|
|
||||
|
Ruth Taillon, formerly Deputy Director, has taken over as Director of the Centre from founding Director Andy Pollak. Ruth has been with the Centre since 2009. Before that she was Research Coordinator with Border Action (a partnership of Combat Poverty Agency and Pobal) and Director of the West Belfast Economic Forum. Andy Pollak will retire from full-time employment with the Centre in mid-July. He will continue to manage the ‘Towards a Border Development Zone’ project on a part-time basis. The Centre for Cross Border Studies is seeking a Deputy Director (Research and Policy) to lead the Centre’s policy outreach work; to work with the Director on funding, commissioning and disseminating research and on European outreach work; and to manage and deliver several research and evaluation projects. The person appointed will have high level research, research management, networking, policy analysis, writing and IT skills; a strong commitment to cross-border and all-island research; leadership and fundraising abilities, and a proven ability to work to strict deadlines as part of a small team. Salary range: Stg£40-45,000 depending on experience and qualifications. This is a two year contract in the first instance. A secondment may be accepted for this post. Information, guidelines and an application form can be downloaded below:
NOTE: CVs are not acceptable For an application pack contact: Mairéad Hughes Closing date for applications: Friday 7 June 2013 at 2.00pm Interviews will be held in Armagh on Tuesday 18 June 2013
The Special EU Programmes Body is the Managing Authority for the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Programme The new email newsletter ‘BORDER-ZINE‘ has been launched today and should be landing in inboxes across Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world anytime now. If you are not already receiving BORDER-ZINE and would like to read the newsletter, please email crossborder@qub.ac.uk to be included on our mailing list or complete the form at http://eepurl.com/yYSR1 A call went out today for researchers to submit tenders to carry out five scoping studies for the ‘Towards a Border Development Zone’ research and conference project, part of the Centre’s INICCO-2 group of projects funded by the EU INTERREG programme. The studies are on
and sectoral studies on a number of key areas of economic activity in the Irish cross-border region:
The closing date for submission of tenders is 15th May. The following tender documents provide further details on each of the study areas:
 At the launch of the 2013 journal (from left to right): CCBS Chair Helen Johnston, SEUPB Chief Executive Pat Colgan, CCBS Director Designate Ruth Taillon and Head of the NI Civil Service, Dr Malcolm McKibbin The 2013 Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland was launched in Belfast today [9 April 2013] by the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Permanent Secretary of OFMDFM, Dr Malcolm McKibbin. He also formally launched the Centre’s eight new research, training and information projects for the period 2013-2015 (under the title INICCO-2)(see Research). These projects are part-financed by the EU INTERREG IVA programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. Dr McKibbin said: ‘The Centre for Cross Border Studies has been at the forefront of policy research undertaken on a cross-border basis at a time of significant change on the island of Ireland. In recent years it has supported projects of great cross-border benefit in areas such as health, education and cross-border mobility.’ He said its work could ‘help policy makers to cooperate better to help improve people’s lives in the border regions of both jurisdictions.’ The launch was also addressed by Pat Colgan, Chief Executive of the Special EU Programmes Body, who said that the Centre for Cross Border Studies was ‘a centre of innovation in what cross-border cooperation is and should be’. He praised, in particular, its development of practical tools such as the Impact Assessment Toolkit for Cross-border Cooperation and its ‘example of looking beyond the island’ to bring in European partners such as the Euro-Institut in Germany. Dr John Bradley, formerly of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, paid tribute to the life and work of Sir George Quigley, who died last month, and to whom the 2013 edition of the Journal of Cross Border Studies is dedicated.
and articles on:
It also carries detailed information on all the Centre’s research, training and information activities, as well as those of its associated bodies: the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) and Universities Ireland. Download a PDF copy of the Journal
Notes to Editors’
CCBS Deputy Director Ruth Taillon and Eimear Donnelly, Research and Training Officer travelled to Kehl, Germany in early February, where – in partnership with colleagues from the Euro Institut – they delivered training for a group of Tajikistani staff of GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – German Society for International Cooperation).  GIZ Tajikistan Study-Visit group photo - taken outside Strasbourg Cathedral de Notre-Dame Members of the Tajikistan delegation are all working on the promotion of cross-border economic cooperation between Tajikistan and its neighbouring countries Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan; funded jointly by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID).`
Using as a real-life case study a GIZ pilot project to develop roadside services for cross-border traders and other small businesses and travellers in the two border corridors between Tajikistan and Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, a central component of the training programme was based on the Impact Assessment Toolkit for Cross-Border Cooperation, developed jointly by CCBS and the Euro Institut in 2011. CCBS and the Euro Institut are also offering training to support cross-border projects in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. If you are interested in further information, please contact Ruth Taillon at CCBS. The Centre’s INICCO-2 (Ireland/Northern Ireland Cross-border Cooperation Observatory) programme of research, training and information projects (2013-2015), funded by the EU INTERREG IVA programme and managed by the Special EU Programmes Body, came into operation on 1st February. The programme comprises eight projects: the ‘Towards a Border Development Zone’ economic research project; three CroSPlaN-2 projects led by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development – research into cross-border shared services; phase 2 of ICLRD’s executive training and animation programme with cross-border local authority groups; and evidence-based planning (particularly an updated all-island digital atlas and deprivation index); budget and evaluation toolkits for cross-border cooperation; training and mentoring in cross-border impact assessment; mapping acute health specialities on the island; and phase 3 of the Border People cross-border citizens mobility information service. For further information about these projects see RESEARCH. Notes to Editors’
Director Andy Pollak and Deputy Director Ruth Taillon have joined eight other people prominent in peacebuilding, peace research, cross-border and cross-community organisations to launch a new blog page – www.15yearson.com – to encourage a year-long, largely online conversation on the successes and failures of the 15 year period since the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, and how we might learn from those experiences to do better in the future. Everybody is welcome to contribute blogs and comments to this site. The other people involved in the 15 Years On group are Peter Sheridan (Cooperation Ireland), Avila Kilmurray (Community Foundation for Northern Ireland), Brandon Hamber (INCORE, University of Ulster), Susan McEwen (Corrymeela Community), Colin Murphy (Glencree Community), Neil Jarman (Institute for Conflict Research), John Driscoll (ICLRD) and Jennifer Todd (Institute for British-Irish Studies, UCD). This online discussion will feed into a session on the past and future of the Northern Ireland peace process at the Rotary/University of Ulster (INCORE) Global Peace Forum in Derry on Sunday 26 May. It will continue into the summer and shape a culminating event that the group is planning to hold in the autumn Andy Pollak was one of the speakers at a conference organised by the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean in Marseille on 24 January entitled ‘Do borders still have a meaning’? The title of his address was ‘A cross-border cooperation practitioner faced by a conflict with a religious dimension: the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland’. Other conference addresses included topics such as inter-religious dialogue across borders; cooperation across the French-German and French-Italian borders; cross-border cultures and cross-border cooperation in the Mediterranean; the role of the wall between Israel and Palestine; meaning and values in European cross-border cooperation, and cross-border cooperation at a time of European crisis. Andy Pollak’s conference address, delivered in French, is available in the following formats:
 Download the North South Postgraduate Scholarship Flyer Universities Ireland, the body which promotes collaboration between universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, is offering two – three scholarships to students undertaking a recognised Master’s or the first year of a PhD programme (taught or research) in the other Irish jurisdiction. Dublin Institute of Technology is also a partner in this scheme, which has been running since 2005. The aim of the scheme is to encourage outstanding students from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to cross the border to undertake postgraduate study and experience life in the other Irish jurisdiction. It has been conceived to support the continuing peace process in Northern Ireland and to train highly skilled postgraduates to contribute to a new phase of economic, environmental, social and cultural development for the island as a whole. The scholarships are worth €15,000 (approx. Stg £12,000) The closing date for applications for this scholarship scheme will be Friday 24th May 2013 (5pm). Download the 2013 North/South Postgraduate Scholarship Flyer For further information please contact: Patricia McAllister, Email p.mcallister@qub.ac.uk |
 |
   |
||
|
Copyright © 2013 The Centre for Cross Border Studies, 39 Abbey Street, ARMAGH. BT61 7EB. Tel.+44 (0)28 3751 1550 - All Rights Reserved |
||||
(5,820Kb)