Agenda item

            The Committee approved and adopted the minutes of the meeting of the Shared City Partnership held on 5th August, including the recommendations to:

            PEACE IV Secretariat

1.   agree to progress the Supplemental Agreement to the PEACE IV Partnership for new members;

2.   approve the amended TSG governance and agree that representatives and advisors should be sought, as outlined; and

3.   approve the development and revision of the monitoring and evaluation framework in line with SEUPB and PEACE IV Programme requirements.

PEACE IV CYP

1.     note the issues affecting Peace IV Projects; and

2.     ratify the revised implementation approach for CYP1 Tech Connects.

PEACE IV SSS

1.   note the delays in planning permission; and

2.   agree the Resource Allocation criteria and process.

PEACE IV BPR

1.   note the issues affecting PEACE IV projects;

2.   ratify the 3 month extension, revised deliverable timeframe and flexible delivery approach for BPR1 Cross Community Area Networks – Partner Delivery with NIHE;

3.   approve the EU Study Visit criteria and process for BPR4 to enable final submission and formal approval by SEUPB;

4.   agree to progress BPR5 Traveller and Roma elements, as outlined;

5.   agree that a partner approach and/or collaborative partnership should be introduced for BPR5 Traveller and Roma elements, subject to options appraisal and legal opinion;

6.   delegate authority to the PEACE IV programme board and Strategic

      Director of City to approve the identified delivery approach and project proposal for Traveller and Roma elements, ensuring compliance with PEACE IV programme regulations and timescales.

PEACE IV Underspend

1.   Utilise the PEACE IV underspend and progress the proposals for final approval – summarised as

•     extending CYP4 Young Advocates to include a placeshaping element for young people in East Belfast;

•     providing additional connections, landscaping and engineering across the brownfield DfC site from Springfield Road to West Circular Road;

•     approving the addition £26,539 of funding to the Traveller and Roma elements of BPR5; and

•     extending BPR2 Creative Communities project to include an element comprises of a creative project based at St. Comgall’s comprising of research, design and interpretation of a community exhibition.

2.  agree to commence the development of mini application for submission to SEUPB.

Revised Good Relations Strategy

1.   agree the revised Good Relations Strategy, following the public consultation and engagement exercise;

2.   agree to include a foreword to the document, which would be signed by Party Group Leaders prior to the launch; and

3.   agree that the new Strategy would be launched during Community Relations Week in September, 2019.

Update on the Bonfire and Cultural Expression Programme

1.   note the contents of the report, including the recommendation that Mr. J. Byrne be invited to attend the September meeting of the Shared City Partnership to provide an update on his evaluation report of the 2019 Bonfire and Cultural Expression Programme; and

2.   agree to retain the previous independent assessor for 2019 as a way to ensure consistency. Officers will then explore a process to appoint an independent assessor and bring this back to the Partnership prior to the commencement of any programme in 2020.

Other Recommendations

1.   agree that £3,000 be allocated to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Consortium towards events during Human rights Week in December 2019 promoting good relations as identified by the TEO and the Council’s draft Good Relations Strategy, as well as supporting the provision of a venue through the City Hall for particular events, pending availability and suitability;

2.   agree that an amount of up to £1500 towards the costs of speakers, AV and lunches be awarded to the Restorative Practices Forum (NI) for the Restorative Practices Forum (NI) International Conference being held on 14th-15th November 2019;

3.   agree that the Council would support the research proposal into Adolescent Group Interactions, Attitudes and Behaviour, and that the letter would include a reference to the work of the Community and Voluntary sector’ as outlined.

4.   agree that up to £2,000 be awarded to the Department of Justice for the delivery of a community-led cross-interface festival on 21st September, 2019 at Townsend Street, subject to confirmation of similar match-funding from other agencies working with the Forum; and

5.   note the contents of the report providing an update on District Council Good Relations Programme 2019/20.