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Chartered Instiute of Housing - Norhern Ireland
Policy & Politics: Urban Regeneration and Neighbourhood Renewal.

South Belfast Partnership Board’s reapprasial of the Peace I spending analysis casts significant doubt on how accurately Peace I spending was evaluated. Written by Lee Reynolds, assisted by Gareth Downey.

Northern Ireland Assembly
Committee for Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment: Submission to the Social Development Committee’s Inquiry into Urban Regeneration and Community Development in Northen Ireland.

EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation: 2000 - 2004.  Programme Complement. EU Operational Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland.  Yes, it is as boring and inaccessible as it sounds - all 283 pages of it!  It’s, as usual, a pdf document, so you’ll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader -  click here to get it.

CAIN Web Service: Terry Robson
Chapter from the book: ‘The State and Community Action’. From Part II: The Case Studies, 6 - ‘Northern Ireland: The Evolution of a Counter-Hegemony’.

Training for Women Network Online
TWN provides information and assistance to all women’s groups and voluntary and community organisations that deliver women’s training and development.

Institute For Conflict Research
Submission On Community Relations Strategy For Northern Ireland, November 2001, prepared by Marie Smyth. Pdf document - you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to get it.

The Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs, Seventh Report, June 2003.
Highlights the problems faced by the community and voluntary sectors in accessing funding - caused, mainly, by truly breath-taking administrative incompetence.  Our pedantic bureaucrats, bean-counters and robotic apparatchiks have not, of course, taken a blind bit of notice. If you wish, you may download a pdf version of the report - click here to do so.  You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to get it.

New Sector, Issue 53: Crisis in Northern Ireland
Conal McFeely argues that Northern Ireland’s vibrant voluntary sector is suffering from the lack of effective long-term government strategy.

Community Services Group
Social Inclusion and Libraries: A Resource Guide.  Initiatives in Northern Ireland.

New TSN
The New Targeting Social Need (New TSN) Unit.

Donegall Pass From the 1970s
Taken from a project paper written by Mrs Anne McAllister, a housewife, mother and volunteer born, raised and living in an inner-city interface area.

Towards A Community Relations Strategy For Donegall Pass
A report by Dr David Officer which measures the  development and impact of community development and community relations activity in the Donegall Pass area and identifies priorities for the future.

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is a delivery body for the following Peace II Measures:
2.3 Skilling and Building the Social Economy (closed).
2.4a Pathways to Inclusion and 2.6 Active Citizenship (closed).
2.4b Integration and Reconciliation of Victims (ESF) (closed).
2.6 Active Citizenship (closed).
2.7 Developing Weak Community Infrastructure (main grants closed; small grants - up to £10,000 - open).
2.8 Accompanying Capital for 2.4a and 2.4b (closed).
CFNI is a partner in two cross-border measures:
5.3 Developing Cross Border Reconciliation & Cultural Understanding (ERDF) (closed).
5.4 Joint Approaches to Social, Education, Training & Human Resources Development (ESF) (largely allocated, still open).

Combat Poverty Agency
Combat Poverty is one of the intermediary funding bodies responsible for implementing two cross-border measures in partnership with the Community Foundation of Northern Ireland and Co-operation Ireland.

Co-operation Ireland
An Intermediary Funding Body (IFB) responsible for implementing the following measures:
5.1 Increasing Cross-Border Economic Opportunities
5.3 Developing Cross Border Reconciliation & Cultural Understanding
5.4 Joint Approaches to Social, Education, Training & Human Resources Development
Measure 5.1 is administered by Co-operation Ireland, alone. Measures 5.3 and 5.4 are administered by a consortium comprising Co-operation Ireland, Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)/Area Development Management (ADM), and the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.

Educational Guidance Service for Adults
EGSA provides “funding to organisations and groups through our Intermediary Funding Body (IFB) role in Peace II. We are contracted by the Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB) to administer that part of the Programme which aims to improve the level of Essentials Skills“… particularly among those who have been affected by the conflict and those whose existing employment is threatened.”

NIPPA - The Early Years Organisation
NIPPA is an IFB responsible for grants under measures:
Measure 2.5 One-off grants of up to £3,000 will be available for setting up; strengthening projects; or for staff training. These grants may also be used to provide technical assistance for applicants and projects which show potential but require further work before a final decision on a project can be made.
Revenue grants are available of up to £50,000 towards eligible costs associated with existing or new provision ie expenditure on rent, salaries, national insurance, office overheads, training fees and essential travel
Measure 2.8 Small one-off capital grants towards adaptations for children with special needs, assistance with provision of outdoor play space, equipment, building and other capital costs. There will be no funds available for large capital grants.

Northern Ireland Rural Development Council - Rural Development Programme
Measure 1.2b Sustainable Tourism Development based on shared natural and cultural resources (NI) - Natural Resource Rural Tourism
Measure 1.7b Diversification of Agricultural Activities and Activities close to Agriculture to provide Multiple Activities or Alternative Incomes (NI) - Part-Time Employment
Measure Measure 1.10a Basic Services for the Rural Economy and Population (NI) - Retail
Measure Measure 1.10b Basic Services for the Rural Economy and Population (NI) - ICT
Measure 2.9a Renovation and Development of Villages and Protection and Conservation of the Rural Heritage (NI) - Single Identity
Measure 2.9b Renovation and Development of Villages and Protection and Conservation of the Rural Heritage (NI) - Village Pride
Measure 2.10 Encouragement for Tourist and Craft Activities (NI) - Local Identity Culture and Heritage
Measure 4.4 Setting up of Farm Relief and Farm Management Services
Measure 4.6 Basic Services for the Rural Economy and Population
Measure 4.7 Renovation and Development of Villages and Protection and Conservation of the Rural Heritage
Measure 4.8 Diversification of Agricultural Activities and Activities Close to Agriculture to Provide Multiple Activities or Alternative Incomes
Measure 4.9 Development and Improvement of Infrastructure Connected with the Development of Agriculture
Measure 4.10 Encouragement for Tourist and Craft Activities
Measure 4.11 Protection of the Environment in Connection with Agriculture, Forestry, and Landscape Conservation as well as the Improvement of Animal Welfare
Measure 4.12 Financial Engineeering
Measure 5.6a Agriculture and Rural Development Co-operation - Cross-border Community Development

Northern Ireland Community Relations Council - Link to the Community Relations Council’s Peace II Web Page.

Playboard NI
Measure 1.5 Positive Action for Women

Proteus (NI) Ltd
This organisation has been appointed as an Intermediary Funding Body under Peace II, with responsibility for some elements of Measure 1.3 (New Skills and New Opportunities).  This is a measure intended to develop a culture of lifelong learning and to support the economic transition of Northern Ireland and the Border Region. The measure is also linked to the ESF Policy Field of Lifelong Learning.

Special European Union Programmes Body
Site giving an overview of the Peace II Programme and the various priorities and measures.

Training for Women Network Online
Training for Women Network Ltd is responsible for administering funds under:
Priority 1 - Economic Renewal
“The programme priority aims to realise the economic opportunities which peace brings while at the same time meeting the challenge of replacing employment which will be lost in traditional sectors and assisting individuals employed in those sectors in making the transition to other sustainable employment.”
Measure 5 - Positive Action for Women
“This measure will support activities, which improve women’s access to, and participation in, the labour market. It will assist in improving further participation by women, support entrepreneurship and develop women's access to emerging work opportunities deriving from peace.”
“The aim of the priority and measure is to improve women's access to and participation in, the labour market and to improve entrepreneurship among women.”
Activities
• The promotion of entrepreneurship as an option for women.
• Identification of barriers, which impede women from entering and progressing within the labour market.
• Support for confidence building actions and basic skills development.
• Providing skill enhancement and training, which promotes access to employment and career development.