COMMUNITY, CULTURE & PLANNING DIRECTORATE STIÚRTHÓIREACHT POBAIL, CULTÚR AGUS PLEANÁIL Prepared by/Ullmhaithe ag: Míchael Ó hÉanaigh Director of Services/Stiúrthóir Seirbhísí Community, Culture & Planning / Pobail, Cultúr agus Pleanáil COMMUNITY, CULTURE & PLANNING POBAL, CULTÚR AGUS PLEANÁIL Draft Budgeted Expenditure: €11,106,388 Draft Budgeted Income: €3,144,821 The following sets out the details for each relevant Service Division for the Directorate. Division D DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT BAINISTIÚ FORBRAÍOCHTA Draft Budgeted Expenditure: €7,269,933 Draft Budgeted Income: €2,580,586 (Pages 18-20 of Blue Pages) Division E ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SEIRBHÍSÍ COMHSHAOIL Draft Budgeted Expenditure: €15,000 Draft Budgeted Income: €Nil (Pages 21-23 of Blue Pages ) Division F RECREATION & AMENITY CAITHEAMH AIMSIRE AGUS TAITNEAMHACHT Draft Budgeted Expenditure: €3,797,855 Draft Budgeted Income: €559,735 (Pages 24-25 of Blue Pages) Division H RECREATION & AMENITY CAITHEAMH AIMSIRE AGUS TAITNEAMHACHT Draft Budgeted Expenditure: €23,600 Draft Budgeted Income: €4,500 (Pages 28-30 of Blue Pages) 91 RANNÓG POBAIL AGUS FIONTAIR Le linn beidh an Rannóg Pobail agus Fiontair ag leanacht ar aghaidh le obair le forbairt eacnamúil, sosíalta agus chultúrtha an chontae a chuir chun cinn. Beifear ag diriú ar neithe mar Forbairt Pobal, Forbairt Acmhainní Aitiuíla, Forbairt Shoísíalta, Bainistiú Cisti Airigidis éagsúla. Deanfar bainistiú chomh maith ar Bord Forbartha Chontae Dhún na nGall agus coordnú ar cur í bhfeidhm An Stratéis – Stratéis Eacnamúil, Soisíalta agus Chultúrtha Chontae Dhún na nGall 2012 – 2014. Beidh an Rannóg ag deanamh bainistiú agus coordnú chomh maith ar pé structuír i bhfoirm Coiste Soisíalta agus Eacnamúil a thiocfhaidh í gcomharbacht ar an BFC. Tá strateís nua don tréimhse 2012-2014 láinseáilte anois. Tá príomheachtaí forbartha aitheanta í gcothéacs na strateíse agus beidh siad seo á chuir chun cinn trí réimse de thionscnaimh eagsúla. Bainfhidh na tionscnaimh seo le m.sh. Forbairt Turasoíreacht, Fiontar agus Forbairt Fuinneamh Inathnuaithe. Beidh beim ar leith á chur ar neithe mar Slogadh Dhún na nGall 2013 chomh maith. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISE DIVISION The main functions of the Community, Development and Enterprise Division can be summarised under the following headings: ° Fund Management (Internal and External – including EU Unit) ° Cross Border Networks ° County Development Board / Strategic Policy Development – (Development of New County Coordination Structures) ° Social Inclusion Unit ° Community Development ° Development Support / Local Resource Development ° Play, Recreation and Amenity Development ° Research & Policy ° Tourism / Natural Resource Development ° Economic / Enterprise Development ° Urban & Village Renewal 92 FUND MANAGEMENT (Internal and External – including EU Unit) The Division manages a range of internal and external support funds. Internal Funds During 2012 internal funds as detailed below were managed by the Division: € No. of ProJects/Allocations/Payments Development Fund Initiative 500,000 91 / Community Innovation Fund Members Development Fund 185,000 905 (not including balances carried forward from previous years) Council Bursaries* 10,000 Tourism Development Fund 143,725 10 Total 838,725 1,006 *To be paid out in January 2013. Development Fund Initiative A sum in the amount of €500,000 is included in the 2013 Draft Revenue Budget with an equal allocation of €100,000 to each of the five Electoral Areas in the County. Each Electoral Area will determine its own developmental priorities taking account of any existing legal or multi-annual commitments. Members Development Fund A figure of €185,000 is included in the Draft Revenue Budget for 2013 for the Members Development Fund. This fund enables the provision of support to numerous groups/bodies across a wide range of activities. DCC Sports Bursaries A figure of €10,000 for Sports Bursaries is included in the Draft Revenue Budget for 2013. Tourism Development Fund A figure of €143,725, which includes payroll costs is included in the Draft Revenue Budget 2013 under this heading. This budget will be used to fund the Tourism Development Officer’s post and to provide an allocation to Donegal Tourism Ltd. 93 EXTERNAL FUNDS Peace III Administration Since 2002 Donegal County Council’s Community, Development & Enterprise Unit has been responsible for delivering Peace Funds to the value of €18.7m. The Peace III Programme, which will run until the end of 2013, has seen a further €9.4m worth of funding brought into the County. Donegal Peace III Action Plan 2011-2013 Delivering the Donegal Peace III Action Plan 2011-2013 Donegal County Council’s PEACE III Team has taken a lead role in delivering a range of actions set out in this plan including: ‘One Donegal’ Initiative Building on the work initiated during Phase I, this programme was funded under Phase II for the period 2011 to 2013. The programme focuses on the development and delivery of capacity building; sharing the learning and awareness-raising programmes aimed at the Partnership members, communities, groups, organisations and their leaders in terms of challenging and addressing sectarianism and racism in Donegal. Donegal County Council hosted a very successful “One Donegal Cultural Diversity Month” for a third successive year in November 2012 which included the provision of support to a range of community and voluntary based organisations to host events and activities in their own locality. The “One Donegal Cultural Diversity Month” was highly commended by Chambers Ireland under the Excellence in Local Government Awards for Festival of the Year. These awards showcase best practice in Local Government and highlight some of the great projects that Local Authorities are undertaking. Port na Fáilte Intercultural Resource Centre The Port na Fáilte Intercultural Resource Centre continued to operate during 2012. This time banded project, which is due to conclude in December 2012, was a success story of the PEACE III programme in County Donegal. The centre provided an extensive, countywide programme of supports, activities and research to facilitate ethnic minority communities to participate fully in civic life in Donegal. The legacies of this project include the continuation of the Intercultural Platform for the county, which provides a voice and representation for ethnic minority groups and the continuation of the Independent Incident Reporting Scheme for Sectarian and Racist Incidents. 94 Respecting and Connecting Communities’ proJect This project concluded in September 2012, with an end of project seminar highlighting both the challenges and successes, which transpired during the lifetime of the project. A report entitled “An Integrated Approach to Relationship Building” was launched at the seminar, which was designed to act as a resource to others from the Community, Voluntary and Statutory Sectors who are working towards similar aims and objectives. A copy of the report is available on the County Development Board website at www.donegalcdb.ie . Border Villages Social Integration ProJect. This project was funded under Phase II of the PEACE III Action Plan and is due to run until April 2013. The aim of the programme is to provide a range of activities in border towns and villages aimed at creating greater social cohesion between “new” residents and the local communities. The actions that have been funded to date include the provision of a number of community gardens and related training, the provision of a web based resource to encourage information sharing and publicity that encourages greater participation in community life in the targeted areas and support to a range of activities targeting a number of PEACE III target groups in border towns and villages which will build the social capital in the geographical areas identified. Hands of History ProJect This project funded under Phase II of the PEACE III Action Plan was officially launched in December 2012. This project aims to develop and deliver an innovative series of programmes and events exploring our shared history, and how we remember events of the past, in order to challenge attitudes towards sectarianism and racism, and will develop the capacity of the community to mark these events in an inclusive manner focussing on the potential of a shared future rather than dwelling on and perpetuating the divisions of the past. A key feature of the programme is a legacy event planned for 2013 in conjunction with the NW Cluster and UK City of Culture 2013. EU Unit ° The EU Policy and Funding Unit was established in January 2010. ° There are two main elements to the work of the EU Policy and Funding Unit - Administrative Function and Developmental Function. ° The Unit is a resource to all sections of Donegal County Council. 95 Administrative Function ° The Administrative Function works to ensure that the Council is fully compliant with all financial and administrative responsibilities associated with any funding received under the Interreg IVA, IVB and relevant Peace III programmes as required. The Unit works very closely with the SEUPB in trying to ensure the timely submission of claims. ° The Unit is currently providing administrative and financial back up assistance to 14 projects under the Interreg IVA cross border programme, Interreg IVB and Peace III programmes: 96 Project Title Lead Funding Short description Project Areas Partner Direct Applications to SEUPB Interreg IVA cross border programme SAILWEST Donegal €7,025,046 This project involves