An Action Plan for Cork City
Pure Cork - An Action Plan For The City
Skills and Human Capital
Objective
Actions
Contact (Partners)
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Develop skills within the Cork area to match the needs of existing and future businesses. Provide support services for the unemployed and to help maintain and expand businesses in areas of high unemployment
Support the continued development of creative
Cork City and County Councils, Film in Cork and other relevant stakeholders
11.6
industries and cultural/artistic sectors, which are drivers of innovation in the local economy and community. Continue to support the growth of Energy Cork as an exemplar industry cluster in the energy sector – leading to economic growth and job creation in the sector and advancing Cork’s unique position at the forefront of energy innovation in Ireland. Support the following clusters as outlined in the SW Regional Action Plan for Jobs: • Convergent Life Sciences and Health • Global Business Services • Tourism • Marine, Energy and Natural resources • Consumer food and cross cutting clusters: • ICT and Entrepreneurship. • Advanced manufacturing / engineering
Objective
Actions
Contact (Partners)
Action Ref. No
Energy Cork
11.7
Ensure that Cork’s education and skills base is aligned with the requirements of industry (FDI and indigenous) Support those who are unemployed to enable them to access education, training and employment
Participate in the work of the Regional Skills Forum which brings together employers and the further and higher education system of the region; Support the development of targeted employment initiatives at a local level
Cork ETB, CIT , UCC, IT Tralee, Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Kerry County Council, IDA, EI, Cork and Kerry LEOs CETB, Cork City Council, Cork City Partnership, Dept of Social Protection, Cork City Partnership, SIMON and Local Enterprise Office, Cork City Cork City Council, Cork City Partnership, HSE, LES and other City bodies.
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SWRAPJ
11.8
Pilot the inclusion of social benefit clauses for public bodies
12.3
Support the implementation of national labour market activation schemes Support the continued delivery of the Special Initiative for Traveller Training (SITT) in the city. Continue to implement the Northside for Business initiative
Cork City Council
12.4
Cork City Council, CETB, Cork City Partnership, and other relevant stakeholders.
12.5
Cork City Council, Local Enterprise Office, Cork City, RAPID, Plato, Cork Urban Enterprises Ltd
12.6
Support the retention and growth of existing businesses and the development of new businesses in the city’s RAPID areas
Further develop entrepreneurship and an enterprise culture in Cork
Develop initiatives to promote youth entrepreneurship
Local Enterprise Office, Cork City Council, Cork City Partnership and Cork Smart Gateway UCC, CIT, Cork City & County LEOs and Councils, Cork BIC, and EI
11.9
Support the provision of a range of entrepreneurship and incubation programmes and activities Develop and promote Cork City as a centre of excellence for entrepreneurship
11.10
Transportation and Communications
Cork City Council, Cork County Council and Cork Innovates
11.11
Support measures to improve transport and telecommunications networks into and around Cork City and region
Develop Cork as a Smart Gateway – where digital technologies and smart solutions support better public services for citizens
Support the Cork SMART Gateway initiative
Cork Smart Gateway, Cork City Council, Cork City LEO, Cork County Council, NIMBUS and Tyndall
11.12
Objective
Actions
Contact (Partners)
Action Ref. No
Ensure the smart, sustainable and effective movement of people and goods and optimise mobility for all across the available transport network in a sustainable manner that meets the national target for non car modal share
Implement the City Centre Movement strategy
Cork City Council and other relevant City stakeholders
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