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2.4 Foresights and insights – Challenges and Opportunities for Tackling Issues
The workshop focussed participants on thinking and reflecting on broad issues considering (i) specific challenges and opportunities around addressing city issues, and (ii) the assets, gaps or new thinking to be harnessed to realise optimal futures for the city. These are outlined in the next sections. Participants were invited to think about the future of Cork City and its communities, and capture their own thoughts on: What specific opportunities inspire you? What specific challenges need to be addressed? Facilitated table discussions exchanges thoughts and discussed, mapping opportunity and challenges on to a group worksheet.
INSIGHTS: Opportunities
INSIGHTS: Challenges
• Green Spaces • Docklands • Redevelopment • Community • Food • Education • Cork and Munster as European leaders in renewable energy wind and solar • Climate action job creation • Social and affordable housing • Free transport, public accessibility • Cork Access Education Network • Increasing / investment in social inclusion and community development at local level • Communities to lead, achieving collective vision • People care – employment and safety • Empower and support women’s health • Social enterprise developments – bring people into employment and achieve social impact • Work-life balance: 4 day week • Investment in childcare infrastructure • The river for amenity and transport • Support for families • Health and wellbeing – access to information, food and social spaces for youth, support most vulnerable • Youth • Learning from each other • Free transport
• Transport • Behaviour change for active travel • Mobilising community involvement for action • Communication • Housing and affordable homes • Inequality on northside • Ageing population • Accessibility (hills) • Visibility of opportunities, imposter syndrome • Economic divide • Isolation and city connection • Hate speech and safety of minorities • Polarisation and misinformation • Dereliction of existing buildings • Lack of green spaces • Affordable services • Natural disasters, floods • Complacency • Proper change management practices • Regulatory barriers • Lack of participation from marginalised communities • Local government reform • Regulatory challenges • Lack of city residents • Attracting funding to deliver
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