Emerging Priorities / First Draft Dec 2009
• Final Draft May 2010
• Consultation May July
• Publish Final Plan / EQIA July 2010

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Plenary SessionIntroduction
Sir Roy McNulty Chair, Ilex URC
25 September 2009
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