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“Measuring the Performance of Gateways: How are Ireland’s Primary
Urban Centres Developing?”
Adrian O’Donoghue - Policy & Research Officer BMW Regional Assembly
ESPON, Brussels, 27.11.13
Border, Midland andWestern (BMW) Regional Assembly
Established: 1999
Designated of
Ireland into 2
Regions for EU
Structural Funds
Purposes
3 Areas
1-ERDF Programmes
(€452m)
2-Policy&Research
3-Interreg Role
1.Ireland’s Gateways (PUCs)
2.Measuring the Performance of Gateways
3.What Does the Final Index Tell Us?
4.Application of the Index
Presentation Overview
1. Ireland’s Gateways
National Spatial Strategy
2002-20209 Gateways + 9 Hubs-----------------------------‘Draw development away from the Greater Dublin Area’
GROW ECONOMIC REACH of Regional Growth Centres
v
2- Set About Measuring
Performance
Socio-Economic Index Has been Developed to: 1)To Measure How Ireland’s Gateway (Cities & Towns) and Hub (Towns) are Driving Economic Development and Improving Quality of Life in their Areas – as Set out in the NSS 2002-2020 2)TO-DATE No Composite Measure of Performance
3)Reflection of a Growing Need to Move Beyond Traditional Macroeconomic Indicators to Include Quality of Life/Soft Data
4)Index builds upon the concept of UN’s Human Development Index (Ireland 7th 2012)
WHEN?• (x3) 2009 – 2012 – 2015/6• Longitude Approach
Logic for the Development of an Index
1. A Distinct Core Necessary for Dynamic Urban Centres;
2. Attractive Physical Settings and Desirable Social Surroundings;
3. Attractive Place to Live and Work (High Quality of Life);
4. Knowledge-Led Economy with a Diversity of Employment Opportunities (Mixed Sectoral Economy);
5. Environmental Excellence;
What Makes a Successful Gateway/PUC?
Step 1-
A FUNCTIONAL AREA APPROACH
TO ANALYSIS
Zone 1
Urban Core City/Town and Environs (as defined by
Ireland’s Central Statists Office)
Zone 2Gateway/Hub Catchment or
Functional Area*
District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) Where in Excess of
20% of the Resident Population in Employment Commutes
to Zone 1 for Work
*CSO: Place of Work Census of Anonymised Records (POWCAR)
WHERE do Gateways/Hubs Stop? Defining Gateway/Hubs Functional Areas
(Economic Reach)
Economic ReachGateways
2011(PUCs)
Step 2- Capture
Key Socio-Economic Factors
(by Zones)
Growth Centre: Population Growth Prerequisite
Vibrancy: Low Dependency Ratios = Attracting Working Age Cohort
New Firms/Sectoral Mix-Higher Services Desirable/
Lower Unemployment Rate
3rd Level Education % of WorkforceLocally Created Knowledge - R&D
Spill-over Impacts Tend to be Local
Water Quality Reflects Physical Environment - Waste Recovery, Measure of the Level of Recycling
Connectivity Level – Transport, Broadband and Level of Retail Activity (Attracts people-measure of overall Economic Vitality)
Mortality Rates – Birth Weight (Health Measure) – No. of GPs per Capita
High Crimes Levels – Negative Impact on Economic and Health Systems, capacity to attraction FDI, capital flight & brain drain (*UN-Global Report on Human Settlements)
Affluence and Deprivation Index Scores (Trutz Haase) – Affluence Levels in Performing Gateways
Step 3
PERCEPTION STUDY to COMPLEMENT
HARD DATA
+ Stakeholder Engagement
The survey questionnaire asked 250 Gateway residents to comment on each of the following subjects (6.2 error rate =/-):
• Awareness of the Gateway idea• Business and Employment in the Gateway• Education, Skills, and Training Provision in the Gateway• Services in the Gateway• Health and Well-being in the Gateway • Social Facilities/Supports in the Gateway • Physical Environment in the Area in the Gateway• Institutional Environment in the Gateway • Overall assessment of the Gateway as a place to live
Perception Study Design
Stakeholder Consultations• County and City Managers Association (CCMA) and
Regional Planning Guideline Officers (Dublin Workshop)
• BMW Region
• Ballaghaderreen Workshop (Ballina/Castlebar,Galway,
Midland, Sligo and Tuam)
• Monaghan Workshop (Cavan, Dundalk, Letterkenny
and Monaghan)
• S&E Region
• Waterford
3. What Does the Final Index Tell Us?
• 9 Individual Gateway Reports• 1 Composite Hubs report• 1 Summary Report
4.8
4.6
4.6
4.7
5.95.4
5.3
4.8
5.0
Economic Reach Growth %(2002-2011)
Dublin 17.2%All Other Gateways 17.9%
(Galway 24.8%)
LetterkennyFunctional
Area2011
(more than 20%in DEDs Commute to Z1 for Work)
Total NumberCommutingfrom CountyDonegal toDerry City 2011
(NI Census 2011)
(+)
- Higher Population Growth
- Increase 3rd Level in Labour Force
- 3rd Level R&D/Student (increase)
- Strong Retail Activity Levels
- IT Connectivity Gains
- Lower Mortality Rates
- Higher Birth Weights
- Lower and Decreasing Crime
- Zone 1, Gateway Avg. (4.9)
- Z1+Z2 Letterkenny (4.6)
Brief Overview GHDI 2012 Letterkenny(-)
- Higher Dependency Ratios
- Lower Levels of New Firm
Formation
- Low Actual 3rd Level R&D/Stud.
- High Unemployment Rates
- Lower Recycling Levels
- Low Sustainable Transport
- Lower GPs per Capita
- High Levels of Deprivation
- Zone 2 (4.3)
4. Working with
the Index
1.Measure of Socio-Economic Performance of the
FUNCTIONAL AREA + ECONOMIC REACH OF
Primary Urban Centres
2. Quantitative Index Both Economic & Social
(Quality of Life Factors) Included
3.Longitudinal Study: 2009, 2012 and 2015/2016
4.Repeatable at All Geographic Levels
Utilisation of the Index
5. Analysis Tool: to Support Evidence Based Policy Making
by Local, Regional and National Authorities in Policy
Making/Programme Evaluation/Future Planning
e.g., NSS Review 2014/2015, New Regional Spatial
Economic Strategies (2014)
6. Further Analysis
a) On-going Briefings with Local & Regional Authorities
b) Publications
c) Feed into Preparation of Regional Operational
Programmes 2014-2020 by both Regional Assemblies
Application of the Index
7. Online Tools:
www.airo.ie/spatialindicators
(All-Island Research
Observatory- National
University of Ireland
Maynooth)
www.MyPlan.ie
(Dept of ECLG)
8. Next Index 2015/16
Application of the Index
www.bmwassembly.ie
Thank You
www.seregassembly.ie