Dublin City Public Participation Network (PPN) presented 19 new PPN representatives to Dublin City Council on Friday 27 September 2024.
15 representatives will sit on 7 Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) representing the PPN’s 3 pillars of Community and Voluntary, Social Inclusion and Environment.
3 representatives will replace 3 people stepping down from the Local Community and Development Committee (LCDC), bringing the total number of Representatives on this committee to 5.
1 person will replace a person stepping down from the Secretariat, bringing the total number of Secretariat to 9 (3 from each pillar).
Many warm congratulations to all the newly elected and re-elected Representatives: you can access a full list of the Dublin City PPN Representatives and Secretariat on the PPN website here.
The PPN plenary will be held on Thursday 21 November from 6.30pm – 8.30pm (venue to be announced), and this will be a chance to meet many of the newly elected and re-elected Representatives and Secretariat. Further details to come soon.
Dublin City PPN was also delighted to be able to keep several people as “reserve representatives” which are equally important roles, and we thank them for their time, experience and desire to make Dublin City a better place in which to live, work, study and visit.
You can find out more about the newly formed SPCs here.
There will be some introductory training for the Representatives at the end of November, after which we hope to have some practical, easy and tangible plans for creating three linkage groups: an environmental pillar linkage group; a community and voluntary pillar linkage group; and a social inclusion pillar linkage group.
Exciting times ahead.
Information
The Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD), published the Public Participation Networks Implementation Roadmap here. Many thanks to all those PPN member groups who participated in this consultation. The implementation roadmap was a follow-up to the structural review of 2021/2022 and has several findings, recommendations and actions. This document, alongside the PPN 5-year strategic plan, will provide the foundation for the PPN workplan of 2025.
Social Justice Ireland (SJI) delivered its post budget analysis and critique on Wednesday 02 October. You can read more on this, and how it effects PPN member groups, here.
Dublin City Comhairle na nOg Youth Conference 2024 will take place on Tuesday 05 November at the Round Room, from 9.15am – 2.45pm You can read find out more and register for this event here.
The Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI) would like to inform the PPN about its FREE, “Research Ethics Course” for the public and patients. You can find out more about this course here.
The Independent Living Movement of Ireland (ILMI) would like to invite PPN member groups to get involved in developing an ILMI position paper on realising article 25 of the UNCRPD. The United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) places obligations on the state to ensure that disabled people access the highest standards of healthcare, without discrimination and you can find out more about working on this position paper here.
Dublin City Council (DCC) are happy to announce the Dublin Festival of History takes place from 27 September – 13 October and you can access information about all the in-person and online events here. PPN Member Group, Cantonese in Ireland, have an event on 04 October, at Charleville Mall Library from 2.00pm – 5.00pm, called Flowerboard Art Programme Photo Exhibition, which you can find out more about here.
Dublin City Council (DCC) would like to share the latest edition of the Dublin City focussed Funding Point Local Digest, which you can download here. Many thanks to those people who came to the Grants Application online training session, with Evelyn Fitzpatrick, on 02 October. This was part of the online supports in partnership with DLR PPN and Carmichael.
Training: PPN Autumn Series of Training: events section of the website
Updates from the Secretariat and Representatives
Dublin City PPN Secretariat met for their monthly meeting in September, and agreed the minutes from the last meeting held, in June. You can access the June meeting minutes here.
The PPN website management team, Neo-Archaic, continue to improve the content of the PPN website, making it a useful resource for member groups. Please enjoy the In Dublin Dublin Stories Community Supports Community Supports Map Members Facilities and the Members Facilities Map sections of the website.
The PPN also thank Neo-Archaic for all the help with the nominations and elections work recently, which was very much appreciated.
And finally…please follow Dublin City PPN on Facebook and X at @dublincityppn
