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National Civic Forum for dialogue with the community and voluntary sector
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In August 2019, the Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD) in collaboration with the Community and Voluntary Sector published Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities: A five-year strategy to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland 2019-2024.
Action 1.4 of this strategy committed to ‘Support participative and deliberative approaches for developing public policy, including establishing a Civic Forum for formal dialogue between the sector and local and central government’.
In furtherance of the above objective, the Department of Rural and Community Development, set about the designing, planning and hosting of a national Civic Forum event for the community and voluntary sector, which included preparatory focus groups to engage with stakeholders to inform the national event design and priority themes.
The first annual National Civic Forum for Dialogue with the Community and Voluntary Sector was held on 21 November 2022 in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. The Forum was attended by over 100 delegates from the community and voluntary and state sectors.
The second annual National Civic Forum for Dialogue with the Community and Voluntary Sector, under the theme of ‘Bringing the Values and Principles to Life’, was held on 15 November 2023, also in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. The Second Civic Forum was designed drawing on the feedback from the 2022 Forum and attended by approximately 130 delegates from across the state and C&V sectors.
A summary of each Forum along with all feedback and contributions are collated into reports, accessible below, which will inform future events.
2022 event report - National Civic Forum for dialogue with the community and voluntary sector
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2023 event report - National Civic Forum for dialogue with the community and voluntary sector
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If you have any questions about the National Civic Forum for dialogue with the community and voluntary sector please contact CommunityPolicy@drcd.gov.ie