Centre for Cross Border Cooperation

Delighted to have attended the Centre for Cross Border Cooperation dissemination event on North-South implementation bodies. Such great insights on the need for an all island perspective for growth, well-being and peace. (Apologies for very bad picture, please appreciate the intention)

Delighted to attend the Sir George Quigley Annual Lecture organised by Centre for Cross Border Cooperation, with two fabulous role models giving the address, Margaret Hearty CEO of InterTradeIreland and Alice Mansergh CEO of Tourism Ireland

Our Chief Executive Margaret Hearty delivered this year’s Sir George Quiqley lecture with Alice Mansergh the Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland. The Centre for Cross Border Cooperation hosts the annual event to honor the vision of Sir George, who believed that a vital element of a sustainable peace process on the island was through strong economic and business cooperation to harness the enormous potential which businesses, public bodies, local authorities and communities in both parts of the island have to offer. Margaret highlighted the unique role and significant contribution that InterTradeIreland has played over the last 25 years to grow trade, collaboration and prosperity on the island of Ireland. #25 #WeAreInterTradeIreland.

📢Did you hear?.... PEACEPLUS is investing €40m in local projects! Do you work with community groups in Northern Ireland or border counties? Learn more and help us spread the word about the PEACEPLUS #PeaceChangeMakers small grants schemes at the first stakeholder briefing this coming Friday! 📍#Monaghan 🕐10.30am 📅13 Dec ✍https://lnkd.in/eFJUUq8N Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) - European Funding Co-operation Ireland Rural Action East Border Region Ltd Department for Communities Department of Rural and Community Development

📣 Participants needed!! Are you an EU national living and working in Northern Ireland? We'd love to hear from you! The MES-AIE "Migrant and Employer Strategies post Brexit in an all-island economy" project looks at the experiences of European citizens in Northern Ireland after Brexit (Here is the link to the project https://lnkd.in/eTyRhu_M ) We are particularly interested in hearing from people who arrived in the last 4-5 years, after the EU Settlement Scheme had already closed, and who therefore had to apply for a visa, but we’re also interested in the experiences of people who have been here for a longer time. We particularly welcome people who work in these sectors: 🏥 Healthcare 🏭 Manufacturing 🛏️ Hospitality 💻 IT or financial services. The interviews will last no more than half an hour and will be entirely anonymous and confidential. If you're interested in participating or if you want to know more, feel free to contact me here or by email at mes@qub.ac.uk. Please also share this with other EU friends or family. Thank you very much!

Trade and tourism This year's Sir George Quigley Annual Memorial Lecture will discuss trade and tourism. Join us on Thursday 12 December from 12pm in Armagh as we find out about "Expanding the horizons of trade and tourism on the island of Ireland". We're looking forward to hearing from Margaret Hearty (Chief Executive at InterTradeIreland), Alice Mansergh (Chief Executive at Tourism Ireland) and Economist Maureen O'Reilly (Senior Research Associate at the CCBC). Cross-border trade is at an all-time high of €12 billion/£10 billion (a). In 2019, visitors' expenditure was €4,874 million in the Republic of Ireland and €672 million in Northern Ireland (b). Tickets to the Lecture are still available at http://bit.ly/4181QVP Two photographs: Margaret Hearty (Chief Executive, InterTradeIreland) and Alice Mansergh (Chief Executive, Tourism Ireland). Sources: (a) https://lnkd.in/eYQba5d6 (b) https://lnkd.in/eREDaccm

Our latest Border-Zine has been published and can be read online at https://bit.ly/41lGrIL. Articles include the All-island labour market report, Tourism Ireland's Global Internships, Technological University Dublin's Dutch delegation visit, British Council Northern Ireland's Study USA programme and East Border Region Ltd's Mini Digi Hubs project. Picture: Cllr Paddy Meade (Chairman), Pamela Arthurs (Chief Executive) and Cllr Alan McDowell (Vice Chairman) from East Border Region.

Last Tuesday evening I travelled down to Enniskillen to deliver a training session on using NISRA data to build a community profile. We looked at NISRA's Census Area Explorer tool, the new NI Local Statistics Explorer tool and some of the datasets on the NISRA data portal including the NI Multiple Deprivation Measure. This was a practical session (as you can see from the photo). It was a great group of staff and volunteers from a diverse range of organisations who you could see were passionate about their work. Thanks to Yvonne Corbett Rural Community Network for the invite and to Sonya Fermanaghtrust for organising the session as part of their Investing in Community Leadership programme.

Our 16th Quarterly Survey on the conditions for North-South and East-West Cooperation is open for your response. We're inviting civic society organisations and local authorities to participate. The survey will take 5 minutes and can be accessed at https://lnkd.in/eBJbaNsJ December can be a busy month so why not complete the survey today?

We have a few tickets available for this year's Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture on Thursday 12 December from 12 noon in Armagh City Hotel. Margaret Hearty (Chief Executive of InterTradeIreland) and Alice Mansergh (Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland) will discuss 'Expanding the horizons of trade and tourism on the island of Ireland'. The Centre's Senior Research Associate, Maureen O'Reilly, will chair the discussion. Tickets can be booked at https://bit.ly/4181QVP