Community Relations Council
Equity Diversity Interdependence
Promoting a Peaceful and Fair
Society based on Reconciliation
and Mutual Trust.
CRC Live Issues Conference and Registration Form
06 March 2009
CRC’s sixth Live Issues conference on the 31st March will focus on how we, as organisations in the community and voluntary sector, get practical. How do we use the advantages we have and how do we make the best use of the resources available? The conference will consist of a number of short discussions which will address a range of themes and will culminate in a panel discussion drawing together issues raised and identifying and discussing practical steps which we can take now to shape future work.
CRC Live Issues Conference
What do we need to do now to shape tomorrow?
Ramada Hotel, Belfast
Tuesday 31st March 2009
9.00 am Registration, Tea and Coffee
9.45 am Introduction – Tony McCusker, Chair, CRC
10.00 am Duncan Morrow, Chief Executive, CRC
10.30 am Session 1: Connecting with each other
How do we build real partnerships? What are the keys to successful partnership working?
11.15 am Coffee Break
11.30 am Session 2: Connecting with communities
How do we empower communities and how do we maintain power in local communities? Who controls communities? What are the challenges and how can groups participate?
12.15 pm Lunch
1.15 pm Session 3: Connecting with statutory organisations
Reflecting on the key issues from both a community/voluntary sector perspective and that of a statutory organisation. How and why do community and voluntary sector organisations connect with statutory institutions?
2.00 pm Comfort Break
2.15 pm Session 4: Advocacy
How can communities input into policy development? What are the issues and the barriers to doing so successfully?
3.00 pm Panel Discussion: representatives from CFNI, VSB and NILGA
Reflecting on the discussions of the day, identifying and discussing practical steps which we can take now to shape future work.
4.00 pm Closing Reflections
