Cavan County Council and the Cavan PEACEPLUS Partnership Board have today launched the county's Co-designed Local Community PEACE Action Plan, with €4,334,408 in funding secured to deliver peacebuilding projects.
The action plan is the culmination of an extensive 'co-design' process which saw council officials and elected members working with, listening to and empowering local communities. The funding will enable the delivery of 28 projects across Cavan on the PEACEPLUS themes of Community Regeneration and Transformation, Thriving and Peaceful Communities, and Celebrating Cultural Diversity.
The Cavan Local Community Action Plan is a project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
PEACEPLUS represents a funding partnership between the European Union, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Executive. Projects to be delivered under the Cavan action plan include development of a multipurpose community hub in Virginia, a youth café at Ballyconnell community centre, an active citizens youth project, a 'Border Biennale' art workshop and exhibition, a project to bridge the gap in education inequality experienced by Traveller children, and a project to remember the victims of the tragic 1943 Cavan orphanage fire.
Launching the plan, Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys said she would like to congratulate everyone who contributed in any way to the development of the Cavan County Council PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan. She said that she has no doubt that the 28 regional community relations initiatives that this plan supports will lead to intentional, meaningful, and ongoing interactions with people of all ages and from various social, cultural, and political backgrounds.
