The Smart MetropolisLessons from Belfast – Seán Brennan (BA Hons) MA

Ireland

The Giant’s Ring 2700BC

Belfast 1690s

Belfast 1790s

York Street Linen Mill

Belfast Ship Yard

Belfast Bombay Street 1969

Bombay Street 2014

Bombay Street 2014

Cupar Street Peace Line

Peace Line

Peace Walls

Peace Line

Interface Barrier

Lessons form Belfast City Council

Religion (2014)

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Series1

Belfast District Areas

EU PEACE Programme

Two priorities:

Reconciling Communities

Contributing to a Shared Society

Four themes:

To build positive relations at the local level

To acknowledge the past

To create shared public spaces

To develop key institutional capacity for a shared society

Good Relations Partnership

Secure Shared Space

Transform Contested Space

Promote Shared Cultural Space

Build Shared Organisational Space

Partnership Activities

development of regeneration master plans, community planning,

Development of cultural networks, festivals and other major initiatives

building better relationships between people from different neighbourhoods

Promoting good relations and cultural diversity

Growing social responsibility between government and people

Partnership Plans

Implementing government policy at the local level

Delivering good relations projects at point of need

Developing collaborative partnerships at the local level

Opening up civic space

Promoting Shared Space

Promoting local engagement and relationship building

Creating a welcoming and SMART Metropolis

SMART Monitoring & Evaluating

Strategic

Measurable

Achievable

Realistic

Time Bound

Engaging People

Seán Brennanseanbrennanassociates@gmail.com

The Smart Metropolis is not something you wish for, it’s something YOU make happen.