Local Economic and Community Plans LECP | Guidelines 2021
New Approach to the LECP process
Consultation undertaken as part of the guideline development process indicated the need to ensure that the LECP is more agile and allows for emerging needs on an ongoing basis. In addition, the plan process needs to consider the resources available to deliver on identified actions and ensure that prioritisation of actions is realistic and achievable within available resources. The postponement of the 2021 census and the consequent delay in available up to date data to create a baseline to build the LECP was also identified as a challenge. While there is relevant data available to consider the socio-economic context for the LECP there will be a need to facilitate consideration of the more up to date and comprehensive demographic and other data that is provided by the census when the census data becomes available. This is likely to be in 2023/2024.
It was in this context that the Advisory Group established to support the LECP guideline development process considered that the LECP process should consist of two parts including; a) the development of an overall LECP framework detailing the High-Level Goals and Sustainable Community and Economic Objectives as well as consideration of outcomes and high-level indicators for the 6-year LECP period. Consideration of any potential actions should form part of the development of the High-Level Goals and Objectives in the LECP framework but the detailing of prioritised actions as well as specific performance indicators and commitment to their implementation is a function of the implementation plan. b) The development of Implementation Plans to detail the inputs, actions and resources required for that implementation plan period as well as relevant specific key performance indictors to facilitate evaluation. The initial LECP Implementation Plan should be presented for approval along with the LECP framework. This will facilitate a more agile and flexible approach to the delivery of initiatives to support the achievement of the High-Level goals and Sustainable Community Objectives outlined in the LECP framework and will allow newly- emerging programmes and policies to be taken into account in an ongoing way. Figure 1 below gives a general definition of the various relevant elements of the plan process highlighted in the text above.
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