Appendix 4 High Level Goal 4 – Economic Enterprise and Development
Submission source Summary of Issue Raised relevant to this High-Level Goal
• “Secure public land for the provision of community gardens with support by dedicated personnel and appropriate funding. Partnerships with other agencies such as schools, community gardens, GIY groups, recycling and sustainability groups, and Cork City Council would engage community-based knowledge, as well as support.” • “Support local food sovereignty, community led environmental action and biodiversity at local level by proactively supporting the development of: o community gardens o access to land for growers, o expansion of and access to local markets for farmers, o equitable access to healthy affordable locally grown good quality food for citizens, o access to composting for food businesses. • “Support the provision of initiatives to reduce food waste in the city across retail, food businesses and private homes.” • “Mapping the local food system in Cork city including existing policies and infrastructure to support the creation of healthier and sustainable food environments in the City.” This submission proposes the following changes to objectives under High Level Goal 4 (suggested changes in bold): Objective 4.1 Invest in and develop Cork City’s communications, transport, and enterprise infrastructure to support sustainable economic growth. Objective 4.5 Develop and expand Cork City’s tourism industry to support jobs and sustainable economic. opportunities. Consider the inclusion of: • Work with marginalised communities to provide greater opportunities for meaningful local employment. • Develop mechanisms including Health Impact Assessment (HIA) that promote greater equity at the local community and city level through the development of evidence based and context specific urban liveability indicators that can be used to measure and monitor progress towards urban liveability in Cork City and reduce inequities. • Conducting Health Impact Assessments (HIA)/ HIA approaches, as part of ongoing planning procedures and structures, are crucial in ensuring foreseen and unforeseen health impacts of Council policies, plans and programmes have examined the potential for impact on population groups, most importantly the distribution of impacts, which could create/ exacerbate health inequalities across communities in the city. The evidence derived from HIAs would ‘health- and future- proof’ Council policies for future generations to come.
4.2.6 Cork Healthy Cities Steering Group
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