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Democratising Governance in Transition
Groundwork NI, in partnership with Intercomm, has been awarded £439,000 from the EU’s PEACE III Programme under Priority 2.2 Key Institutional Capacities are developed for a Shared Society to deliver the DGIT programme.
The DGIT programme is a unique partnership between local residents and the public sector. The aim of the project is to improve service delivery and maximise resource provision at the point of need, especially in interface areas. DGIT seeks to do this by:
Working with three interface community partnerships, in Duncairn Gardens, Whitewell in North Belfast and the Bishop St/Fountain area in Derry/Londonderry, new models of collaborative working will be developed. Using an evidence-based approach, with GIS Mapping, a range of skills and knowledge will be developed by local residents.
Using a community-based model of SROI (Social Return on Investment) local people will be able to monitor and evaluate local service provision. Such skills and knowledge will be captured in a project toolkit that can be adapted to the needs of other communities and services for a better quality of life.
For further information on DGIT please contact Ciaran Shannon on 028 90749494 or ciaranshannon@groundworkni.co.uk
Bryon Bland from the Stanford Centre on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) facilitates the DGIT Collaborative Leadership Programme with Ciarán Shannon, DGIT Manager, John Loughran, Intercomm.
Groundwork NI and Intercomm are delighted to announce that the initial phase of its Collaborative Leadership programme which was launched in Templepatrick on the 13th and 14th September 2011 has been a success. This residential event was attended by representatives from over twenty key statutory organisations, local authorities, community organisations and politicians from North Belfast and Derry. The two day residential was facilitated by internationally renowned academic and associate director of the Stanford Centre on International Conflict and Negotiation in California, Bryon Bland.
Bland also visited Derry on Friday 16th September to meet with key interface workers and facilitated a round table discussion with community and statutory representatives from across the city. This session was hosted the Peace & Reconciliation Centre and had been arranged as part of the DGIT Programme as a result of discussions with Michael Doherty from the group. While in Derry Byron also had the opportunity to meet local political representatives including Junior Minister Martina Anderson.
In keeping with the ethos of the DGIT Programme, Byron also facilitated discussions focusing on the proposed development at Girdwood, which is being led by Belfast City Council. He also spent time with Newtownabbey Borough Council officials, councilors and community representatives looking at the proposed development of Valley Park as a shared space.
