Strategy Board
Jointly chaired by the Mayor Alderman Maurice Devenney and Sir Roy McNulty and administered by Derry City Council. Its membership brings together the MP, MLAs, Councillors, the North West Development Office, Ilex, the University of Ulster and North West Regional College, Western Health & Social Care Trust, the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, the North West Region Cross Border Group, the Local Strategy Partnership, Neighbourhood Renewal Partnerships, Foyle Women's Information Network, Foyle Learning Community, Early Years, Derry Trades Council and the North West Community.
The Strategy Board provides strategic direction and comment on City issues including the Regeneration Plan and its emerging priorities. Please contact us at:
The Strategy Board
Derry City Council
98 Strand Road
Derry
BT48 7NN
Tel: (028) 7136 5151
Fax: (028) 7126 4858
EQIA Process
Click here for more information on the EQIA process for the Regeneration Plan.
On behalf of the Strategy Board, Ilex has announced the publication of the Equality Impact Assessment Report (EQIA), which examines the potential impacts of the draft Regeneration Plan on citizens. In line with the city’s ongoing commitment to mainstreaming equality, the EQIA evaluates in detail the potential impact of the regeneration themes on Section 75 groups.
Highlighting the importance of the EQIA, the Mayor, Councillor Colum Eastwood said: “The EQIA document reviews in substantial detail each of the five themes proposed in the draft Regeneration Plan. It considers how the themes might impact on the Section 75 groups and those most disadvantaged in our community. Not only does it examine the draft Regeneration Plan for adverse impact, it goes much further in considering whether or not there are positive impacts across disadvantaged groups or individuals”.
Chairman of Ilex, Sir Roy McNulty said: “The EQIA is the third and final part of the regeneration planning process. Throughout the consultation period Ilex has pioneered innovative methods including the commissioning of the first-ever econometric model at ward level containing an equality component; a city-wide survey undertaken by the people of the city examining all aspects of life in Derry ~ Londonderry; and now the integration of these ground-breaking methods within this comprehensive EQIA. In so doing, we are ensuring that impacts, positive and negative, are evaluated and we are demonstrating best practice in line with Equality Commission guidelines”.
The consultation period on the EQIA closes on February 28th 2011.
Copies of the EQIA (222 pages) can be downloaded here
Click here to download the EQIA A3 size tables
Queries about the EQIA should be addressed to Ilex, tel. 028 7126 9226.
For further information contact Mo Durkan, Ilex - 028 7126 9226 or 07917 544297
Background Notes:
Equality Impact Assessments (EQIAs)
Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (the Act) places the following statutory requirements on each public authority:
(1) A public authority shall in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity
a) between persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation;
b) between men and women generally;
c) between persons with a disability and persons without; and
d) between persons with dependants and persons without.
(2) Without prejudice to its obligations under subsection (1), a public authority shall in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland have regard to the desirability of promoting good relations between persons of different religious belief, political opinion or racial group.
For further information, please click on:
www.equalityni.org/archive/pdf/PracticalGuidanceEQIA0205.pdf
The
Regeneration Plan proposes five transformational themes:-
- Employment and the economy
- Education and skills
- Building better communities
- Health and well being
- Sustainable and connected City Region
from which
eleven catalyst programmes have been identified: -
- Growing the Digital Economy
- Accelerating growth of Tourism and Cultural Economy through the UK City of Culture Framework
- Establish a Co-operative and Social Enterprise Hub
- Early intervention in Education
- Strategy for Skills Escalation and Employment
- Higher Education expansion, particularly the University
- Foyle Valley Gateway
- Quality places, spaces and neighbourhoods
- Early intervention in Health
- Eco-City
- Implementation of the Integrated Transport Strategy