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Social economy
Social value: Manage, measure, and make it meaningful
Contracting authorities understand and want the benefits of social value through public procurement. To achieve this, the focus must shift…
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Social economy
Developing an all-island social economy
There is an opportunity to develop a co-ordination framework for greater cohesion on the development of social enterprise on the…
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Social economy
Building a sustainable legacy through social impact
Incorporating social value into construction projects offers advantages beyond the function of the construction project providing economic value to communities…
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Social economy
Contracting partnerships that go further
Seamless, reliable supplier relationships. That is usually the main aim for businesses and authorities looking to partner with external providers.…
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Round table discussions
Improving mental health services and preventing suicide
Mind Skills Training hosted a round table discussions with stakeholders from across the mental health sector to discuss how the…
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Public Affairs
TRADE UNION DESK: Combatting the cheapening of our daily lives
The accurate cliché about tech platforms and their ‘interaction’ with their captive audiences of ‘users’ and advertisers is that ‘if…
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Public Affairs
Ministerial directions: A democratic deficit
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, 69 ministerial directions have been issued in Northern Ireland, more than have been…
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Public Affairs
Political Platform: Aisling Reilly MLA
After being re-elected in 2022, Sinn Féin’s Aisling Reilly MLA made history during her first speech back in Stormont when…
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Public Affairs
Imagining a new social security system in a new Ireland
A constitutional reunification process provides an opportunity to build a new welfare state system from the ground up, prioritising the…
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Round table discussions
ESG in a decarbonised Northern Ireland
NIE Networks hosted a round table discussion with key stakeholders across various sectors to discuss the role of environmental, social,…
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