INCORE Research: POLITICIANS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

INCORE is hosting a major conference on:

POLITICIANS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS  

10am-4pm , Thursday 9 September 2004

Green Room, Belfast Waterfront Hall

INCORE has been conducting research into the views of politicians on community relations and their role in addressing communal division in Northern Ireland .

This conference will present the findings of the project and hear contributions from senior politicians, community sector leaders and community relations practitioners.

Draft Conference Programme

10.00 - 11.00

Session 1: Politicians and Community Relations: Current Landscape

10.00 – 10.20 Registration and coffee

10.20 – 10.30 Welcome

10.30 – 11.00 Politicians and Community Relations - Findings from the INCORE Study (Frank Foley, INCORE Research Associate)

 

11.00 – 12.00

Session 2: The Role of Politicians: Community Sector and CR Practitioner Perspectives.

Chair: Jeremy Harbison

Avila Kilmurray, Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

Brendan McAllister, Mediation Northern Ireland

Duncan Morrow, Community Relations Council

12.00 – 12.30: Discussion

 

12.30-1.45: Lunch

 

1.45 – 3.00

Session 3: Politicians Forum on Community Relations

Chair: Robin Wilson

Gregory Campbell – DUP

Mitchel McLaughlin – Sinn Féin

Michael Copeland – UUP

Mark Durkan – SDLP

Stephen Farry – Alliance Party

 

3.00 - 3.45: Discussion and summing up

Speakers on the Politicians Forum will be confirmed and this webpage updated in the coming days.

 

Places are limited and we encourage you to register (free of charge) by contacting Shonagh Higgenbotham on 028 7137 5500 or email: secretary@incore.ulst.ac.uk. Please include your name, telephone number or email, and any special access and/or dietary requirements.

Funded by the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation within Measure 2:1, Reconciliation for Sustainable Peace via the European Directorate of the Community Relations Council.