The strategic employment sites proposed in this Draft City Development Plan are designed to achieve the objectives of the MASP. 7.12 With its genesis in the Regional Action Plan for Jobs, which was instrumental in providing cohesion in Ireland’s recovery from the recent global recession, the South West Regional Enterprise Plan focus on creating added value and innovation across all regions in Ireland. Cork City Council is a key partner in the South West Regional Enterprise Plan to 2020; which contains six strategic objectives: 1. To build capacity and resilience of the region’s enterprise base; 2. To develop the region’s enterprise hubs; 3. To leverage opportunities through business clustering; 4. To increase the capacity of the tourism sector; 5. To support the growth of the region’s marine and maritime sector; and 6. To ensure the availability of skills and talent to underpin the region’s growth potential. This particular action is being implemented by the Regional Skills Forum. 7.13 At the time of preparing the Draft City Development Plan the preparation of the next iteration of the Regional Enterprise Plan had commenced. In addition to the key objectives set out above, it is envisaged that the new South West Regional Enterprise Plan will contain particular objectives to combat climate change, with a particular emphasis on just transition, and support the region’s evolution to smart specialisation.
National Economic Plans
7.8 In 2019 the Government published ‘Future Jobs Ireland, 2019 – Preparing for Tomorrow’s Economy’. This set out a strategy for Ireland’s economy under five pillars: 1. Embracing innovation and technological change; 2. Improving SME productivity; 3. Enhancing skills and developing and attracting talent; 4. Increasing participation in the labour force; and 5. Transitioning to a low carbon economy. 7.9 The Government has published the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which forms part of Ireland’s recovery from the COVID 19 pandemic, supported by Exchequer and EU funding. 7.10 Key agencies such as IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Fáilte Ireland among others, have prepared their strategies and plans that set out their objectives and goals to achieve economic growth. Each of these strategies emphasise a commitment to balanced regional development.
Regional Economic Plans
7.11 The Southern Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES), which was published by the Southern Regional Assembly in 2020, carries forward the NPF objectives for the Southern Region. In particular, the RSES contains specific development objectives for Cork City, under the Cork Metropolitan Area Plan (MASP). The RSES seeks to create a sustainable, competitive, inclusive and resilient economy by pursuing five economic principles; smart specialisation, clustering, placemaking for enterprise, knowledge diffusion and capacity building. The MASP identifies the need to develop key employment sites in Cork, including the Docklands, Cork Science and Technology Park and Mahon.
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