Local Economic and Community Plans LECP | Guidelines 2021
Community Implementation Plans should examine the High- Level Goals in the framework LECP and prioritise community objectives in the context of the resources available in each year. The plan should then outline the actions to be implemented in that timeframe that will contribute to the achievement of the chosen objectives. The plan should be practical and realistic and should aim to use the resources available in that year to implement the identified actions. Figure 10 below provides an example of a High-Level Goal matrix. The example detailed below relates to a health and wellbeing goal suggesting relevant objectives and suggested actions in the context. This example is based on information from previous LECPs and is used for illustrative purposes only. The actions identified in the examples below are examples of actions that will require a collaborative approach to implement and in this context the relevant partner stakeholders are also outlined below;
national policy and regional strategy in relation to economic development and related matters; engagement with leaders of key enterprises regarding potential for and approaches to, promoting economic activity and maximising growth in the area, especially through the Regional Enterprise Plan Steering Committee; input of other relevant parties in business, educational, civic, cultural, and social sectors to maximise the contribution of, and synergy between, their sectors or institutions and the achievement of the SEDOs, and promotion of economic development generally in the area; plans or proposals of private sector entities for investment, development, or other projects in the area; and other relevant policy/strategy documents or study reports at national, regional and local levels; an indicative list of current items is provided in Appendix 6. Implementation While much of the material in these guidelines is concerned with formulation of the LECP, having regard to the statutory requirement to do so, the most critical aspect of the entire process is the effectiveness of implementation of the specific actions contained in the Implementation Plans. These will need to be followed up vigorously, including by engagement with other agencies and interests, as well as by supporting action within the Local Authority’s own functions, including spatial implementation aspects. Each Local Authority should draw up implementation arrangements to suit the content of its Plan and local circumstances. This could, for example, involve either incorporating implementation programmes in respect of key Objectives within the LECP or as separate instruments flowing from it. As part of ongoing implementation, Local Authorities may consider it desirable to develop particular initiatives, projects, incentives, etc. to support the implementation of actions. It may be useful to refer to practice in other Local Authorities which have followed a well-structured approach to economic development.
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