Submission from the Southern Regional Assembly (Submission No 400)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
AEC and Cork City. Support within the Development Plan for such interaction, which supports the role of Cork City as a primary economic driver of the region, RPO 6 Collaboration Between Metropolitan Areas and RPO 41 AEC, would be positive and is recommended.
a. Supporting the prominence and expansion of existing economic clusters. b. Encouraging and promoting opportunities to facilitate new cluster development and create spin-off opportunities outside the clusters. c. There is an emerging innovation corridor across the city, spanning from the Cork Science and Innovation Park to MTU, UCC, CUH, the City Centre, Docklands and Mahon. Proposals are advancing to link these by Light Rail Transit in the long term. The City Council will consolidate the innovation ecosystem, with a view to ensuring the impacts of innovation are felt throughout the city. d. Economic interaction and collaboration across the wider Region will be strengthened, especially between emerging innovation corridors in Cork City and wider networks of collaboration and innovation such as the Atlantic Economic Corridor. These will serve to reaffirm the City’s role as a primary driver for the r egion’s economy. Under RSES RPO 226 the SRA will develop implementation mechanisms including local authority steering group committees to ensure deliver of the RSES and MASPs. Cork City Council will work with all stakeholders to deliver shared MASP objectives. Recommendation: Include the following text after paragraph 3.14 Partnerships: Cork City Council will collaborate with relevant stakeholders to help deliver the objectives set out in Cork MASP.
1.13.
MASP Co-Ordination
It is imperative that positive co-ordination between Cork City Council and Cork County Council and stakeholder agencies continues to deliver actions that achieve the objectives of the Cork MASP.
Recommendation
12:
Collaborative
Approaches
for
MASP
Implementation The SRA support an inclusion under Chapter 13 Monitoring, as a strengthening of Section 13.14 Partnerships, support for continued collaboration on joint City Council and County Council strategies, initiatives and partnership to deliver the objectives of the Cork MASP including a
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