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W Final Progress Report 1 Table of Contents OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 5 KEY HIGHLIGHTS ...................................................................................................................................... 6 SELECTED ANNOUNCEMENTS & DEVELOPMENTS IN H2 2017 .......................................................... 7 Scorecard: Actions July 2017 – December 2017 ................................................................................... 10 FINAL UPDATE ON ACTION ITEMS ........................................................................................................ 12 THEME 1 DUBLIN – A STEP UP IN ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ................................................... 12 A sustained focus on Transformation and Investment ................................................................. 12 Leveraging our distinctive enterprise mix ..................................................................................... 15 Excellence and scale in research and development through national collaborations ................. 15 Innovative procurement – a win: win ........................................................................................... 17 Collaboration across Local Authorities … Delivering more … ....................................................... 18 Connecting locally – creating shared value................................................................................... 20 The importance of attractive world class property solutions ....................................................... 20 THEME 2 A CHANGING SECTORAL DYNAMIC ............................................................................... 22 Deepening resilience – a strong enterprise mix in Dublin ............................................................ 22 Theme 3 DUBLIN – A WORLD CLASS START-UP CITY ................................................................... 28 Raising Dublin’s profile internationally and nationally as a start-up hub ..................................... 28 A joined-up offering on enterprise space for start-ups ................................................................ 29 Strengthening start-up capabilities for sustainable growth ......................................................... 30 Realising untapped entrepreneurship potential ........................................................................... 31 THEME 4 DUBLIN – 21ST CENTURY TALENT FOR ENTERPRISE ...................................................... 33 Strengthening collaborative dialogue between education and enterprise .................................. 33 Establishing a Technological University of Dublin ........................................................................ 33 International students… raising Dublin’s profile and making connections .................................. 34 Dublin – a hub for hackathons ...................................................................................................... 35 Career focused education ............................................................................................................. 36 THEME 5 DUBLIN – CITY OF THE WORLD THAT FEELS LIKE A VILLAGE ........................................ 38 Celebrating and promoting difference ......................................................................................... 38 Dublin as a Gateway nationally and internationally ..................................................................... 39 Making connections: Dublin-Belfast Corridor ............................................................................... 40 THEME 6 DUBLIN – THE ‘IDEAS CAPITAL’ ..................................................................................... 42 Smart Dublin ................................................................................................................................. 42 Design thinking in action ............................................................................................................... 44 Measures Deferred or Reconsidered ............................................................................................... 46 Appendix 1 Third Progress Report – H1 2017 .................................................................................. 48 Selected Announcements & Developments in H1 2017 .................................................................. 49 2 ACTION UPDATES.............................................................................................................................. 51 THEME 1 DUBLIN – A STEP UP IN ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ................................................... 51 A sustained focus on Transformation and Investment ................................................................. 51 Leveraging our distinctive enterprise mix ..................................................................................... 54 Excellence and scale in research and development through national collaborations ................. 55 Innovative procurement – a win: win ........................................................................................... 56 Collaboration across Local Authorities … Delivering more … ....................................................... 57 Connecting locally – creating shared value................................................................................... 59 Raising the bar for small and micro enterprises – delivering greater economic impact .............. 60 The importance of attractive world class property solutions ....................................................... 61 THEME 2 A CHANGING SECTORAL DYNAMIC ............................................................................... 61 Enabling clustering with scale and international visibility ............................................................ 61 Deepening resilience – a strong enterprise mix in Dublin ............................................................ 61 Theme 3 DUBLIN – A WORLD CLASS START-UP CITY ................................................................... 68 Raising Dublin’s profile internationally and nationally as a start-up hub ..................................... 68 A joined-up offering on enterprise space for start-ups ................................................................ 70 Strengthening start-up capabilities for sustainable growth ......................................................... 72 Realising untapped entrepreneurship potential ........................................................................... 73 Theme 4 DUBLIN – 21ST CENTURY TALENT FOR ENTERPRISE ...................................................... 74 Strengthening collaborative dialogue between education and enterprise .................................. 74 Establishing a Technological University of Dublin ........................................................................ 74 International students… raising Dublin’s profile and making connections .................................. 75 Embedding entrepreneurialism, design-thinking and creativity in our next generation ............. 75 Dublin – a hub for hackathons ...................................................................................................... 76 Career focussed education ........................................................................................................... 76 Theme 5 DUBLIN – CITY OF THE WORLD THAT FEELS LIKE A VILLAGE ........................................ 78 Celebrating and promoting difference ......................................................................................... 78 Dublin as a Gateway nationally and internationally ..................................................................... 79 Making connections: Dublin-Belfast Corridor ............................................................................... 80 Theme 6 DUBLIN – THE ‘IDEAS CAPITAL’ ..................................................................................... 81 Smart Dublin ................................................................................................................................. 81 Design thinking in action ............................................................................................................... 84 3 4 OVERVIEW This is the fourth and final Progress Report from the Implementation Committee established to oversee and monitor implementation of the measures contained in the Dublin Region Action Plan for Jobs 2016-2018. The report outlines progress made on measures due for completion up to and including the second half of 2017, as well as closing out the actions for the 2016-2018 period. The Action Plan for Jobs for the Dublin Region was launched in January 2016. The core objective of the Plan is to support the creation of an extra 66,000 jobs across the county by 2020 through the delivery of 101 collaborative actions focused on increasing the number of entrepreneurs/start-ups, developing the capacity of existing enterprises, with further actions targeted at promoting Dublin as an attractive home for talent and creativity. Increasing the number of people in employment by 66,000 by 2020 represents a 10 percent growth in the numbers employed in the region since Q1 20151. This represents an important contribution to the target, as set out in the Programme for a Partnership Government, of creating 200,000 extra jobs by 2020. The Regional Action Plans are