Agenda item

            The Committee approved and adopted the minutes of the meeting of the Shared City Partnership held on 7th December, including the recommendations:

                            i.          that Councillor O’Hara be elected to serve as Deputy Chairperson for the Shared City Partnership until May, 2021;

                          ii.          to note the Revised Action Plan 20/21 which was submitted to The Executive Office summarising the subsequent changes that have been approved after the previous submission;

                         iii.          to note that 5k has been awarded under delegated authority to The Hubb, as previously agreed, as part of the North Belfast Diversionary Project;

                         iv.          to recommend to the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee that the contribution to the Clean Green Inclusive and Safe Initiative from the Good Relations Action budget be increased to £7,550, so that the project can progress in year;

                          v.          that Forward South be offered additional support of up to £7k for the Roma helpline, until 31st March 2021, to allow a continuation of service and ensure a smooth transition to the Peace IV project;

                         vi.          to note the opening of the two funding programmes under the Council’s Community Recovery Support Grants Scheme and to forward the information to their contacts as widely as possible;

                        vii.          to approve the re-profiling request from Duncairn Community Partnership to upgrade their current technology capability to accommodate the on-line delivery of good relations programmes targeting young people and new communities;

                      viii.          to invite representatives from the IFI Programme to present on their work at a future meeting of the Partnership;

                         ix.          to recommend that the Council engages in social media and other relevant communication mediums to provide a message of support to EU nationals living in the city, acknowledging their contribution to Belfast and stipulating that the Council wishes them to stay and would encourage them to apply to the EU settlement scheme; and

                          x.          to also call on all employers and civic society organisations across the greater Belfast area to issue a similar statement to that above, acknowledging the contributions of EU citizens to Belfast, stipulating that they should stay and encouraging them to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.

            Peace IV

                            i.          to note the report in relation to the PEACE IV Secretariat and agree that further clarification from SEUPB in terms of modifications be sought;

                          ii.          following a presentation by MDL on Dialogue and Engagement of Forth Meadow Community Greenway, to note the next steps of developing the management model and further engagement with the West Area Working Group;

                         iii.          to note the report and progress on the Shared Spaces and Services theme;

                         iv.          to note the report and update in relation to projects within the Children and Young People’s theme;

                          v.          in terms of the Building Positive Relations theme, to agree:

a.      that costs (£4,500) and time for the BPR3 NICVA researcher be permitted under the current contract;

b.      BPR3 - the Resource Allocation for Year 1 area cluster projects (£4k) be realigned into the Year 2 cluster area in instances where there is low/no take up and re-engagement; and

c.      BPR4 - Belfast and the World - to realign Year 3 targets into year 4 targets.