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5Economic Development

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5.1 Sustainable Economic Objectives

Outlined in this section are the economic objectives and actions of this LECP. The objectives are reflec-tive of the inter-agency and collaborative discussions which formed the basis of this LECP. They represent a framework for the sustainable enhancement of Kerry’s economy and community. Each objective is aligned to a higher level goal.

The objectives in this section are followed by an exten-sive list of actions. The actions are all time bound with clear measurable outcomes. The actions sit under the specific higher level goals which form the basis of this plan, while these goals can be examined in isolation they are also interdependent with the aim of econom-ic stimulation and growth and the promotion of the county as a place to work, invest, live and visit.

The actions proposed are intrinsically linked with the South West Regional Action Plan for Jobs (2015-2017) (SWRAPJ) and the Kerry County Development Plan (2015-2021) which in themselves have significant economic and community development content.

5.1.1 The Tourism Strategy

Tourism is a major industry in the county and it offers the greatest potential for growth throughout the county. To reflect the importance of this industry and the impact it has on all aspects of life in Kerry a sepa-rate Tourism Strategy has been developed and is an integral part of the overall LECP. Reference is made to the major tourism objectives in the following section, but this document must be read in conjunction with the Kerry Tourism Strategy.

The following provides a brief overview of the Tourism Strategy for the County.

County Kerry has a significant dependency on tourism, with over 20% of the workforce dependent, in some form, on tourism. In 2015, Kerry had more than 1million overseas visitors bringing an estimated €260 million to Kerry, 40% of which came from visitors from North America, 33% from mainland Europe and almost 20% from Great Britain. In 2015, Kerry also attracted an estimated 700,000 visits from Irish residents, spending €157 million. Kerry currently attracts 13% of all over-seas visitors and just over 9% of total domestic trips.

Because of the significance of the tourism industry to the county, it was decided by Kerry County Council to work with Destination Kerry Forum to develop a specific Tourism Strategy, to complement the Local Economic and Community Plan, 2016-2022. While tourism in Kerry has been quite successful over the years, it is also accepted that there is a need to contin-ually improve the tourism offering and not to become complacent with the tourism product that is currently available. County Kerry would like to be at the fore-front of setting the standard for tourism, nationally and internationally.

The Tourism Strategy has been developed, in a consul-tative manner, over the past year and with inputs from many different organisations and people. It is an over-arching framework under which various initiatives and actions will take place, over the life of the strategy. The implementation of the strategy will be overseen by Destination Kerry Tourism Forum and they, in turn, will report on progress to Kerry County Council.

Our vision is to maximise, in a sustainable manner, tourism’s contribution to the quality of life, economy, employment and local community development of County Kerry, paying particular attention to nurturing the natural, built and cultural heritage of the county.

The overall objectives are to increase the number of visitors and their time spent in the county, but to do so in a manner that is sustainable; to increase the tourism season across the county but, in particular, in areas where the tourism season is short; to increase the number, breadth, depth and quality of the tourism experiences across the county; and to encourage tour-ists to return to Kerry in the future, based on their previous positive experience.

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The objectives contained in the Tourism Strategy can be summarised as follows:

Achieving Higher StandardsThe standard of facilities and services varies across the county and this strategy envisages that a set of standards will be established for facilities and services (including making them more age-friendly) and, over time, the standards will be raised across the county. This will not only enhance the tourism offering but it should also encourage other tourism providers to come to Kerry to see what is regarded as best-in-class.

Under the Destination Kerry Tourism Forum, we will establish two groups, one to oversee the raising of standards for attractions and the other for activities, through a programme called ‘Working towards Excel-lence’

Extending the Tourist SeasonA key challenge for ensuring the sustainability of tourism and maintaining all-year jobs, is to extend the tourism season beyond the traditional high-summer peak season, which can be as short as six weeks, in some cases. There are already examples of how certain areas in Kerry have taken the opportunity to organise events on the shoulder of the high summer season and these have been quite successful.

Deepening and Broadening the Tourism Expe-rience, with Emphasis on Real and Authentic ExperiencesTourists today expect to have real and authentic experiences and the challenge for this strategy is to ensure that tourists are provided with a broad range

of relevant activities that suits people of different ages, interests and abilities. Through the greater use of smart technologies and by having suitably skilled people delivering the activities in a professional manner, many of these experiences can also be deepened and made more meaningful and interesting for tourists.

Building a Sustainable Future for TourismSustainable tourism requires that the natural heritage, the built environment and the cultural heritage are nurtured and looked after in such a manner that they will continue to be available for future generations.

Supporting Effective Partnerships at Local, National and International LevelsProviding an attractive tourism product across County Kerry requires effective cooperation between many different people, organisations and companies (both public and private). In the preparation of this strat-egy, a high level of cooperation was evident, for most organisations. This will now be built upon as part of the implementation of the strategy. The overall impact of the strategy will be very much dependent on maintain-ing those effective partnerships.

Tourism Strategy Proposed Action PlansThe Tourism Strategy has been structured to achieve these overall objectives through the development of Action Plans covering the following areas:

• Adventure• Environment, Natural & Cultural Heritage• Infrastructure• Community Tourism, Events & Festivals• Education• Enterprise & Innovation• Branding & Marketing

The detailed actions in respect of same are contained within the strategy.

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1.1Support Existing Business in Kerry

Objectives1.1.1 Co-ordinate the economic development

role of public service agencies in the county/region to maximise the benefits and impact on the business environment of Kerry.

1.1.2 Encourage a pro-business environment while strengthening and sustaining the ex-isting business base.

1.1.3 Actively promote the economic and social benefits of the retail economy.

1.1.4 Aim to position Kerry as a retail centre of excellence.

1.1.5 Enhance the consumer experience and at-tractiveness of town centres for shopping.

1.2Attract Investment to Kerry

Objectives

1.2.1 Support and sustainably develop sites for significant FDI and indigenous investment

1.2.2 Develop sites to support innovative hubs and co-working spaces.

1.3Sustainably Maximise Growth Opportunities

for KerryObjectives

1.3.1 Seek to sustainably maximise growth op-portunities in the county through co-op-erating in co-ordinated economic develop-ment and employment creation proposals at a regional level.

1.3.2 Seek to develop a cluster economy in Kerry in the context of the strengths of the overall region.

1.3.3 Enhance opportunities for local and global sourcing of supply and market share.

1.3.4 Advance specific economic development objectives through sourcing of EU funding.

1.3.5 Develop the agricultural/food economy in the county, resulting in increased incomes for the sector.

1.3.6 Identify and maximise growth opportu-nities in the agri food and drink sector.

1.3.7 Kerry to co-operate with relevant regional actions aimed at maximising growth in the agri- food and drinks sector.

1.3.8 Actively promote the sustainable develop-ment of tourism in the county through the development and implementation of ap-propriate plans and strategies

1.3.9 Develop the CEDRA concept through the development of Rural Economic Develop-ment Zones.

1.4Sustainably Diversify the Kerry Economy

Objectives1.4.1 Kerry to co-operate in the implementation

of regional actions from the South-West Action Plan for Jobs (2015-2017) which are aimed at sustainably adding value and maximising diversity in the agricultural sec-tor in the region.

1.4.2 Promote Kerry as an environment which fosters innovation and diversity through creative means and new approaches to problem solving.

1.4.3 Kerry to become a leader in action research and design thinking to enhance sustainable economic development.

1.5Develop marketing tools to promote Kerry

as a destination to invest, work, live and visit.

Objectives1.5.1 Raise Kerry’s profile nationally and interna-

tionally through a campaign with a brand-ing message promoting Kerry as a destina-tion to invest, work, live and visit.

5.2 Higher Level Goals andSustainable Development Objectives

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1.5.2 Promote increased collaborative network-ing along with the opportunities that exist which differentiate Kerry nationally and internationally making Kerry a strong and unique place to invest.

1.6Increase access to education and skills for all members of the community while ensuring targeted skills development to match cur-

rent and future skills demands.

Objectives

1.6.1 To establish a collaborative skills strategy for the county to match current and fu-ture skills demands by connecting industry, higher education institutes and further education institutes.

1.6.2 Target skills development across a number of key sectors

1.7Sustainably develop ICT infrastructure and

smart town technology.

Objectives

1.7.1 Implement ICT infrastructure and smart town technology in identified locations.

1.8Promote increased networking and collabo-ration across sectors to encourage shared ideas and resources helping to sustainably

encourage innovation and economic develop-ment across the county and region

Objectives

1.8.1 Encourage a pro-business environment while strengthening and sustaining the ex-isting business base

1.8.2 Kerry to work in collaboration with a num-ber of key reference sellers in establishing the Kerry Brand

1.8.3 Promote networking and collaboration in the renewable energy sector.

1.9Maximise the economic potential and devel-opment of natural resources in a sustainable manner while ensuring no significant adverse

effect on the environment.

Objectives1.9.1 Promote the potential for sustainable

commercialisation of natural products/ extracts from the natural resources and aquaculture products in the region, on land and in the sea (‘blue- tech’) through greater collaboration between agriculture, aquaculture research and business.

1.9.2 Sustainably develop the economic value of forestry within the county.

1.9.3 Minimise the environmental impact of waste disposal sites and investigate the po-tential of the development of these sites as generators of economic activity

1.10 Expand the Green Economy by promoting sustainable renewable and efficient energy

supply.

Objectives

1.10.1 Promote renewable energy initiatives and various alternative power pilots.

1.10.2 Increase energy efficiency in County Kerry.

1.11 Maximise connectivity of the county through

investing in sustainable communication, services and transport infrastructure in ap-

propriate locations

Objectives

1.11.1 Ensure the sustainable development and maintenance of a good road infrastructure within the county and good radial access into the county.

1.11.2 Support the sustainable provision of water services.

1.11.3 Maximise connectivity to the county /re-gion by developing further connections to Kerry, Cork and Shannon Airports and by ensuring the viability of the airport.

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1.11.4 KCC, through the CCMA and the TII to work with DCENR, DTTS and TIF to facili-tate the rollout of high speed broadband.

1.11.5 Sustainably develop Kerry ports to increase connectivity and to support new business development.

1.12 Develop social enterprise to strengthen the

fabric of rural communities.

Objectives

1.12.1 Promote the value of Social Enterprise as a means of direct job creation and to con-tribute to a wide range of community and social services.

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r of

FD

I /la

rge

scal

e in

dig-

enou

s in

dust

ries

in t

he c

ount

y to

hig

hlig

ht c

hal-

leng

es a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or in

crea

sed

inve

stm

ent

incl

udin

g op

port

uniti

es f

or

loca

l bu

sines

ses

to

prov

ide

serv

ices

for

the

larg

er c

ompa

nies

in t

he

coun

ty/R

egio

n.

Loca

l M

NC

s,Lo

cal F

DI

Com

pa-

nies

, NC

s

IBEC

, ID

A,

EI,Ú

naG

, K

CC

Incr

ease

d op

por-

tuni

ties

for

loca

l bu

sines

s

Q4

2016

ongo

ing

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Supp

ort

exis

ting

bus

ines

s in

ker

ry

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

1.2.

4Pr

ovid

e ad

vice

and

info

rmat

ion

for l

ocal

bus

i-ne

sses

on

acce

ssin

g pu

blic

pro

cure

men

t pr

oces

ses.

KC

CLD

Cs,

Cha

mbe

rs,

Busin

ess

Dev

el-

opm

ent

Proc

urem

ent

wor

ksho

psQ

2an

nual

ly

1.1.

3A

ctiv

ely

prom

ote

the

econ

omic

an

d so

cial

ben

efits

of t

he r

etai

l ec

onom

y.

1.1.

3.1

Enga

ge w

ith t

he C

ham

ber

Reta

il A

ssoc

iatio

ns

in r

elat

ion

to t

he i

mpl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Ret

ail

Stra

tegy

as

outli

ned

in th

e C

DP.

KC

C

Cha

mbe

rsD

evel

opm

ent

Ass

ocia

tions

, LD

Cs

Prog

ress

re

port

sA

nnua

lly

1.1.

4A

im to

pos

ition

Ker

ry a

s a re

tail

cent

re o

f exc

elle

nce.

1.1.

4.1

Hos

t a

reta

il co

nfer

ence

to

high

light

bes

t pr

ac-

tice

loca

lly, n

atio

nally

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

nd h

ow

this

wou

ld a

pply

to lo

cal r

etai

lers

in K

erry

.

KC

C,

Cha

mbe

rsD

evel

opm

ent

Ass

ocia

tions

, Re

tail A

ssoc

ia-

tions

, ITT

, Ker

ry

ETB

Con

fere

nce

held

2017

1.1.

4.2

Pilo

t a

reta

il ex

celle

nce

proj

ect

in a

lar

ge a

nd

smal

l urb

an c

entr

e an

d re

sear

ch fu

ndin

g so

urce

s fo

r pr

ojec

t.

KC

C,

Cha

mbe

rsIT

T, Ke

rry

ETB

CIT

, TK

Two

proj

ects

2017

1.1.

4.3

To p

rom

ote

the

esta

blish

men

t and

str

engt

heni

ng

of t

he C

ham

ber

Alli

ance

s in

the

larg

er t

owns

in

Kerr

y.

KC

C,

Cha

mbe

rsA

str

engt

hene

d ne

twor

k of

C

ham

ber A

lli-

ance

s am

ong

the

hub

and

8

regi

onal

tow

ns

2018

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Supp

ort

exis

ting

bus

ines

s in

ker

rySu

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

Tim

efra

me

1.1.

5En

hanc

e th

e co

nsum

er e

xper

i-en

ce a

nd a

ttra

ctiv

enes

s of t

own

cent

res

for

shop

ping

.

1.1.

5.1

Com

plet

e To

wn

Cen

tre

Rege

nera

tion

Impl

e-m

enta

tion

Pilo

ts t

o in

cent

ivise

the

dev

elop

men

t of

tow

n ce

ntre

s, in

clud

ing

optio

ns f

or r

enew

al

sche

mes

, soc

ial a

nd c

omm

unity

dev

elop

men

t and

va

cant

pro

pert

y so

lutio

ns.

KC

CC

ham

bers

,D

evel

opm

ent

Ass

ocia

tions

,L

DC

s,A

n Ta

isce,

TK

Thre

e pi

lots

ov

er

the

life-

time

of th

e pl

an

2021

1.1.

5.2

Dev

elop

int

egra

ted

traf

fic a

nd p

arki

ng m

anag

e-m

ent s

olut

ions

for

tow

ns in

the

coun

ty.

KC

CC

ham

bers

Busin

esse

sPh

ase

1- S

olu-

tions

impl

e-m

ente

d in

Tr

alee

, Kill

arne

y an

d D

ingl

e

2018

1.1.

5.3

Expa

nd a

nd p

rom

ote

the

mon

thly

‘sho

p lo

cal’

day

in t

owns

alo

ng w

ith a

‘sho

p lo

cal’

loya

lty

card

.

Cha

mbe

rs,

BDA

sK

CC

, LD

Cs,

TKEx

pans

ion

and

prom

otio

n of

this

initi

a-tiv

e in

the

8 re

gion

al a

nd

hub

tow

ns.

2017

1.1.

5.4

Seek

to e

nhan

ce th

e vi

bran

cy o

f tow

n ce

ntre

s pa

rtic

ular

ly

in

the

peak

to

urism

se

ason

th

roug

h th

e ex

tens

ion

of re

tail

open

ing h

ours

an

d th

e pr

omot

ion

of s

ocia

l act

iviti

es.

Cha

mbe

rs,

De

velo

p-

men

t A

sso-

ciat

ions

KC

C,

BDA

s, TK

Mor

e ac

tive

tow

n ce

ntre

s20

16

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.2. A

ttra

ct In

vest

men

t to

Ker

ry

The

actio

ns in

this

sect

ion

are

focu

sed

on th

e de

velo

pmen

t of s

ites

for

signi

fi-ca

nt F

orei

gn D

irect

Inve

stm

ent

(FD

I) an

d in

dige

nous

inve

stm

ent.

The

impo

r-ta

nce

of fo

rwar

d pl

anni

ng in

rel

atio

n to

pro

pert

y st

ocks

and

the

ir re

plen

ish-

men

t an

d its

sig

nific

ance

in a

ttra

ctin

g FD

I is

high

light

ed in

the

IDA

Irel

and’

s st

rate

gy fo

r FD

I ent

itled

Win

ning

: For

eign

Dire

ct In

vest

men

t 20

15-2

019.

The

actio

ns in

this

plan

com

plim

ent t

he a

mbi

tions

of t

he ID

A st

rate

gy w

ith re

gard

s to

iden

tifyi

ng a

nd s

usta

inab

ly d

evel

opin

g st

rate

gic

sites

in o

rder

to s

ecur

e th

e fu

ture

of F

DI i

n th

e co

unty

.

Kerr

y C

ount

y C

ounc

il an

d In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Tral

ee (

ITT)

will

wor

k co

llabo

rativ

ely

with

Sta

te A

genc

ies

and

com

pani

es t

owar

ds t

he s

usta

inab

le

deve

lopm

ent

and

expa

nsio

n of

Ker

ry T

echn

olog

y Pa

rk (

KTP

); th

is w

ill p

lay

an im

port

ant r

ole

in K

erry

’s fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t. Thi

s ex

pans

ion

is to

incl

ude

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

adva

nced

man

ufac

turin

g fa

cilit

y w

hich

will

hel

p su

stai

n an

d di

vers

ify t

he e

cono

my.

The

ITT

& K

TP e

njoy

nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l re

puta

tions

and

bot

h ha

ve h

ad s

igni

fican

t suc

cess

in r

ecen

t yea

rs.

Act

ions

in

this

sect

ion

also

foc

us o

n th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

ent

erpr

ise u

nits

, ho

me

wor

king

, co-

wor

king

and

hub

wor

king

site

s w

hich

will

aid

in d

evel

opin

g em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s in

rura

l loc

atio

ns. O

ppor

tuni

ties w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

to li

nk th

ese

smal

ler

units

to p

rovi

de s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

for

larg

er e

nter

prise

s in

the

coun

ty a

nd th

e re

gion

as

wel

l as

deve

lopi

ng s

mal

ler

nich

e in

depe

nden

t en

terp

rises

. The

ove

rall

polic

y re

cogn

ises t

he d

iver

se n

eeds

of t

he c

ount

y, an

d w

hile

ther

e is

an a

ccep

tanc

e th

at th

e m

ajor

inve

stm

ent i

s m

ore

draw

n to

the

la

rger

tow

ns in

the

coun

ty, t

he s

mal

ler

tow

ns a

nd v

illag

es a

nd th

e w

ider

rur

al

area

s al

so h

ave

pote

ntia

l of a

ttra

ctin

g in

vest

men

t, ev

en if

at a

low

er s

cale

.

Hig

h Le

vel G

oal

1.2

Att

ract

inve

stm

ent

to K

erry

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

2.1

Supp

ort

and

sust

aina

bly

deve

lop

sites

for

signi

fican

t FD

I and

indi

g-en

ous

inve

stm

ent

1.2.

1.1

Und

erta

ke a

feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

for

the

deve

lopm

ent

of F

enit

Port

.K

CC

Com

mer

cial

En

terp

rises

, D

AFM

Feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

co

mpl

eted

Q4

2016

1.2.

1.2

Sust

aina

bly

deve

lop

targ

eted

eco

nom

ic s

trat

egic

br

ownfi

eld

sites

in

publ

ic o

wne

rshi

p ac

ross

the

co

unty

incl

udin

g th

e D

enny

site

Tra

lee,

Sara

Lee

K

illar

ney

and

iden

tified

Gae

ltach

t sit

es s

ubje

ct t

o pr

oper

pla

nnin

g an

d su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t and

in

com

plia

nce

with

the

Kerr

y C

DP

2015

-202

1.

KC

CÚ

naG

LDC

s,PP

N,

IDA

,EI

,Re

gion

al

Ass

embl

y, TK

Econ

omic

ally

vi

able

site

s de

vel-

oped

2019

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oal

1.2

Att

ract

inve

stm

ent

to K

erry

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

2.1.

3En

gage

with

ow

ners

of s

trat

egic

bro

wnfi

eld

sites

in

rel

atio

n to

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent.

IDA

, EI

KC

CEn

gage

men

t w

ith o

wne

rs a

nd

agre

emen

t on

the

futu

re d

evel

op-

men

t of t

hese

sit

es

2017

-202

0

1.2.

1.4

Dev

elop

act

ion

plan

s re

gard

ing

the

iden

tifica

-tio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t of

pot

entia

l co

mm

erci

al an

d en

terp

rise

spac

e in

clud

ing p

roje

ct

prop

osal

s for

Val

entia

, Cah

ersiv

een

and

the

Nor

th

Kerr

y Fo

od H

ubs.

KC

CLD

Cs,

EI,

Úna

G

A n

umbe

r of

ac

tion

plan

s an

d pr

oper

ty s

olut

ions

in

pla

ce

Ong

oing

1.2.

1.5

To a

cqui

re t

he o

wne

rshi

p an

d se

cure

the

lon

g te

rm

deve

lopm

ent

stra

tegy

/via

bilit

y of

Ke

rry

Tech

nolo

gy P

ark

to s

uppo

rt a

nd d

evel

op K

erry

en

terp

rise.

ITT,

KC

CEI

,ID

ASe

cure

ow

ners

hip

of a

nd s

trat

egic

ally

de

velo

p Ke

rry

Tech

nolo

gy P

ark

2016

1.2.

1.6

Esta

blish

Ker

ry T

echn

olog

y Pa

rk a

s a

key

play

er

in e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t in

the

coun

ty- w

orki

ng

with

Lo

cal

Gov

ernm

ent,

Stat

e A

genc

ies

and

com

pani

es.

ITT,

KC

CEI

,ID

AD

evel

opm

ent o

f Ke

rry T

echn

olog

y Pa

rk

2016

1.2.

1.7

Build

and

pro

mot

e an

Adv

ance

Tec

hnol

ogy

Build

-in

g in

Tral

ee, a

t an

appr

opria

te lo

catio

n an

d so

urce

ap

prop

riate

ent

erpr

ise t

o pr

ovid

e a

high

qua

lity

prop

erty

sol

utio

n to

att

ract

new

FD

I to

Kerr

y.

IDA

Ire

land

KC

C,IT

TA

dvan

ce fa

ctor

y bu

ilt a

ccom

mo-

datin

g ap

prop

riate

en

terp

rise

2016

-201

7

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Att

ract

inve

stm

ent

to K

erry

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

2.2

Dev

elop

site

s to

sup

port

inno

-va

tive

hubs

an

d co

-wor

king

sp

aces

.

1.2.

2.1

Iden

tify

and

deve

lop

loca

tions

for

food

incu

-ba

tion

units

.EI

,KC

C,

Com

mun

ity

Gro

up

LDC

s3

pilo

t foo

d hu

bs20

17

1.2.

2.2

Prov

ide

stra

tegi

cally

loca

ted

com

mun

ity a

nd

ente

rpris

e fa

cilit

ies

acro

ss th

e co

unty

for

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f co-

wor

king

spa

ces

LDC

s,EI

,ET

Bs, E

I,Ú

naG

, KC

CTh

e de

velo

pmen

t of

a n

umbe

r of

co

-wor

king

spa

ces

2016

-202

0

1.2.

2.3

Furt

her

to p

rope

r pl

anni

ng a

nd s

usta

inab

le

deve

lopm

ent

refu

rbish

ide

ntifi

ed e

nter

prise

un

its

to

prov

ide

an

ente

rpris

e sp

ace

to

enco

urag

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

fled

glin

g an

d ne

w m

icro

/SM

E en

terp

rise

in th

e ar

ea.

KC

C, E

ISK

DP,

NEW

KD

A n

umbe

r of

en

terp

rise

units

id

entifi

ed

2017

1.2.

2.4

Supp

ort

the

optio

n of

ho

me,

hub

and

co-w

orki

ng in

ord

er to

pro

vide

new

em

ploy

-m

ent

oppo

rtun

ities

in r

ural

loca

tions

whi

ch

have

the

nece

ssar

y br

oadb

and.

EI, I

DA

,K

CC

LDC

s Ke

rry

ETB,

Úna

G

Dev

elop

tw

o pi

lot

initi

ativ

es i

n ru

ral

loca

tions

Q3

2016

1.2.

2.5

Supp

ort

the

deve

lopm

ent

of a

ski

lls a

udit

in

targ

eted

are

as.

Com

mun

ityID

A, L

DC

s K

CC

,ETB

sA

num

ber

of s

kills

au

dits

dev

elop

ed20

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.3. S

usta

inab

ly M

axim

ise

Gro

wth

Opp

ortu

niti

es

for

Kerr

y

Kerr

y pr

esen

ts a

ran

ge o

f opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r de

velo

pmen

t an

d jo

b cr

eatio

n. A

ctio

ns in

this

sect

ion

seek

to a

ctiv

ely

prom

ote

sust

aina

ble

econ

omic

dev

el-

opm

ent a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent g

ener

atio

n an

d ar

e st

rong

ly a

ligne

d w

ith th

e ob

jec-

tives

out

lined

in c

hapt

er fo

ur o

f the

CD

P w

hich

are

con

cern

ed s

peci

fical

ly

with

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent.

As

outli

ned

in t

he S

WO

T an

alys

is un

dert

aken

in

supp

ort

of t

his

LEC

P, Ke

rry

has

a ra

nge

of o

ppor

tuni

ties

to b

uild

on

its t

radi

tiona

l sec

tors

suc

h as

to

urism

, agr

icul

ture

and

the

agri-

food

and

drin

ks s

ecto

r. The

soc

io-e

cono

mic

an

alys

is an

d su

ppor

ting

rese

arch

sho

wed

tha

t Ke

rry

has

a hi

gh d

epen

denc

y on

agr

icul

ture

whe

n co

mpa

red

to th

e So

uth-

Wes

t or

the

Stat

e, th

eref

ore

the

sust

aina

bilit

y of

the

sect

or is

of g

reat

impo

rtan

ce. T

he s

ecto

r ho

lds

a ra

nge

of

oppo

rtun

ities

for

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent a

s ou

tline

d in

Foo

d H

arve

st 2

020

and

the

SWRA

PJ.

In o

rder

to a

vail

of s

uch

oppo

rtun

ities

a n

umbe

r of

act

ions

w

ere

iden

tified

whi

ch a

re c

entr

ed o

n di

vers

ifica

tion

of fa

rmin

g an

d th

e ag

ri-fo

od a

nd d

rinks

sec

tors

. Suc

h di

vers

ifica

tion

will

hel

p to

sus

tain

the

via

bilit

y of

the

sect

or.

The

oppo

rtun

ity t

o bu

ild o

n tr

aditi

onal

sec

tors

is a

lso s

een

in t

he a

ctio

ns

whi

ch a

re a

imed

at

expa

ndin

g th

e fo

od s

ecto

r. Su

ch a

ctio

ns s

eek

to d

evel

op

links

bet

wee

n tr

aditi

onal

sec

tors

with

the

aim

of c

reat

ing

a vi

bran

t, su

stai

n-ab

le K

erry

food

eco

nom

y w

hich

will

brin

g ad

ded

valu

e to

the

agri-

food

sect

or,

tour

ism a

nd r

etai

l tra

de in

the

coun

ty.

The

tour

ist in

dust

ry in

the

coun

ty h

as p

revi

ously

bee

n hi

ghlig

hted

as

a m

ajor

ec

onom

ic d

river

and

has

pot

entia

l for

dev

elop

men

t thr

ough

out K

erry

. Ker

ry’s

herit

age,

cultu

re a

nd n

atur

al a

sset

s ha

ve le

d to

the

cou

nty’s

pro

min

ence

as

a to

urist

des

tinat

ion

and

tour

ism g

ener

ates

hig

h le

vels

of s

easo

nal e

mpl

oym

ent

in th

e co

unty

. Act

ions

in th

is se

ctio

n ar

e ai

med

at d

evel

opin

g an

d im

plem

ent-

ing

a to

urism

str

ateg

y fo

r th

e co

unty

in o

rder

to

expa

nd t

he t

ouris

t se

ason

an

d ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of

the

man

y op

port

uniti

es t

his

sect

or h

as t

o of

fer.

The

unta

pped

gro

wth

opp

ortu

nitie

s of

thi

s se

ctor

and

its ‘

signi

fican

t po

tent

ial t

o pl

ay a

fur

ther

rol

e in

Ire

land

’s ec

onom

ic r

enew

al’1

are

cle

arly

out

lined

in

Peop

le, P

lace

and

Pol

icy

Gro

win

g Tou

rism

to 2

025.

The

Tour

ism S

trat

egy

whi

ch is

an

inte

gral

ele

men

t of

thi

s LE

CP

outli

nes

in

deta

il th

e ac

tions

to

stre

ngth

en t

he s

houl

der

seas

on, a

nd p

rovi

de o

ppor

-tu

nitie

s fo

r ex

tend

ing

empl

oym

ent

oppo

rtun

ities

bey

ond

the

core

sum

mer

se

ason

.

1 P

eopl

e, Pl

ace

and

Polic

y, Gr

owin

g Tou

rism

to 2

025,

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ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

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Out

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eliv

ery

Tim

efra

me

1.3.

1Se

ek

to

sust

aina

bly

max

imise

gr

owth

op

port

uniti

es

in

the

coun

ty

thro

ugh

enga

gem

ent

in

co-o

rdin

ated

eco

nom

ic d

evel

op-

men

t an

d em

ploy

men

t cr

eatio

n pr

opos

als

at a

reg

iona

l lev

el.

1.3.

1.1

Kerr

y Ec

onom

ic a

nd E

duca

tiona

l pa

rtne

rs

activ

ely

co-o

pera

te w

ith t

heir

regi

onal

cou

n-te

rpar

ts, E

nter

prise

Irel

and

and

the

IDA

in th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of re

leva

nt re

gion

al a

ctio

ns a

s ou

tline

d in

the

Sou

th W

est

Reg

iona

l Act

ion

Plan

for

Jobs

.

KC

C,

ITT,

Kerr

y ET

B

Úna

G,

Cha

mbe

rs,

LDC

s, ID

A,

EI, C

IT, U

CC

, C

ork

City

C

ounc

il, C

ork

Cou

nty

Cou

ncil,

Regi

onal

A

ssem

bly

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e SW

RA

PJO

ngoi

ng

1.3.

2Se

ek to

dev

elop

a cl

uste

r eco

nom

y in

Ker

ry i

n th

e co

ntex

t of

the

st

reng

ths

of th

e ov

eral

l reg

ion.

1.3.

2.1

Dev

elop

app

ropr

iate

clu

ster

s in

Ker

ry b

uild

-in

g on

the

stre

ngth

s of

the

coun

ty a

nd r

egio

n, in

are

as s

uch

as:

• A

rtisa

n Fo

od•

Skill

s •

Agr

i•

Cre

ativ

e Se

ctor

KC

CID

A,

EIA

ppro

pria

te

clus

ter

type

s id

entifi

ed

2017

1.3.

3En

hanc

e op

port

uniti

es f

or l

ocal

an

d gl

obal

sou

rcin

g of

sup

ply

and

mar

ket s

hare

.

1.3.

3.1

Incr

ease

co

llabo

ratio

n be

twee

n SM

Es

and

mic

ro e

nter

prise

with

a f

ocus

on

incr

easin

g lo

cal a

nd g

loba

l sou

rcin

g op

port

uniti

es.

IDA

, EI,

LDC

s, Ú

naG

, In

dust

ry

Incr

ease

d lin

kage

s an

d op

port

uni-

ties

amon

g th

e bu

sines

s an

d en

trep

rene

uria

l co

mm

unity

2018

1.3.

4A

dvan

ce s

peci

fic e

cono

mic

dev

el-

opm

ent o

bjec

tives

thro

ugh

sour

c-in

g of

EU

fund

ing.

1.3.

4.1

Iden

tify

a re

sour

ce t

o re

sear

ch E

U f

undi

ng

stre

ams

for

spec

ific

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t pr

ogra

mm

es.

ITT,

CIT

,U

CC

,U

L

LDC

S, SK

DP,

KC

CRe

sour

ce id

enti-

fied

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ecti

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Act

ions

Lead

Part

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Out

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eliv

ery

Tim

e-fr

ame

1.3.

5D

evel

op

the

agric

ultu

ral/f

ood

econ

omy

in th

e co

unty

, res

ultin

g in

in

crea

sed

inco

mes

for

the

sect

or.

1.3.

5.1

To w

ork

with

the

bro

ad a

gric

ultu

ral s

ecto

r in

the

co

unty

to

deve

lop

the

Smar

t ap

proa

ch *

as

high

-lig

hted

in H

arve

st 2

020.

(* S

ee G

loss

ary)

Teag

asc

Farm

Gro

ups,

LDC

s,K

CC

,Ke

rry

ETB,

TK

Opp

ortu

nitie

s in

fa

rmin

g id

entifi

ed20

17

1.3.

6Id

entif

y an

d m

axim

ise

grow

th

oppo

rtun

ities

in th

e ag

ri-fo

od a

nd

drin

k se

ctor

.

1.3.

6.1

Esta

blish

an

d re

sour

ce

an A

gri-F

ood

Wor

king

G

roup

for

the

cou

nty

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

the

So

uth-

Wes

t re

gion

and

wor

k to

war

ds d

evel

opin

g a

Food

Str

ateg

y.A

Foo

d of

ficer

will

be

appo

inte

d to

man

age

a co

-ord

inat

ed a

ppro

ach

thro

ugh

the

Tast

e Ke

rry

prog

ram

me.

Tran

sitio

n Ke

rry,

KC

C-

LEO

,LD

Cs,

Úna

G

Busin

ess

Repr

e-se

ntat

ives

, A

n Ta

isce

Cha

mbe

rs,

ITT,

TKTR

AD

E IT

,Th

e A

gri-

Farm

W

orki

ng G

roup

Agr

i-Foo

d W

orki

ng G

roup

es

tabl

ished

and

Fo

od O

ffice

r ap

poin

ted.

Q3

2016

1.3.

6.2

Mar

ket

and

bran

d Ke

rry

food

to

incl

ude

artis

an

and

prim

ary

prod

uctio

n in

mea

t, se

afoo

d an

d ho

rtic

ultu

re.

KC

CLD

Cs,

Úna

GU

niqu

e Ke

rry

bran

d cr

eate

d.20

17

1.3.

6.3

Supp

ort

and

deve

lop

Food

Bu

sines

s th

roug

h tr

aini

ng p

rogr

amm

es s

uch

as t

he B

órd

Bia

Food

A

cade

my

Prog

ram

me,

spec

ialis

t ad

vice

an

d m

ento

ring

to u

p sc

ale

for

entr

y in

to m

ains

trea

m

dist

ribut

ion

netw

ork.

KC

C-

LEO

LDC

sA

num

ber

of tr

aini

ng

prog

ram

mes

an

d m

ento

ring

sess

ions

hel

d an

d a

num

ber

of in

di-

vidu

als

up-s

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d

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Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

Tim

e-fr

ame

1.3.

6.4

Prep

are

an o

vera

ll de

velo

pmen

t, m

anag

emen

t and

op

erat

iona

l str

ateg

y fo

r Ke

rry’s

Far

mer

s’ M

arke

ts,

whi

ch

wou

ld

incl

ude

Kerr

y Fa

rmer

s’ M

arke

t Br

and.

Look

at b

est p

ract

ice

in th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

an

ove

rall

stra

tegy

for

Kerr

y’s F

arm

ers’

Mar

kets

.

KC

CLD

Cs,

An

Taisc

e, TK

Cha

mbe

rs,

Des

tin

atio

n Ke

rry

Dev

elop

men

t and

m

anag

emen

t of

a st

rong

farm

ers

mar

ket b

rand

and

w

orki

ng p

ract

ices

–

stra

tegi

c pl

an

deve

lope

d

Q4

2016

1.3.

7Ke

rry

to

co-o

pera

te

with

th

e fo

llow

ing

regi

onal

act

ions

aim

ed

at m

axim

ising

gro

wth

in t

he a

gri-

food

and

drin

ks s

ecto

r.

1.3.

7.1

Prom

ote

the

Regi

on’s

stre

ngth

as

a fo

od a

nd

beve

rage

pro

vide

r th

roug

h pr

omot

ion

and

deve

l-op

men

t of

the

Kin

gdom

Foo

d N

etw

ork/

Tast

e Ke

rry

Gro

up.

KC

CLD

Cs,

Úna

G, T

KD

evel

opm

ent

of a

num

ber

of

prog

ress

rep

orts

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aina

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Econ

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Dev

elop

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Act

ivel

y pr

omot

e th

e su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t of

tou

rism

in

the

coun

ty t

hrou

gh t

he d

evel

opm

ent

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

app

ropr

i-at

e pl

ans

and

stra

tegi

es.

1.3.

8.1

Act

ivel

y pr

omot

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

tour

ism o

bjec

tives

as

set

out

in c

hapt

er 5

of t

he

Kerr

y C

ount

y D

evel

opm

ent

Plan

whi

ch fa

ll un

der

the

follo

win

g th

emes

, all

of w

hich

form

the

bas

is of

the

Ker

ry T

ouris

m S

trat

egy

and

will

gui

de t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

LEA

DER

str

ateg

y.

Adv

entu

re To

urism

•

Nat

ural

& C

ultu

ral H

erita

ge

• Ed

ucat

ion

• Br

andi

ng &

Mar

ketin

g •

Com

mun

ity T

ouris

m, E

vent

s &

Fest

ival

s In

fra-

• st

ruct

ure

Ente

rpris

e•

KC

CFá

ilte

Irela

nd

LDC

s,IT

T,Ú

naG

, Ke

rry

ETB

KC

C-D

estin

a-tio

n Ke

rry

Dev

elop

men

t of

a n

umbe

r of

pr

ogre

ss r

epor

ts

Ann

ually

1.3.

8.2

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t the

Ker

ry To

urism

Str

ate-

gy w

hich

is a

n in

tegr

al p

art o

f thi

s Lo

cal E

cono

mic

an

d C

omm

unity

Pla

n.

KC

C-

Des

ti-na

tion

Kerr

y

Fáilt

e Ire

land

,IT

T,LD

Cs,

CC

C,

A n

umbe

r of

re

port

s on

in

crea

sed

tour

ism

activ

ity

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Kerr

ySu

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

Tim

e-fr

ame

1.3.

8.3

Und

erta

ke f

urth

er w

ork

on r

oute

opt

ions

and

fe

asib

ility

stu

dies

for

pot

entia

l de

velo

pmen

t of

G

reen

way

s in

the

cou

nty,

in l

ine

with

nat

iona

l G

reen

way

s gu

idel

ines

.

DEC

LGSo

uth

Wes

t Lo

cal A

utho

ri-tie

s, N

TO,

Fáilt

e Ire

land

, fa

rmin

g or

gani

-sa

tions

, LD

Cs,

A

n Tá

isce,

TKÚ

naG

,C

ham

bers

,

Gre

enw

ay

rout

es

esta

blish

edO

ngoi

ng

1.3.

8.4

Furt

her

to p

rope

r pl

anni

ng a

nd s

usta

inab

le d

evel

-op

men

t sup

port

com

plet

ion

of e

xist

ing

Gre

enw

ay

deve

lopm

ent

(Sou

th K

erry

, Nor

th K

erry

and

Fen

it G

reen

way

s)

and

inve

stig

ate

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f lin

king

up

the

Nor

th a

nd S

outh

Ker

ry G

reen

way

s.

DE

CLG

, K

CC

NTO

, Fái

lte

Irela

nd, f

arm

ing

orga

nisa

tions

, LD

Cs,

An

Taisc

e,Ú

naG

Com

plet

ion

of

exist

ing

gree

nway

sO

ngoi

ng

1.3.

8.5

Enco

urag

e an

d ex

pand

the

dev

elop

men

t of

add

i-tio

nal t

ouris

t acc

omm

odat

ion

in s

peci

fic lo

catio

ns

(List

owel

, Kill

orgl

in a

nd C

aher

cive

en)

with

a v

iew

to

incr

easin

g th

e ec

onom

ic b

enefi

t of

tou

rism

for

thes

e ar

eas.

Fáilt

e Ire

land

Des

tinat

ion

Kerr

y,C

ham

bers

,BD

As,

KC

C

Dev

elop

men

t of

addi

tiona

l tou

rist

acco

mm

odat

ion

in

iden

tified

are

as

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e G

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th O

ppor

tuni

ties

for

Kerr

ySu

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

Tim

e-fr

ame

1.3.

8.6

Wor

k w

ith O

rigin

al K

erry

to e

nhan

ce an

d pr

omot

e cr

aft

mak

ers

thro

ugho

ut t

he c

ount

y an

d es

tabl

ish

a cr

aft

trai

l w

ith a

ppro

pria

te s

igna

ge, m

arke

ting

and

prom

otio

n.

KC

C-

LEO

Orig

inal

Ker

ry,

Fáilt

e Ire

land

Cra

ft tr

ail e

stab

-lis

hed

2017

1.3.

9D

evel

op

the

CED

RA

conc

ept

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f Rur

al

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Zon

es.

1.3.

9.1

Dev

elop

pla

ns fo

r ap

prop

riate

pro

ject

s to

ava

il of

ca

lls f

or g

rant

sub

miss

ions

and

to

build

on

pilo

t pr

ojec

ts c

urre

ntly

und

erw

ay s

uch

as :

The

Reek

s U

plan

d M

anag

emen

t pro

ject

• K

illor

glin

Mill

pro

ject

• Im

agin

ing

Iver

agh

• Ta

ste

Kerr

y•

KC

C,

LDC

sPl

ans

deve

lope

d,

a nu

mbe

r of

fu

ndin

g ap

plic

a-tio

ns m

ade

2016

-202

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fy t

he K

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Eco

nom

y

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

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iver

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imef

ram

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4.1

Kerr

y to

co-

oper

ate

in t

he

impl

emen

tatio

n of

re

gion

al

actio

ns f

rom

the

Sou

th-W

est

Regi

onal

Act

ion

Plan

for

Jobs

w

hich

are

aim

ed a

t sus

tain

ably

ad

ding

val

ue a

nd m

axim

ising

di

vers

ity

in

the

agric

ultu

ral

sect

or in

the

regi

on.

1.4.

1.1

Con

duct

pre

limin

ary

rese

arch

int

o th

e ef

ficac

y of

est

ablis

hing

a N

atio

nal A

gri-T

ech

cent

re o

f ex

celle

nce.

This

cent

re o

f exc

elle

nce

wou

ld h

ave

a pa

rtic

ular

focu

s on

tech

nolo

gy a

cros

s th

e ag

ri-se

ctor

, bui

ldin

g on

ITT’

s an

d M

TU’s

lead

ersh

ip in

m

echa

tron

ics,

RFID

and

agr

icul

tura

l res

earc

h an

d ed

ucat

ion.

ITT

CIT

Teag

asc,

UC

C,

EI, o

ther

nat

iona

l an

d in

tern

atio

nal

HE

Is,T

eag

asc,

A

PC a

nd in

dust

ry

repr

esen

tativ

es,

Envi

ronm

enta

l O

rgan

isatio

ns ,

An

Taisc

e, TK

Kerr

y ET

B

Rese

arch

co

mpl

eted

Q2

2016

1.4.

1.2

Kerr

y to

tak

e pa

rt i

n co

nduc

ting

prel

imin

ary

rese

arch

into

the

pote

ntia

l of d

evel

opin

g an

Agr

i-C

lust

er c

once

pt in

the

Sout

h W

est R

egio

n.

Indu

stry

-Le

dU

CC

,D

AFM

Teag

asc,

CIT

, ITT

,M

TU, E

I, So

uth

Wes

t Loc

al

Aut

horit

ies,

Úna

G,

Cha

mbe

rs, T

K

Dev

elop

men

t of

a r

esea

rch

docu

men

t

Q4

2016

Hig

h Le

vel G

oal 1

.4 S

usta

inab

ly D

iver

sify

the

Ker

ry E

cono

my

The

actio

ns in

thi

s se

ctio

n fo

cus

on t

he n

eed

for

dive

rsifi

catio

n in

ord

er t

o he

lp s

usta

inab

ly d

evel

op a

res

ilien

t ec

onom

y. Th

e ac

tions

are

in li

ne w

ith t

he

actio

ns in

the

Sou

th-W

est

Regi

onal

Act

ion

Plan

for

Jobs

(20

15-2

017)

whi

ch

seek

s to

impl

emen

t mea

sure

s fo

r th

e su

stai

nabl

e di

vers

ifica

tion

and

adva

nce-

men

t of t

radi

tiona

l sec

tors

suc

h as

agr

icul

ture

.

Whi

le a

ctio

ns c

entr

ed o

n di

vers

ifica

tion

aim

to

pres

erve

the

tra

ditio

nal

aspe

cts

of K

erry

’s ec

onom

y th

ere

are

also

act

ions

whi

ch s

eek

to d

iver

sify

the

offe

ring

in K

erry

in te

rms

of e

mbr

acin

g ne

w a

ppro

ache

s to

dev

elop

men

t and

prob

lem

sol

ving

suc

h as

des

ign

thin

king

, fos

terin

g in

nova

tion

in t

he a

rts

and

adva

nces

in r

esea

rch

and

desig

n.

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fy t

he K

erry

Eco

nom

ySu

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lea

dLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

4.2

Prom

ote

Kerr

y as

an

envi

ron-

men

t whi

ch fo

ster

s inn

ovat

ion

and

dive

rsity

thr

ough

cre

ativ

e m

eans

and

new

app

roac

hes t

o pr

oble

m s

olvi

ng.

1.4.

2.1

Kerr

y to

play

a r

ole

in t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

of t

he

Sout

h-W

est

regi

on a

s an

ack

now

ledg

ed c

entr

e fo

r th

e in

tera

ctio

n an

d in

tegr

atio

n of

cre

ativ

-ity

, mus

ic, a

rts,

phot

ogra

phy,

vide

o, m

ultim

edia

, cu

lture

and

tech

nolo

gy.

KC

C, I

TTKe

rry

ETB,

Úna

GRe

gion

al

cent

re fo

r ar

ts, c

ultu

re

and

tech

nol-

ogy

Q2

2016

1.4.

2.2

Wor

k w

ith n

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

busin

esse

s to

iden

-tif

y an

d av

ail

of o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

prod

uct

and

serv

ice

deve

lopm

ent p

rimar

ily th

roug

h fe

asib

ility

st

udie

s, in

nova

tion

vouc

hers

and

men

torin

g

EI, K

CC

Cha

mbe

rs ,

LDC

s, ex

istin

g bu

sines

ses

Incr

ease

d bu

sines

s ac

tiv-

ity th

roug

h th

e id

entifi

-ca

tion

of a

nu

mbe

r of

pr

oduc

ts a

nd

serv

ices

for

deve

lopm

ent

Ong

oing

1.4.

2.3

Dev

elop

an

inte

r-ag

ency

net

wor

k fo

r th

e fa

cilit

a-tio

n of

film

mak

ing

in th

e co

unty

.K

CC

, ITT

Kerr

y ET

B, o

ther

ke

y st

akeh

olde

rsIn

ter-

agen

cy

netw

ork

deve

lope

d

Q4

2016

1.4.

2.4

Leve

rage

the

cap

acity

of

the

Nat

iona

l D

igita

l Sk

ills

Cen

tre

in K

erry

and

the

prog

ram

me

offe

r-in

gs o

f KET

B an

d IT

Tra

lee,

to e

xplo

it op

port

u-ni

ties

pres

ente

d by

the

pla

nned

film

stu

dio

in

Lim

eric

k.

ITT,

KC

CKe

rry

ETB,

oth

er

stak

ehol

ders

Incr

ease

d op

port

uniti

es

for

grad

uate

s

2016

1.4.

2.5

Dev

elop

a K

erry

Sci

entifi

c Tr

ail

linki

ng s

ites

of

signi

fican

t sc

ient

ific

and

tech

nolo

gica

l in

tere

st

e.g V

alen

tia –

Mar

coni

site

KC

CH

EIs,

UC

C

Scie

nce

Foun

da-

tion

Irela

nd,

Des

tinat

ion

Kerr

y,Va

lent

ia F

ound

a-tio

n

Prov

ision

of

info

rmat

ion

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rmat

2016

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aina

bly

Div

ersi

fy t

he K

erry

Eco

nom

y

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

4.3

Kerr

y to

bec

ome

a le

ader

in

actio

n re

sear

ch

and

desig

n th

inki

ng t

o en

hanc

e su

stai

n-ab

le e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t.

1.4.

3.1

Con

duct

the

Im

agin

ing

Iver

agh

pilo

t re

sear

ch

proj

ect.

KC

CKe

y st

akeh

olde

rs,

Publ

ic R

epre

-se

ntat

ives

, The

In

stitu

te w

ithou

t Bo

unda

ries,

SKD

P

5-6

colla

bora

-tiv

e bu

sines

s pr

opos

als

for

the

Iver

agh

area

Q2

2016

-on

goin

g

1.4.

3.2

Impl

emen

t the

Imag

inin

g Iv

erag

h pr

ojec

t pro

pos-

als

for

sust

aina

ble

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t an

d jo

b cr

eatio

n in

the

area

.

KC

CKe

y st

akeh

olde

rs,

Publ

ic R

epre

-se

ntat

ives

, The

In

stitu

te w

ithou

t Bo

unda

ries,

SKD

P

Proj

ects

pr

iorit

ised

and

impl

emen

ted

Q2

2016

-on

goin

g

1.4.

3.3

Dev

elop

a H

ub o

f Des

ign

in K

erry

. The

hub

will

bu

ild a

nd s

hare

mod

els

of b

est p

ract

ice

redu

cing

le

ad t

ime

to m

arke

t fo

r ne

w a

nd e

xist

ing

busi-

ness

es.

Faci

litie

s w

ill b

e m

ade

avai

labl

e w

hich

will

fost

er:

Inno

vativ

e de

sign

thin

king

in p

rodu

ct/s

ervi

ce

• id

ea g

ener

atio

nPr

otot

ype

deve

lopm

ent

• Pr

oduc

t/ser

vice

des

ign

test

ing

•

ITT,

KC

CC

IT, U

CC

,C

ork

Cou

nty

and

City

Cou

n-ci

ls,Bu

sines

sRe

pres

enta

tive

Bodi

es, E

TBs,

LDC

s

HD

I Cen

tre

& D

esig

n Th

ink-

ing

prac

tices

us

ed in

pla

ce

base

d pl

anni

ng

Q2

2016

- on

goin

g

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arke

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too

ls t

o pr

omot

e Ke

rry

as

a de

stin

atio

n to

inve

st, w

ork,

live

and

vis

itKe

rry

has

a ra

nge

of s

tren

gths

man

y of

whi

ch p

erta

in t

o its

ric

h cu

lture

and

its

sce

nic

and

dive

rsifi

ed la

ndsc

ape.

Kerr

y ha

s a

num

ber

of s

igna

ture

bra

nd

title

s, in

clud

ing

the

nam

e Ke

rry

itsel

f, the

Rin

g of

Ker

ry, K

illar

ney,

Din

gle,

Rose

of

Tra

lee,

Wild

Atla

ntic

Way

and

oth

ers.

The

se in

divi

dual

bra

nds,

in th

eir

own

right

, are

hug

ely

posit

ive

for

the

coun

ty b

ut th

ey la

ck th

e ov

eral

l co-

ordi

nate

d ce

ntra

l mes

sage

of w

hy K

erry

is s

uch

an ic

onic

loca

tion.

The

natu

ral e

nviro

nmen

t, st

rong

ent

repr

eneu

rial s

pirit

and

the

cultu

ral t

radi

-tio

ns o

f the

cou

nty

offe

r th

e fo

rmul

a fo

r a

stro

ng K

erry

bra

nd a

nd c

reat

e a

qual

ity o

f life

offe

ring

whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed to

pro

mot

e th

e co

unty

as

a pl

ace

to

live,

to in

vest

, to

wor

k an

d to

visi

t. Thi

s se

ctio

n ou

tline

s ac

tions

whi

ch s

eek

to

crea

te a

bra

ndin

g ca

mpa

ign

and

mes

sage

whi

ch a

im to

pro

mot

e th

e st

reng

ths

of th

e co

unty

att

ract

ing

inve

stor

s an

d vi

sitor

s.

It is

evid

ent,

that

at

pres

ent,

the

coun

ty is

not

sho

wca

sing

itsel

f in

the

mos

t ad

vant

ageo

us w

ay, p

artic

ular

ly to

att

ract

larg

e sc

ale

FDI i

nto

the

coun

ty. T

his

sect

ions

aim

s to

wor

k in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith s

tate

age

ncie

s an

d th

e ex

istin

g in

dust

ry in

the

coun

ty to

dev

elop

a c

lear

, con

siste

nt m

essa

ge th

at d

eliv

ers

the

uniq

uene

ss o

f Ker

ry a

s a

loca

tion

for

inve

stm

ent.

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Dev

elop

mar

keti

ng t

ools

to

prom

ote

Kerr

y as

a d

esti

nati

on t

o in

vest

, wor

k, li

ve a

nd v

isit

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

5.1

Raise

Ker

ry’s

profi

le n

atio

nally

and

in

tern

atio

nally

thro

ugh

a ca

mpa

ign

with

a b

rand

ing

mes

sage

pro

mot

-in

g Ke

rry

as a

des

tinat

ion

to in

vest

, w

ork,

live

and

visit

.

1.5.

1.1

To

wor

k w

ith

gove

rnm

ent

agen

cies

, ex

ist-

ing

ente

rpris

es, t

he t

ouris

m s

ecto

r, ed

ucat

ion

prov

ider

s and

oth

er re

leva

nt p

artn

ers w

ithin

the

coun

ty t

o nu

rtur

e th

e co

ncep

t of

Tea

m K

erry

an

d ag

ree

a pr

omot

iona

l bra

ndin

g ca

mpa

ign

for

the

com

mer

cial

dev

elop

men

t of t

he c

ount

y.

KC

C,

ITT

Fáilt

e Ire

land

Cha

mbe

rsID

A,E

I,Ú

naG

,D

esti

nati

on

Kerr

y

Cou

nty

port

al

• w

ebsit

ePr

omot

iona

l •

mat

eria

lSt

rong

agr

eed

• Ke

rry

bran

d

Q4

2016

1.5.

1.2

Expl

oit

Kerr

y’s q

ualit

y of

life

, exi

stin

g st

reng

ths

and

refe

renc

e se

llers

suc

h as

The

Wild

Atla

ntic

W

ay, T

he R

ing

of K

erry

, D

ingl

e, D

airy

mas

ter,

Kerr

y G

roup

and

Fex

co t

hrou

gh r

evie

win

g an

d up

datin

g ex

istin

g pr

omot

iona

l mat

eria

l and

the

cr

eatio

n of

a m

arke

ting

cam

paig

n.

KC

CFá

ilte

Irela

ndC

ham

bers

IDA

,EI,

Úna

G,

Des

tina

tio

n Ke

rry

Hig

her

Kerr

y pr

ofile

2016

1.5.

1.3

Dev

elop

a Q

ualit

y of

Life

Inde

x in

line

with

FD

I qu

ality

of l

ife p

rofil

es.

KC

C ID

A Ir

elan

dQ

ualit

y of

Life

In

dex

deve

lope

d20

17

1.5.

1.4

Sust

aina

bly

deve

lop

and

mar

ket

Irela

nd’s

Wild

A

tlant

ic W

ay w

hich

will

hel

p in

sca

ling

up t

he

asse

t ba

se a

nd a

chie

ve in

tern

atio

nal ‘

stan

d ou

t’ fo

r th

e re

gion

.

Fáilt

e Ire

land

D

estin

atio

n Ke

rry,

KC

CIn

crea

sed

visit

or

num

bers

Ong

oing

1.5.

1.5

Con

tinue

the

dev

elop

men

t of

a p

rom

otio

nal

web

por

tal m

arke

ting

the

coun

ty a

s a

plac

e to

in

vest

, wor

k, liv

e an

d vi

sit.

KC

CFá

ilte

Irela

nd,

Des

tinat

ion

Kerr

y, ID

A

Busin

esse

s

Incr

ease

d vi

sitor

nu

mbe

rsO

ngoi

ng

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elop

mar

keti

ng t

ools

to

prom

ote

Kerr

y as

a d

esti

nati

on t

o in

vest

, wor

k, li

ve a

nd v

isit

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

5.1.

6En

hanc

e an

d gr

ow K

erry

’s to

urism

pro

duct

by

deve

lopi

ng a

Tou

rism

Am

bass

ador

Pro

gram

me

whi

ch

will

ed

ucat

e an

d de

velo

p aw

aren

ess

amon

g bu

sines

s pr

ovid

ers

and

thei

r st

aff o

f the

im

port

ance

of t

ouris

m t

o th

eir

busin

ess

and

to

Kerr

y.

KC

CIT

Tra

lee,

Kerr

y Ed

uca-

tion

& Tr

aini

ng

Boar

d, Ir

ish

Hot

els

Fede

ratio

n an

d Fá

ilte

Irela

nd

Tour

ism A

mba

s-sa

dor

Prog

ram

me

deve

lope

d

2018

1.5.

2Pr

omot

e in

crea

sed

colla

bora

tive

netw

orki

ng a

long

with

the

opp

or-

tuni

ties

that

exi

st w

hich

diff

eren

ti-at

e Ke

rry

natio

nally

and

int

erna

-tio

nally

mak

ing

Kerr

y a

stro

ng a

nd

uniq

ue p

lace

to in

vest

.

1.5.

2.1

Kerr

y to

wor

k in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith I

DA

to

conv

ene

a ‘F

DI

Foru

m’

with

Sta

keho

lder

s an

d in

dust

ry r

epre

sent

ativ

es o

n an

ann

ual b

asis

to

ensu

re th

at th

e re

gion

is m

axim

ising

its s

tren

gths

an

d op

port

uniti

es

to

attr

act

addi

tiona

l FD

I. Th

roug

h its

invo

lvem

ent

in t

he S

outh

Wes

t APJ

, ID

A w

ill w

ork

with

the

Sou

th W

est

Regi

onal

st

akeh

olde

rs t

o en

hanc

e an

d di

ffere

ntia

te t

he

regi

ons

offe

rings

for

over

seas

com

pani

es.

IDA

Ire

land

Sout

h W

est

Loca

l Aut

hori-

ties,

indu

stry

, IB

EC, C

ham

-be

rs

Max

imise

pro

file

of r

egio

n fo

r FD

I20

16

1.5.

2.2

Wor

k w

ith e

xist

ing

indu

stry

to

prom

ote

the

oppo

rtun

ities

tha

t ex

ist f

or g

loba

l en

trep

re-

neur

s/ e

mpl

oyee

s to

bas

e th

emse

lves

in

the

coun

ty.

KC

CC

onne

ct

Irela

nd, I

DA

, EI

,M

NC

, NC

Incr

ease

the

awar

enes

s of

the

coun

ty a

s a

uniq

ue

plac

e to

inve

st

2016

1.5.

2.3

Prom

ote

colla

bora

tive

netw

orki

ng a

mon

g th

e la

rge

MN

C/N

C in

Ker

ry th

roug

h in

ter-

com

pany

vi

sits

and

inte

r-co

mpa

ny n

etw

orki

ng e

vent

s.

MN

C,

NC

IDA

,EI

,K

CC

Dev

elop

Ker

ry a

s an

att

ract

ive

loca

-tio

n fo

r in

war

d in

vest

men

t

Q4

2016

1.5.

2.4

Furt

her

deve

lop

Kerr

y D

iasp

ora

netw

orks

with

cl

ear

obje

ctiv

es a

nd d

eliv

erab

les

in t

he a

reas

of

trad

e pr

omot

ion,

attr

actin

g in

vest

men

t, ad

vice

an

d su

ppor

t to

entr

epre

neur

s.

KC

CIT

T,C

ham

bers

,C

onne

ct

Irela

nd

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e D

iasp

ora

plan

2016

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.6 I

ncre

ase

acce

ss t

o ed

ucat

ion

and

skill

s fo

r al

l m

embe

rs o

f the

com

mun

ity

whi

le e

nsur

ing

targ

eted

ski

lls d

evel

op-

men

t to

mat

ch c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

ski

lls d

eman

ds.

As

disc

usse

d in

the

sect

ion

entit

led

Kerr

y at

a G

lanc

e, th

e ed

ucat

iona

l att

ain-

men

t in

Ker

ry h

as s

igni

fican

tly im

prov

ed f

rom

199

6 to

201

1. Th

e pe

rcen

t-ag

e of

tho

se w

ith t

hird

lev

el e

duca

tion

rose

by

9.6%

in

this

perio

d w

hile

th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

popu

latio

n w

ith n

o fo

rmal

/prim

ary

educ

atio

n de

crea

sed

by 1

5.8%

. How

ever

one

of t

he k

ey c

once

rns

iden

tified

thr

ough

the

res

earc

h an

d pu

blic

con

sulta

tion

was

the

cur

rent

ski

lls g

ap. T

his

sect

ion

of t

he p

lan

focu

ses

on a

ctio

ns w

hich

are

aim

ed a

t sk

ills

mat

chin

g. Th

is pl

an c

ompl

imen

ts

the

visio

n of

the

Fur

ther

Edu

catio

n an

d Tr

aini

ng S

trat

egy

2014

-201

9 (F

ETS)

an

d th

e SW

APF

J whi

ch b

oth

seek

gre

ater

alig

nmen

t be

twee

n ed

ucat

ion

and

trai

ning

pro

visio

n an

d em

ploy

er s

kills

nee

ds.

The

Plan

focu

ses

on th

e st

reng

ths

of th

e co

unty

, and

see

ks to

pos

ition

Ker

ry

to th

e fo

refro

nt in

dev

elop

ing

the

grow

ing

skill

s re

quire

men

ts in

the

Tour

ism

indu

stry

in C

ater

ing

and

Hos

pita

lity.

The

Pla

n al

so fo

cuse

s on

the

dev

elop

-m

ent

of t

he e

ntre

pren

euria

l spi

rit in

our

you

ng p

eopl

e, an

d al

so in

nur

turin

g th

e pr

ide

that

you

ng p

eopl

e fe

el fo

r th

eir

coun

ty t

o en

hanc

e th

eir

role

s as

to

urism

am

bass

ador

s an

d to

cre

ate

a pe

rman

ent l

ink

betw

een

the

citiz

en a

nd

plac

e. T

his

area

is fu

rthe

r de

velo

ped

in th

e qu

ality

of l

ife a

nd s

ocia

l inc

lusio

n ch

apte

rs.

Educ

atio

n an

d sk

ills

deve

lopm

ent

unde

rpin

the

cro

ss c

uttin

g th

eme

of

oppo

rtun

ity.

Whi

le s

kills

and

edu

catio

n ar

e th

e ba

sis o

f a g

row

ing,

sust

ain-

able

eco

nom

y th

ey a

re a

lso a

n im

port

ant

dete

rmin

ant

in t

he q

ualit

y of

life

of

the

indi

vidu

al in

ter

m o

f pe

rson

al d

evel

opm

ent,

build

ing

confi

denc

e an

d en

ablin

g pe

ople

to

feel

mor

e co

nnec

ted

to t

heir

com

mun

ity (

FETS

). A

cces

s an

d in

clus

ivity

in r

elat

ion

to e

duca

tion

prov

ision

in K

erry

was

hig

hlig

hted

as

a co

ncer

n at

pub

lic c

onsu

ltatio

n. In

kee

ping

with

the

FET

str

ateg

y th

is LE

CP

aim

s to

mak

e ed

ucat

ion

and

skill

s m

ore

atta

inab

le. T

he e

nhan

ced

prov

ision

of

edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng w

ill e

nabl

e pe

ople

and

com

mun

ities

to

fully

rea

lise

thei

r po

tent

ial.

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Incr

ease

acc

ess

to e

duca

tion

and

ski

lls fo

r al

l mem

bers

of t

he c

omm

unit

y w

hile

ens

urin

g ta

rget

ed s

kills

dev

elop

men

t to

mat

ch c

urre

nt

and

futu

re s

kills

dem

ands

.Su

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

Tim

efra

me

1.6.

1To

es

tabl

ish

a co

llabo

rativ

e sk

ills

stra

tegy

for

the

cou

nty

to m

atch

cur

rent

and

fut

ure

skill

s de

man

ds b

y co

nnec

ting

indu

stry

, hi

gher

an

d fu

rthe

r ed

ucat

ion

inst

itute

s.

1.6.

1.1

Part

icip

ate

in t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of a

n Em

ploy

er

and

Educ

atio

n Sk

ills

Foru

m t

o an

ticip

ate

and

ensu

re

educ

atio

n an

d tr

aini

ng

prov

ision

is

mee

ting

futu

re sk

ills n

eeds

of t

he re

gion

thro

ugh

grea

ter

empl

oyer

inpu

t an

d be

tter

info

rmat

ion

for

empl

oyer

s on

the

skill

s su

pply.

Regi

onal

Sk

ills

Foru

m,

ITT,

Kerr

y ET

B

UC

C, C

IT,

ETB’

s, Sk

illne

t,D

ES, S

olas

, C

ham

bers

,BD

As,

EI,

Sout

h W

est

Loca

l Aut

hori-

ties,

Úna

G,

LDC

’s

Skill

s ga

ps id

enti-

fied

and

a nu

mbe

r of

indi

vidu

als

trai

ning

in id

enti-

fied

area

s

2016

O

ngoi

ng

1.6.

1.2

On

an a

nnua

l bas

is, o

n a

coun

ty le

vel r

evie

w th

e Re

gion

al E

mpl

oyer

and

Edu

catio

n Sk

ills

Foru

m

to e

nsur

e co

unty

vie

ws

are

cons

ider

ed a

nd

coun

ty n

eeds

are

bei

ng m

et.

Kerr

y ET

B, IT

TK

CC

, N

EWK

D,

SKD

P,IRD

D

uhal

low

,Sk

illsn

ets

Cou

nty

skill

s ne

eds

are

revi

ewed

and

m

atch

ed

Ong

oing

1.6.

1.3

Supp

ort

the

deve

lopm

ent

of a

ski

lls a

udit

in

targ

eted

are

as.

Com

mu-

nity

G

roup

s

IDA

, LD

Cs,

KC

C, E

TB’s

Skill

s au

dits

dev

el-

oped

Ong

oing

1.6.

2Ta

rget

sk

ills

deve

lopm

ent

acro

ss

a nu

mbe

r of

ke

y se

ctor

s.

1.6.

2.1

Inve

stig

ate

curr

ent

avai

labi

lity

of t

rain

ing

and

appr

entic

eshi

ps an

d w

here

appr

opria

te, p

rom

ote

sam

e w

ithin

the

cons

truc

tion,

engi

neer

ing,

man

u-fa

ctur

ing,

craf

t, fo

od, a

rt, c

ultu

re, fi

lm, a

nim

atio

n an

d he

ritag

e se

ctor

s. D

evel

op fu

rthe

r tr

aini

ng

and

appr

entic

eshi

ps w

here

gap

s ar

e id

entifi

ed.

Kerr

y ET

B, IT

TK

CC

,Tas

te

Kerr

y, O

rigin

al

Kerr

y, ar

tisan

pr

oduc

ers,

craf

ters

, ar

tists

etc

. Fa

ilte

Irela

nd,

NEW

KD

, SK

DP,

Cur

rent

trai

ning

an

d ap

pren

tice-

ship

s id

entifi

ed

and

furt

her

trai

n-in

g an

d ap

pren

-tic

eshi

ps d

evel

-op

ed w

here

gap

s w

ere

iden

tified

2017

-202

0

1.6.

2.2

Dev

elop

a c

ater

ing

and

hosp

italit

y ce

ntre

of

exce

llenc

e to

bec

ome

inte

rnat

iona

lly r

enow

ned

in d

rivin

g m

anag

emen

t ca

pabi

litie

s, in

nova

tion

and

serv

ice

exce

llenc

e in

this

sect

or.

Kerr

y ET

B, IT

TC

IT, K

CC

, IH

F, D

ES, F

áilte

Ire

land

Dev

elop

men

t of

cent

re o

f exc

el-

lenc

e

2017

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ease

acc

ess

to e

duca

tion

and

ski

lls fo

r al

l mem

bers

of t

he c

omm

unit

y w

hile

ens

urin

g ta

rget

ed s

kills

dev

elop

men

t to

mat

ch c

urre

nt

and

futu

re s

kills

dem

ands

.Su

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

Tim

efra

me

1.6.

2.3

Dev

elop

sc

hool

s to

urism

in

itiat

ives

su

ch

as

“Kno

w Y

our

Ow

n C

ount

y”

Cam

paig

ns

and

onlin

e to

urism

in

duct

ion

prog

ram

mes

fo

r sc

hool

s to

:pr

omot

e of

ferin

gs w

ithin

the

coun

ty1.

deve

lop

futu

re to

urism

am

bass

ador

s for

the

2. co

unty

to

hig

hlig

ht p

oten

tial

care

er o

ppor

tuni

ties

3. in

the

sect

or.

KC

C,

Kerr

y ET

B, IT

T

DES

, bu

sines

s re

pres

enta

tive

bodi

es,

Des

ti-na

tion

Kerr

y

Inst

il to

urism

cu

lture

thro

ugh-

out t

he c

omm

u-ni

ty

Q3

2016

1.6.

2.4

Wor

k w

ith K

erry

ETB

and

the

ITT

to in

crea

se

the

num

ber

of fl

exib

le,

targ

eted

sho

rt t

erm

tr

aini

ng c

ours

es in

the

cou

nty

and

to e

stab

lish

mea

ning

ful

outr

each

pro

visio

ns i

n ru

ral

loca

-tio

ns.

Kerr

y ET

BIT

T, PP

N,

KC

C, L

DC

sIn

crea

se th

e nu

mbe

r of

cou

rses

in

rur

al a

reas

2016

-o

ngoi

ng

1.6.

2.5

Wor

k w

ith r

elev

ant

orga

nisa

tions

to

incr

ease

th

e nu

mbe

r of

flex

ible

cou

rses

for

rur

al s

mal

l ho

lder

s.

Kerr

y ET

BLD

Cs,

Skill

s-ne

t,Fa

rmin

g O

rgan

isatio

ns,

Farm

Rel

ief

Incr

ease

in

num

ber

of c

ours

es20

17

1.6.

2.6

Prom

ote

Ente

rpris

e ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h:En

terp

rise

Aw

ards

– S

tude

nt a

nd N

atio

nal

• Se

cond

and

Thi

rd L

evel

eng

agem

ent

• Fe

mal

e En

trep

rene

ursh

ip•

Irela

nd’s

Best

Youn

g En

trep

rene

ur•

KC

C,

Kerr

y ET

B, I

TT

LDC

s, se

cond

-ar

y sc

hool

s, Ú

naG

Prom

otio

n of

en

trep

rene

ursh

ip

as a

car

eer

path

2016

-ong

oing

1.6.

2.7

Dev

elop

a

show

case

of

th

e co

unty

/reg

ion’

s m

anuf

actu

ring

base

, with

a p

artic

ular

foc

us o

n at

trac

ting

youn

g pe

ople

to

care

ers

in m

anuf

ac-

turin

g.

ITT

HEI

s, ET

Bs,

IBEC

, CEI

AIn

crea

se a

war

e-ne

ss o

f em

ploy

-m

ent o

ppor

tuni

-tie

s

2017

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Sus

tain

ably

dev

elop

ICT

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

mar

t to

wn

tech

nolo

gy

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

7.1

Impl

emen

t IC

T in

fras

truc

ture

and

sm

art

tow

n te

chno

logy

in id

enti-

fied

loca

tions

.

1.7.

1.1

Esta

blish

sm

art t

own

initi

ativ

es w

hich

can

be

used

as

tes

t be

ds b

y st

art-

up c

ompa

nies

and

by

man

u-fa

ctur

ing

and

serv

ice

supp

ort o

pera

tions

.

KC

C-

LEO

Com

mun

ity

Gro

ups,

LDC

s IT

T, Ú

naG

Esta

blish

one

sm

art t

own

initi

a-tiv

e in

the

coun

ty

Q1

2016

-on

goin

g

1.7.

1.2

Dev

elop

men

t of w

eb-e

nabl

ed s

ervi

ces.

KC

CBu

sines

ses

20 b

usin

esse

s tr

adin

g on

line

2016

- on

goin

g1.

7.1.

3Se

ek t

o pr

omot

e Ke

rry’s

tar

gete

d ap

proa

ch i

n th

e de

liver

y of

hig

h sp

eed

broa

dban

d fo

r su

stai

n-ab

le e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t in

the

cont

ext o

f the

N

atio

nal B

road

band

Pla

n.

KC

CEI

, LD

Cs,

Úna

G,

Com

mu-

nity

Gro

ups,

DC

ENR,

ESB

Targ

eted

hig

h sp

eed

broa

dban

d20

16-

ongo

ing

1.7.

1.4

Lobb

y to

stre

ngth

en th

e m

obile

pho

ne sy

stem

in

Ker

ry.

LCD

C

KC

CPa

rtne

rsSt

reng

then

ed

mob

ile p

hone

sy

stem

2016

1.7.

1.5

Esta

blish

Ker

ry Te

chno

logy

Par

k as

a ke

y pl

ayer

in

ec

onom

ic

deve

lopm

ent

in

the

coun

ty-

wor

king

with

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t, St

ate

Age

n-ci

es a

nd c

ompa

nies

.

ITT,

KC

CEI

, ID

A, T

KD

evel

opm

ent o

f Ke

rry T

echn

ol-

ogy

Park

2016

Hig

h Le

vel

Goa

l 1.

7 Su

stai

nabl

y de

velo

p IC

T i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d sm

art

tow

n te

chno

logy

This

plan

incl

udes

a r

ange

of a

ctio

ns w

hich

focu

s on

tec

hnol

ogic

al a

dvan

ce-

men

ts in

Cou

nty

Kerr

y, he

ight

enin

g th

e co

unty

’s ap

peal

as

a pl

ace

to in

vest

, w

ork,

live

and

visit

. Thi

s pl

an is

alig

ned

with

aim

s of

the

Nat

iona

l Bro

adba

nd

Plan

in th

at it

see

ks to

sus

tain

ably

dev

elop

hig

h sp

eed

broa

dban

d in

targ

eted

lo

catio

n in

ord

er t

o de

velo

p a

mor

e co

nnec

ted

soci

ety

whi

ch c

an s

uppo

rt

ente

rpris

e, in

vest

men

t and

pra

ctic

es s

uch

as h

ome

wor

king

. The

ext

ensio

n of

th

e hi

gh sp

eed

broa

dban

d ne

twor

k in

the

coun

ty, w

hile

not

an

end

in it

self,

will

ha

ve t

he c

apac

ity t

o un

lock

cur

rent

lim

itatio

ns in

ent

erpr

ise e

xpan

sion

that

de

pend

on

high

qua

lity

relia

ble

digi

tal c

onne

ctiv

ity.

Oth

er a

ctio

ns in

thi

s se

ctio

n fo

cus

on a

dvan

cem

ents

in t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of

smar

t to

wn

tech

nolo

gy. S

uch

adva

ncem

ents

in t

echn

olog

y w

ill h

elp

faci

litat

e re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

and

help

fost

er in

nova

tion

in t

he c

ount

y. A

ctio

ns

that

foc

us o

n th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

sm

art

tow

n te

chno

logy

inc

lude

tho

se

conc

erne

d w

ith t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

of t

he K

erry

Tec

hnol

ogy

Park

and

the

in

trod

uctio

n of

livi

ng la

bs a

t app

ropr

iate

loca

tions

.

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h Le

vel G

oal

1.8

Prom

ote

incr

ease

d ne

twor

king

and

col

labo

rati

on a

cros

s se

ctor

s to

enc

oura

ge s

hare

d id

eas

and

reso

urce

s he

lpin

g to

su

stai

nabl

y en

cour

age

inno

vati

on a

nd e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t ac

ross

the

cou

nty

and

regi

on.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

8.1

Enco

urag

e a

pro-

busin

ess

envi

-ro

nmen

t w

hile

str

engt

heni

ng a

nd

sust

aini

ng

the

exist

ing

busin

ess

base

.

1.8.

1.1

Dev

elop

and

stre

ngth

en th

e Re

gion

al C

ham

ber o

f C

omm

erce

/ Alli

ance

Net

wor

k.C

ham

bers

LDC

s K

CC

, TK

Coo

rdin

ated

Lo

cal C

ham

ber

Alli

ance

est

ab-

lishe

d

2016

1.8.

1.2

Wor

k w

ith C

onne

ct Ir

elan

d to

rol

l out

pla

n fo

r th

e co

unty

.C

onne

ct

Irela

nd,

KC

C

IDA

, EI,

LDC

s,C

ham

bers

,Ú

naG

Con

nect

Ire

land

pl

an im

plem

ente

d20

20

1.8.

1.3

Furt

her

deve

lop

Kerr

y D

iasp

ora

Net

wor

ks w

ith

clea

r ob

ject

ives

and

del

iver

able

s in

the

are

as o

f tr

ade

prom

otio

n, at

trac

ting

inve

stm

ent,

advi

ce

and

supp

ort t

o en

trep

rene

urs.

KC

CIT

T, C

ham

-be

rs,

Con

nect

Ire

land

Impl

emen

t D

iasp

ora

plan

2016

1.8.

1.4

Org

anise

an

an

nual

ne

twor

king

se

min

ar

for

even

ts a

nd fe

stiv

als

to t

rans

fer

lear

ning

and

bes

t pr

actic

e.

KC

CSK

DP,

NEW

KD

, IR

D D

ulha

l-lo

w,

Úda

rás

na

Gae

ltach

ta

Ann

ual n

etw

ork-

ing

even

t est

ab-

lishe

d

2017

Hig

h Le

vel G

oal 1

.8 P

rom

ote

incr

ease

d ne

twor

king

and

col

labo

ra-

tion

acr

oss s

ecto

rs to

enc

oura

ge sh

ared

idea

s and

reso

urce

s hel

ping

to

sus

tain

ably

enc

oura

ge i

nnov

atio

n an

d ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

acro

ss t

he c

ount

y an

d re

gion

.

This

LEC

P is

info

rmed

by

a se

ries

of s

trat

egie

s an

d pl

ans,

mos

t of w

hich

not

e th

e im

port

ance

of

incr

ease

d co

-ord

inat

ion

of s

ervi

ces

and

an in

ter-

agen

cy,

colla

bora

tive

appr

oach

in a

ddre

ssin

g bo

th e

cono

mic

and

soc

ial c

once

rns.

The

actio

ns in

thi

s se

ctio

n ar

e fo

cuse

d on

str

engt

heni

ng t

he c

olla

bora

tive

wor

k

prac

tices

in K

erry

to

incr

ease

effi

cien

cy a

nd p

eer

to p

eer

lear

ning

. Act

ions

in

clud

e th

e st

reng

then

ing

of R

egio

nal C

ham

ber

of C

omm

erce

Net

wor

ks a

nd

the

netw

orki

ng o

f mul

ti-na

tiona

l and

loca

lly b

ased

com

pani

es t

o in

form

the

ne

eds

of th

e co

unty

in r

espe

ct o

f ent

erpr

ise d

evel

opm

ent.

Oth

er a

ctio

ns i

nclu

de d

evel

opin

g lin

kage

s an

d co

llabo

ratio

n on

an

inte

r-na

tiona

l sca

le w

ith a

vie

w t

o at

trac

ting

inve

stm

ent,

trad

e su

ppor

t an

d as

a

chan

nel f

or a

dvic

e an

d su

ppor

t for

ent

repr

eneu

rs a

nd a

s a m

eans

to a

chie

ving

ag

reed

targ

ets

for

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y.

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oal

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Prom

ote

incr

ease

d ne

twor

king

and

col

labo

rati

on a

cros

s se

ctor

s to

enc

oura

ge s

hare

d id

eas

and

reso

urce

s he

lpin

g to

su

stai

nabl

y en

cour

age

inno

vati

on a

nd e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t ac

ross

the

cou

nty

and

regi

on.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

8.2

Kerr

y to

wor

k in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith a

num

ber

of M

ulti-

Nat

iona

ls in

est

ablis

hing

the

Kerr

y Br

and.

1.8.

2.1

Mul

ti-N

atio

nal

Com

pani

es

in

Kerr

y ag

ree

to

netw

ork,

deve

lop

them

es in

rel

atio

n to

com

mon

in

tere

sts

and

conc

erns

, gui

de t

he b

rand

ing

and

mar

ketin

g of

the

cou

nty

as a

n in

vest

men

t de

sti-

natio

n an

d a

plac

e to

wor

k an

d liv

e. Th

e w

ork

of

the

netw

ork

is to

be

supp

orte

d by

the

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t age

ncie

s in

the

coun

ty.

MN

C,

NC

IDA

, EI

, KC

CN

etw

ork

esta

b-lis

hed,

a n

umbe

r of

pro

mot

iona

l ac

tions

dev

el-

oped

Ong

oing

- tw

o m

eet-

ings

a y

ear

1.8.

3Pr

omot

e ne

twor

king

and

col

labo

-ra

tion

in t

he r

enew

able

ene

rgy

sect

or.

1.8.

3.1

Esta

blish

a w

orki

ng g

roup

for

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y co

mpr

ising

of

re

leva

nt

stak

ehol

ders

. Pr

omot

e va

rious

alte

rnat

ive

pow

er p

ilots

und

erw

ay in

the

co

unty

in a

dher

ence

with

the

coun

ty’s

Rene

wab

le

Ener

gy S

trat

egy

(RES

) an

d ot

her

Nat

iona

l gui

de-

lines

as

appr

opria

te.

KC

C,

Ener

gy

Co-

Op

ITT,

Kerr

y ET

B, C

oillt

e, A

n Tá

isce,

TK

Stak

e ho

lder

ne

twor

k es

tabl

ished

, pi

lot p

roje

ct

prom

oted

2017

1.8.

3.2

Supp

ort

com

mun

ities

to

id

entif

y re

new

able

en

ergy

initi

ativ

es.

Tran

sitio

n Ke

rry,

KC

CLD

Cs

A n

umbe

r of

re

new

able

en

ergy

initi

a-tiv

es id

entifi

ed

2017

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h Le

vel G

oal

1.9

Max

imis

e th

e ec

onom

ic p

oten

tial

and

dev

elop

men

t of

nat

ural

res

ourc

es in

a s

usta

inab

le

man

ner

whi

le e

nsur

ing

no s

igni

fican

t ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

9.1

Prom

ote

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r su

stai

nabl

e co

mm

erci

alisa

tion

of n

atur

al p

rodu

cts/

ext

ract

s fro

m th

e na

tura

l res

ourc

es an

d aq

uacu

lture

pro

duct

s in

the

re

gion

, on

land

and

in t

he s

ea

(‘blu

e- t

ech’

) th

roug

h gr

eate

r co

llabo

ratio

n be

twee

n ag

ri-cu

lture

, aqu

acul

ture

res

earc

h an

d bu

sines

s.

1.9.

1.1

Und

erta

ke a

fea

sibili

ty s

tudy

to

inve

stig

ate

the

pote

ntia

l of c

reat

ing

a Tec

hnic

al M

arin

e an

d M

arin

e Sc

ienc

es e

duca

tion,

trai

ning

and

res

earc

h ce

ntre

in

Ker

ry.

HEI

sIT

T, Ke

rry

ETB

Feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

un

dert

aken

2016

Hig

h Le

vel G

oal 1

.9 M

axim

ise

the

econ

omic

pot

enti

al a

nd d

evel

op-

men

t of

nat

ural

res

ourc

es in

a s

usta

inab

le m

anne

r w

hile

ens

urin

g no

sig

nific

ant

adve

rse

effe

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

Kerr

y ha

s a

wea

lth o

f na

tura

l re

sour

ces

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

soc

ial

and

econ

omic

fabr

ic o

f the

cou

nty.

This

plan

see

ks t

o ac

tivel

y pr

omot

e th

e ec

onom

ic, s

ocia

l and

env

ironm

enta

l ben

efits

of n

atur

al re

sour

ces.

The

LEC

P is

alig

ned

with

a n

umbe

r of t

he o

bjec

tives

con

tain

ed in

the

CD

P co

ncer

ned

with

th

e su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t of e

mpl

oym

ent g

ener

ated

thro

ugh

oppo

rtun

ities

as

pre

sent

ed b

y na

tura

l res

ourc

es. T

his

plan

like

the

CD

P is

conc

erne

d w

ith

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e ex

trac

tive

indu

strie

s, fo

rest

ry, fi

shin

g, aq

uacu

l-tu

re a

nd c

oast

al a

ctiv

ities

whi

le a

dher

ing

to E

U E

nviro

nmen

tal D

irect

ives

such

as

the

Hab

itats

Dire

ctiv

e, SE

A/E

IA D

irect

ive

and

Wat

er F

ram

ewor

k D

irect

ive

for

the

prot

ectio

n of

the

land

scap

e an

d its

nat

ural

res

ourc

es.

The

Plan

reco

gnise

s the

pot

entia

l of c

reat

ing

adde

d va

lue

to p

rodu

cts s

ourc

ed

with

in th

e co

unty

and

the

econ

omic

and

em

ploy

men

t ben

efits

ass

ocia

ted

with

sa

me.

It is

pro

pose

d to

exp

lore

ove

r th

e pe

riod

of t

he P

lan

oppo

rtun

ities

to

furt

her

dive

rsify

the

econ

omy

thro

ugh

the

use

of p

rodu

cts

sour

ced

with

in

the

coun

ty.

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h Le

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oal

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Max

imis

e th

e ec

onom

ic p

oten

tial

and

dev

elop

men

t of

nat

ural

res

ourc

es in

a s

usta

inab

le

man

ner

whi

le e

nsur

ing

no s

igni

fican

t ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

9.1.

2Su

ppor

t al

tern

ativ

e co

asta

l act

iviti

es a

nd in

crea

se

loca

l in

com

es t

hrou

gh s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent

of c

oast

al n

iche

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es s

uch

as

tour

ism, e

ngin

eerin

g, bl

uew

ays

and

wat

er s

port

s.

KC

CB.

I.M., F

ish-

erie

s Lo

cal

Act

ion

Gro

up

(F.L

.A.G

.),

Úna

GLD

Cs

,IT

T, TK

A n

umbe

r of

al

tern

ativ

e co

asta

l ac

tiviti

es a

nd

nich

e pr

oduc

ts

iden

tified

2016

-o

ngoi

ng

1.9.

1.3

KC

C w

ill w

ork

with

the

Sou

th-W

est

Fish

erie

s Lo

cal A

rea

Gro

up (

FLAG

) an

d BI

M t

o em

pow

er

loca

l co

mm

uniti

es t

o de

velo

p op

port

uniti

es a

nd

grow

ex

istin

g in

fras

truc

ture

w

ithin

th

eir

own

coas

tal a

reas

.

BIM

FL

AG, K

CC

-LE

OTh

e de

velo

p-•

men

t of

a

trai

ning

and

de

velo

pmen

t pl

an

the

iden

tifica

-•

tion

of a

lter-

nativ

e co

asta

l ac

tiviti

es

the

deve

lop-

• m

ent o

f a

num

ber

of

ente

rpris

e an

d aq

uacu

l-tu

re p

rodu

cts

2017

•

Ong

oing

•

2018

•

1.9.

1.4

The

deve

lopm

ent

of a

mar

ine

cent

re in

Cou

nty

Kerr

yKe

rry

ETB

ITT,

UC

CM

arin

e ce

ntre

de

velo

ped

2020

1.9.

1.5

To u

nder

take

a r

esea

rch

proj

ect

to e

xplo

re t

he

pote

ntia

l to

furt

her d

iver

sify

the

econ

omy

thro

ugh

the

use

of p

rodu

cts

sour

ced

with

in th

e co

unty

.

Kerr

y ET

B,IT

T

KC

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entif

y po

tent

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-tio

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Max

imis

e th

e ec

onom

ic p

oten

tial

and

dev

elop

men

t of

nat

ural

res

ourc

es in

a s

usta

inab

le

man

ner

whi

le e

nsur

ing

no s

igni

fican

t ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

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iver

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imef

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9.2

Sust

aina

bly

deve

lop

the

econ

omic

va

lue

of

fore

stry

w

ithin

the

coun

ty.

1.9.

2.1

Rese

arch

th

e ec

onom

ic

pote

ntia

l of

re

tain

ing

addi

tiona

l ad

ded

valu

e w

ithin

the

cou

nty

arisi

ng

from

fore

stry

.

Teag

asc,

Kerr

y En

ergy

C

o-O

p, K

CC

Dep

artm

ent

of A

gric

ultu

re

(fore

stry

Se

rvic

es),

IFA

,IC

MSA

, TK

Rese

arch

doc

u-m

ent

2017

1.9.

2.2

Enga

ge

with

th

e fo

rest

ry

owne

rs

to

deve

lop

fore

sts

with

in th

e co

unty

, at a

ppro

pria

te lo

catio

ns,

for

tour

ism a

nd a

men

ity p

urpo

ses.

Teag

asc,

Kerr

y En

ergy

C

o-O

p

Dep

artm

ent

of A

gric

ultu

re

(fore

stry

Se

rvic

es),

IFA

, IC

MSA

Dev

elop

men

t pla

n fo

r fo

rest

tour

ism

amen

ities

2018

1.9.

3M

inim

ise

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

of w

aste

disp

osal

site

s an

d in

vest

igat

e th

e po

ten-

tial

of

the

deve

lopm

ent

of

thes

e sit

es a

s ge

nera

tors

of

econ

omic

act

ivity

.

1.9.

3.1

Exam

ine

the

econ

omic

fea

sibili

ty o

f us

ing

the

Nor

th K

erry

land

fill a

s an

eco

nom

ic a

sset

.K

CC

Feas

ibili

ty r

epor

tQ

4 20

16

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Ex

pand

the

Gre

en E

cono

my

by p

rom

otin

g su

stai

nabl

e, r

enew

able

and

effi

cien

t en

ergy

sup

ply.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

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10.1

Prom

ote

rene

wab

le

ener

gy

initi

ativ

es a

nd v

ario

us a

ltern

ativ

e po

wer

pilo

ts.

1.10

.1.1

Supp

ort

the

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent

of

the

Shan

non

Estu

ary

and

part

icul

arly

th

e de

vel-

opm

ent

loca

tions

of

Tarb

ert

and

the

Tarb

ert/

Bally

long

ford

lan

dban

k as

ide

ntifi

ed i

n th

e SI

FP

(Sha

nnon

Int

egra

ted

Fram

ewor

k Pl

an)

and

in

com

plia

nce

with

th

e Ke

rry

CD

P 20

15-2

021.

Ado

pt t

he S

IFP

as a

var

iatio

n to

the

Ker

ry C

DP

2015

-202

1.

KC

CA

n Tá

isce,

TKSh

anno

n Es

tuar

y Bo

dies

Vary

CD

P to

in

corp

orat

e SI

FPM

id 2

016

1.10

.1.2

Und

erta

ke a

feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

to

iden

tify

a fin

an-

cial

and

bus

ines

s m

odel

for

Dist

rict

Hea

ting

Syst

ems.

KC

CSE

AI ,

PPN

EP

, TK

Fi

nanc

ial m

odel

an

d b

usin

ess

mod

el o

f dist

rict

heat

ing

roll

out

iden

tified

2016

Hig

h Le

vel

Goa

l 1.

10 E

xpan

d th

e G

reen

Eco

nom

y by

pro

mot

ing

sust

aina

ble,

ren

ewab

le a

nd e

ffici

ent

ener

gy s

uppl

y.

This

sect

ion

focu

ses

on a

ctio

ns c

once

rned

with

the

prom

otio

n of

ren

ewab

le

ener

gy a

nd in

crea

sed

ener

gy e

ffici

ency

, in o

rder

to d

evel

op m

ore

sust

aina

ble

com

mun

ities

and

red

uce

the

impa

ct o

f C

limat

e C

hang

e. A

s ou

tline

d in

the

in

trod

uctio

n to

thi

s pl

an C

limat

e C

hang

e is

curr

ent

and

has

an im

pact

on

soci

al, e

cono

mic

and

env

ironm

enta

l con

sider

atio

ns in

the

cou

nty.

This

LEC

P se

eks

to im

plem

ent a

ctio

ns w

hich

aim

to re

duce

the

effe

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

en

surin

g a

sust

aina

ble

mod

el o

f liv

ing

whi

ch p

rote

cts

the

natu

ral

envi

ron-

men

t.

This

LEC

P se

eks

to a

ctio

n th

e co

mm

itmen

ts a

s ou

tline

d in

the

Nat

iona

l En

ergy

Effi

cien

cy A

ctio

n Pl

an 2

014

by e

nsur

ing

mor

e ef

ficie

nt u

se o

f ene

rgy.

The

publ

ic s

ecto

r is

to le

ad b

y ex

ampl

e an

d im

prov

e its

ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y by

33

%.

The

actio

ns in

thi

s se

ctio

n al

so h

ighl

ight

Ker

ry C

ount

y C

ounc

il’s w

illin

gnes

s to

co-

ordi

nate

an

inte

r-ag

ency

app

roac

h to

red

ucin

g en

ergy

con

sum

ptio

n th

roug

h th

e id

entifi

catio

n of

mor

e ef

ficie

nt s

yste

ms

and

thro

ugh

the

impl

e-m

enta

tion

of T

rans

ition

Ker

ry’s

Rene

wab

le E

nerg

y St

rate

gy.

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Ex

pand

the

Gre

en E

cono

my

by p

rom

otin

g su

stai

nabl

e, r

enew

able

and

effi

cien

t en

ergy

sup

ply.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

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iver

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imef

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10.2

Incr

ease

en

ergy

ef

ficie

ncy

in

Cou

nty

Kerr

y.1.

10.2

.1Pr

omot

e en

ergy

ef

ficie

ncy

initi

ativ

es

in

the

coun

ty. T

he p

ublic

sec

tor

will

impr

ove

its e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

by 3

3% a

nd w

ill b

e se

en t

o le

ad b

y ex

ampl

e –

show

ing

all s

ecto

rs w

hat

is po

ssib

le

thro

ugh

stro

ng, c

omm

itted

act

ion.

KC

C,

SEA

IPu

blic

Se

ctor

O

rgan

isatio

ns,

TK, E

nerg

y C

o-O

p, IM

ERC

Incr

ease

d en

ergy

ef

ficie

ncy

Ong

oing

1.10

.2.2

Impl

emen

t Tr

ansit

ion

Kerr

y (T

K)

sust

aina

ble

ener

gy

com

mun

ity

road

map

fu

rthe

r to

its

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith t

he c

ount

y’s R

enew

able

Ene

rgy

Stra

tegy

as

cont

aine

d in

the

Ker

ry C

DP

2015

-20

21.

TK ,

LDC

sK

CC

, En

ergy

C

o-O

pBu

ild to

war

ds

a st

rong

pos

i-tiv

e vi

sion

for

a su

stai

nabl

e en

ergy

futu

re

2020

1.10

.2.3

Com

men

ce p

ilot

upgr

ade

of p

ublic

lig

htin

g by

re

plac

ing

the

exist

ing

Loca

l Aut

horit

y st

ock

of

sodi

um la

mps

with

hig

h ef

ficie

ncy

LED

uni

ts t

o re

duce

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion

cost

s an

d al

so t

o re

duce

lam

p m

aint

enan

ce c

osts

.

KC

CRe

duct

ion

in

ener

gy c

onsu

mp-

tion

Ong

oing

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M

axim

ise

conn

ecti

vity

of t

he c

ount

y th

roug

h in

vest

ing

in s

usta

inab

le c

omm

unic

atio

n,

serv

ices

and

tra

nspo

rt in

fras

truc

ture

in a

ppro

pria

te lo

cati

ons.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

e1.

11.1

Ensu

re t

he s

usta

inab

le d

evel

op-

men

t and

mai

nten

ance

of a

goo

d ro

ad

infr

astr

uctu

re

with

in

the

coun

ty a

nd g

ood

radi

al a

cces

s in

to th

e co

unty

.

1.11

.1.1

Dev

elop

and

im

plem

ent

an a

nnua

l ro

ads

wor

ks

prog

ram

me

for

the

coun

ty a

nd i

nves

t av

aila

ble

reso

urce

s to

max

imise

the

im

pact

on

the

road

ne

twor

k lin

ks

KC

CTI

IG

ood

qual

ity ro

ad

infr

astr

uctu

re

in

the

coun

ty

Ann

ual

prog

ram

me

1.11

.1.2

Dev

elop

pla

ns fo

r ne

w a

nd im

prov

ed ro

adw

ays

in

the

coun

ty in

clud

ing

inne

r re

lief r

oads

, by-

pass

es

and

othe

r st

rate

gica

lly im

port

ant

tran

spor

t lin

ks

(as

deta

iled

in t

he K

erry

Cou

nty

Dev

elop

men

t Pl

an 2

015-

2021

)

KC

CTI

IA

num

ber o

f pla

ns

deve

lope

dA

nnua

l pr

ogra

mm

e

Hig

h Le

vel G

oal 1

.11

Max

imis

e co

nnec

tivi

ty o

f the

cou

nty

thro

ugh

inve

stin

g in

sus

tain

able

com

mun

icat

ion,

ser

vice

s an

d tr

ansp

ort

infr

astr

uctu

re in

app

ropr

iate

loca

tion

s.

Con

nect

ivity

is im

port

ant i

n bu

ildin

g a

sust

aina

ble

and

resil

ient

eco

nom

y. Thi

s se

ctio

n fo

cuse

s on

actio

ns w

hich

aim

to in

crea

se K

erry

’s co

nnec

tivity

thro

ugh

inve

stm

ent

in s

usta

inab

le c

omm

unic

atio

ns, s

ervi

ces

and

tran

spor

t in

app

ro-

pria

te lo

catio

ns. M

any

of t

he a

ctio

ns in

thi

s se

ctio

n de

al w

ith t

he p

rovi

sion

of in

fras

truc

ture

as

a m

eans

of

conn

ectin

g th

e co

unty

. A

s ou

tline

d in

the

C

DP

the

qual

ity o

f inf

rast

ruct

ure

avai

labl

e w

ithin

the

coun

ty is

of p

aram

ount

im

port

ance

in d

eter

min

ing

the

qual

ity o

f life

for

its c

itize

ns a

s w

ell a

s be

ing

a m

ajor

fact

or in

att

ract

ing

indu

stry

and

em

ploy

men

t to

an a

rea’

1 . A

ctio

ns in

this

LEC

P ai

m t

o ac

tivel

y pr

omot

e th

e ec

onom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l ben

efits

of i

mpr

oved

tr

ansp

ort

and

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd a

re a

ligne

d w

ith o

bjec

tives

in c

hapt

er e

ight

of

the

CD

P. O

ther

act

ions

in th

is LE

CP

focu

s on

dev

elop

ing

broa

dban

d, Ke

rry

1 Ke

rry

Coun

ty D

evelo

pmen

t Pla

n, P.

101

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort a

nd K

erry

Por

ts. T

hese

act

ions

con

nect

the

coun

ty w

ith

inte

rnat

iona

l mar

kets

and

enh

ance

the

coun

ty’s

pote

ntia

l in

term

s of

inte

rna-

tiona

l tra

de a

nd b

uild

inte

rnat

iona

l aw

aren

ess

of K

erry

’s of

ferin

g an

d in

vest

-m

ent p

oten

tial.

It is

clea

r th

at s

igni

fican

t pr

ogre

ss h

as b

een

mad

e in

the

pas

t 15

yea

rs i

n de

velo

ping

the

roa

d an

d ra

il in

fras

truc

ture

thr

ough

out

the

coun

try.

Ker

ry is

w

ell s

erve

d by

a r

egul

ar r

ail a

nd b

us s

ervi

ce in

to t

he c

ount

y. T

here

rem

ains

so

me

chal

leng

es t

hat

are

high

light

ed b

oth

in t

his

Plan

and

the

Ker

ry C

ount

y D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

that

nee

d to

be

addr

esse

d.

The

Plan

rec

ogni

ses

that

impr

ovin

g co

nnec

tivity

to

the

coun

ty a

t tim

es w

ill

invo

lve

agen

cies

out

side

of t

he c

ount

y (r

oad

impr

ovem

ents

on

the

natio

nal

arte

ries

in C

ork

and

Lim

eric

k), a

nd in

suc

h ca

ses

the

coun

ty w

ill e

ngag

e in

a

broa

d co

nsist

ent

lobb

ying

cam

paig

n to

ens

ure

fund

ing

is m

ade

avai

labl

e fo

r su

ch in

fras

truc

ture

impr

ovem

ents

.

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M

axim

ise

conn

ecti

vity

of t

he c

ount

y th

roug

h in

vest

ing

in s

usta

inab

le c

omm

unic

atio

n,

serv

ices

and

tra

nspo

rt in

fras

truc

ture

in a

ppro

pria

te lo

cati

ons.

Sust

aina

ble

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t O

bjec

tive

sA

ctio

nsLe

adPa

rtne

rsO

utco

me

Del

iver

yT

imef

ram

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11.1

.3To

lobb

y fo

r th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

maj

or r

oad

arte

ries

into

the

cou

nty

incl

udin

g th

e cr

itica

l se

ctio

ns, A

dare

byp

ass

and

Mac

room

byp

ass.

KC

C,

IDA

, EI,

Busin

ess

Cha

m-

bers

TII,

CC

C,

LCC

Impr

oved

acc

ess

to th

e co

unty

Ong

oing

1.11

.2Su

ppor

t th

e su

stai

nabl

e pr

ovi-

sion

of w

ater

ser

vice

s1.

11.2

.1Su

ppor

t th

e su

stai

nabl

e pr

ovisi

on o

f an

adeq

uate

le

vel o

f wat

er s

ervi

ces

infr

astr

uctu

re t

hrou

ghou

t th

e co

unty

to m

eet d

omes

tic, c

omm

erci

al, in

dus-

tria

l and

oth

er n

eeds

, hav

ing

rega

rd t

o th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

and

Set

tlem

ent

Stra

tegy

of t

he C

ount

y D

evel

opm

ent

Plan

and

Iris

h W

ater

’s Pr

opos

ed

Cap

ital I

nves

tmen

t Pla

n.

Irish

W

ater

KC

CSu

stai

nabl

e pr

ovi-

sion

of

wat

er

infr

astr

uctu

re

2018

1.11

.3M

axim

ise

conn

ectiv

ity

to

the

coun

ty/r

egio

n by

de

velo

ping

fu

rthe

r co

nnec

tions

to

Ke

rry,

Cor

k an

d Sh

anno

n A

irpor

ts a

nd

by e

nsur

ing

the

viab

ility

of

the

airp

ort.

1.11

.3.1

Kerr

y Airp

ort t

o de

velo

p a

five

year

gro

wth

stra

t-eg

y to

iden

tify

a se

lf- s

usta

inin

g bu

sines

s m

odel

.Ke

rry

Airp

ort

KC

CSt

rate

gy

deve

l-op

ed an

d bu

sines

s m

odel

iden

tified

Q4

2016

1.11

.3.2

Ass

ist

Kerr

y, Sh

anno

n an

d C

ork

airp

orts

to

de

velo

p ne

w r

oute

s fro

m Ir

elan

d’s

maj

or C

onti-

nent

al

mar

kets

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ty/

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on

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arke

ts

2016

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conn

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vity

of t

he c

ount

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roug

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vest

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fras

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ppro

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thro

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CC

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wor

k w

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R,

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AS

and

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acili

tate

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and.

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plet

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targ

eted

bro

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nd n

eeds

ana

lysis

of

the

coun

ty t

arge

ting

spec

ific

area

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r de

velo

p-m

ent a

nd fo

r sh

orte

r te

rm e

cono

mic

gai

n.

KC

CD

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DEC

LGN

eeds

ana

lysis

pr

epar

ed a

nd

a nu

mbe

r of

sp

ecifi

c ar

eas

targ

eted

for

deve

lopm

ent

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oing

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stig

ate

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f de

velo

ping

com

mu-

nity

bas

ed b

road

band

str

uctu

res.

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Cs

KC

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mun

ity

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ups

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ber

of

com

mun

ity b

ased

br

oadb

and

initi

a-tiv

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stab

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d

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stai

nabl

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velo

p Ke

rry

port

s to

inc

reas

e co

nnec

tivity

and

to

supp

ort

new

bus

ines

s de

velo

p-m

ent.

1.11

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Rese

arch

th

e po

tent

ial

to

sust

aina

bly

expa

nd

the

capa

city

of

Din

gle

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ery

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bour

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tre,

subj

ect t

o av

aila

bilit

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fund

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sear

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pl

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to

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lop

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in c

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asib

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lity

and

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d va

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frei

ght,

leisu

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mar

ina)

, cru

ise li

ners

an

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ctiv

ities

.

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land

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plet

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feas

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ans

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incr

ease

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onom

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r

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y fo

r th

e co

ntin

uatio

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d up

grad

ing

of th

e fe

rry

serv

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bet

wee

n Re

nard

and

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ghts

tow

n.K

CC

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ontin

uatio

n of

fe

rry

serv

ices

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y fo

r th

e im

prov

emen

t of

link

ages

and

por

t de

velo

pmen

t in

Foyn

es.

KC

CD

AFM

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oved

link

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es to

Foy

nes

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oing

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xam

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the

feas

ibili

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f the

dev

elop

men

t of

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rom

ane

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and

ass

ocia

ted

infr

astr

uctu

re.

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amin

atio

n co

nclu

ded

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201

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D

evel

op s

ocia

l ent

erpr

ise

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e fa

bric

of r

ural

com

mun

itie

s.

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aina

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the

valu

e of

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cial

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terp

rise

as a

mea

ns o

f di

rect

jo

b cr

eatio

n an

d to

con

trib

ute

to

a w

ide

rang

e of

com

mun

ity a

nd

soci

al s

ervi

ces.

1.12

.1.1

Com

mun

ity E

nter

prise

Cen

tres

in t

he c

ount

y to

co

llabo

rate

on

the

deve

lopm

ent

of a

str

ateg

y fo

r pr

omot

ion

and

man

agem

ent o

f ava

ilabl

e sp

ace

to

faci

litat

e st

art-

ups

and

entr

epre

neur

ship

in

the

coun

ty.

KC

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mu-

nity

En

terp

rise

Cen

tres

LDC

s, E

I, Ú

naG

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dev

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spac

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for

star

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Ass

ess

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r up

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ling

initi

ativ

es i

n th

e co

unty

, for

exa

mpl

e in

the

are

as o

f Fur

nitu

re,

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and

clo

thin

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umbe

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-on

goin

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Úda

rás

na G

aelta

chta

to

prov

ide

supp

ort

and

reso

urci

ng t

o fo

ur c

omm

unity

coo

pera

tives

to

impl

emen

t a p

rogr

amm

e fo

r ec

onom

ic, s

ocia

l and

cu

ltura

l dev

elop

men

t in

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ltach

t re

gion

s of

the

co

unty

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ce 4

co

mm

unity

co

oper

ativ

es

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Dev

elop

soc

ial e

nter

pris

e to

str

engt

hen

the

fabr

ic o

f rur

al c

omm

unit

ies.

The

bene

fits o

f soc

ial e

nter

prise

are

cros

s cut

ting,

enha

ncin

g the

loca

l eco

nom

y in

ter

ms

of e

mpl

oym

ent

deve

lopm

ent

whi

le a

lso t

ackl

ing

soci

al i

ssue

s an

d co

ntrib

utin

g to

the

qual

ity o

f life

in c

omm

uniti

es. A

ctio

ns in

this

sect

ion

focu

s on

incr

ease

d co

llabo

ratio

n be

twee

n C

omm

unity

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erpr

ise C

entr

es w

ith th

e

view

to

incr

ease

d de

velo

pmen

t of

soc

ial

ente

rpris

e in

the

cou

nty.

Act

ions

al

so id

entif

y m

eans

by

whi

ch c

omm

unity

bas

ed e

nter

prise

s ca

n he

lp c

reat

e jo

bs w

hile

mai

ntai

ning

the

uni

que

cultu

re a

nd c

ontr

ibut

ing

to t

he r

esili

ence

of

com

mun

ities

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l ent

erpr

ise

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e fa

bric

of r

ural

com

mun

itie

s.Su

stai

nabl

e Ec

onom

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evel

opm

ent

Obj

ecti

ves

Act

ions

Lead

Part

ners

Out

com

eD

eliv

ery

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efra

me

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Inve

stig

ate

the

pote

ntia

l of

dev

elop

ing

a so

cial

en

terp

rise

mod

el t

o ac

tivel

y su

stai

n th

e ne

eds

of

the

com

mun

ity th

roug

hout

its l

ifecy

cle,

this

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

prov

ision

of:

Qua

lity

child

care

.•

Non

-form

al e

duca

tion

supp

orts

.•

Qua

lity

elde

r ca

re, b

ased

on

a m

odel

of

• tr

ansit

iona

l car

e w

ith a

focu

s on

inde

pen-

dent

livi

ng w

here

app

ropr

iate

.

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sSo

cial

en

terp

rise

mod

el d

evel

oped

2017