Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council - BPR

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Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC), Leisure & Community Services intend to deliver its Peace IV Local Action Plan as a lead partner for the prog over 40-months from 1 June 2016 - 30 September 2019 with a budget of £2,549,812. This plan will be delivered through a wealth of experience & competencies gained from P3 & with the same 2 staff members who delivered P3, a balanced PIV Partnership & the complementary support of the new Community Plan which is currently being prepared, Good Relations, PCSP within Council. The PIV Partnership is made up through a balance of Elected Members, Social Partners & Key Agencies with expertise of the local area delivering Peace Building & managing EU & Government monies in an equivalent timescale. LCCC PIV prog will build on PIII, tackling hard issues, building capacity & developing cohesive communities within the context of the 3 PIV themes through innovative projects resulting in a sustainable approach to PB. Section 1 outlines the contribution of the project to the defined results & outputs of the programme. This includes 5 x Children and Young People (CYP 0-24) projects, achieving 714 young people by end of 2018 & 840 by the end of 2020; 3 x Shared Spaces & Services (SSS) projects under 1 action plan & 5 x Building Positive Relations (BPR) projects under 1 action plan. The project results include improved leadership, self-esteem, confidence, empathy, rights & equality for all for CYP. SSS result will explore new shared spaces, difficult issues (visible/invisible) in the area & develop the PIV partnership. BPR will increase cultural awareness & respect for diversity, capacity, reduce isolation, polarisation, division, prejudice, sectarianism, racism between/among groups. Section 3 is the proposed design & SMART Activity Targets & Project Activities for the 3 PIV themes. It is very specific & provides the proposed activity, beneficiaries, outcome, resources, cost, timetable for delivery, targets and measures of success, monitoring & method of evaluation designed from the comprehensive SMART co-design process & research in Annex 3 & 4 The quality of cross-community (Belfast PIV & different communities in LCCC) & cross-border cooperation (Louth, Monaghan & Cavan PIV) & added value in Section 3 includes work in a predominantly single identity Council community. A cross-council approach (as well as the cross border activities) will ensure balance for activities with issues of rural isolation, urban deprivation, youth & employment challenges as common themes. It will also take account of the BME, Key Institutions & faith based community & all Section 75 groups, with a strong focus on building positive relations, promoting cultural expression & exploring shared history. Section 4 covers the strategic policy & context of national/local strategies & additionality explores the gap analysis to ensure the plan fully complements across all of its actions while displacement benefits are accounted for by reduced benefits elsewhere in the target area. Section 5 details the need & demand for the area identified from P3, CP, recent comprehensive GR audit & the PIV consultation/engagement process including public meetings; co-design workshops, focus groups; one2one sessions & extensive desk research & key learning from P3. Section 6 outlines the project options considered & a range of options for project & design. Priority considerations for the success of the PIV prog were considered under the 3 x PIV themes including the full range of researched element with options for tender, partner delivery & partnership delivery presented. Section 7 shows the budget & financial projections, learning & value for money, effective monitoring & evaluation, management support, training, procurement, reporting, managing contracts & achieving prog objectives. Annex 5-10 include all details. Section 8 records a full risk register & associated risks & the mitigation strategy across a the SEUPB programme budget allocation, Brexit implications, truncated programme implications, exchange rate fluctuation, financial Irregularities, tendered prog/tender management; & non- compliance with (SEUPB) PIV funding scheme requirements. Section 9 includes Horizontal Principles – Sustainable Development & Equality which will be aligned & comply with the Sustainable Development Strategy adopted by the EC in June 2006 as well as the NI Sustainable Development Strategies 6 guiding principles. Section 10 covers the management arrangements, project delivery, resourcing & governance. Section 11 explains the communications & marketing plan to ensure widespread support & recognition of the PIV via different social mediums & media platforms. It will enhance benefits & impacts of the peace prog clearly & frequently communicate all activities in local/national media. Section 12 includes the monitoring & evaluation plan framework which will assist delivery agents to demonstrate what the results & outputs of their activities are & how to track & measure progress to show how they have contributed to the prog result & output indicators. Monitoring of each of the projects will be undertaken through regular update reports on the results & outputs by the project delivery agents back to the Partnership & results will be disseminated. Finally, Section 13 concludes with an Exit Strategy showing the aims to build a sustainable legacy for PB in the area. It will show the durability of the outputs & results & encourage an appetite among local people sustainable long term engagement & secure the long term sustainability of the prog to include: Strategy for sustainable peace building: Leadership for sustained change. Partnership for sustainable peace building. Evaluating results. Legacy planning from within projects.

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