Minister O’Brien launches video to support the Guide for Inclusive Community Engagement in Local Planning and Decision Making
Minister of State for Community Development, Integration and Charities, Joe O’Brien, has officially launched a new video which aims to support local decision makers, to ensure that disadvantaged communities have real opportunities to be heard in local planning and decision-making processes.
The video features a wide range of stakeholders who highlight the importance of engagement at local level, ensuring that the most marginalised are involved with developing policy, or future decisions that affect their communities.
The video complements the previously published ‘Guide for Inclusive Community Engagement in Local Planning and Decision Making’ which was co-produced by the Department of Rural and Community Development with Pobal, Community Work Ireland (CWI) and the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN), and supported by the Dormant Accounts Fund, which is managed by the department.
The guide provides a range of materials to organisations to assist them with implementing key principles and processes associated with inclusive engagement.