APSE, DEREK MCCALLAN, NI LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, LOCAL BY DEFAULT, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2021
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Derek McCallan, NI Local Government Association, LOCAL BY DEFAULT,
APSE,
9th September 2021
www.apse.org.uk
How much do different levels of government
spend?
www.apse.org.uk A democratic deficit of huge proportions
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• To understand the impacts, implications, opportunities and threats of EU Exit on
Local Councils in Northern Ireland
• To develop action focused recommendation for Local Councils to respond to with
NILGA and APSE
• Method
• Desk Review of existing research
• Workshop with Local Councils (politicians and officers)
• Case Study interviews with 3 Local Councils
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• Designed to be the singular document for information • Iterative in its nature • Language of have, will, could and should • Medium and longer term • Impacts (areas of council business affected) • Implications (changes that need to be made) • Opportunities (for local council business) • Threats (to local councils and economies) www.apse.org.uk
• Corporate governance and finance
• E.g. Enhanced role for CEOs
• E.g. Local Council finances and special initiative funding
• Economic Development and planning
• E.g. Around port infrastructure and management
• E.g. Around jointly financed projected with Local Councils in the South
• Employment and movement
• E.g. Around staff-well being
• Services
• E.g. Around communications
www.apse.org.ukImpacts Implications
Looked in depth at 4 areas a.) Removal of EU Structural Funds from 2022 a.) Local councils will need to identify
onwards and replacement with domestic alternative funding sources for economic
• Economic Development and alternatives, which at present do not allow
for cross-border projects (North-South or
development projects.
East – West)
Tourism b.) Trade is lost with EU Member States and b.) Local Councils are left with lots of business
• Procurement Multinationals re-locate elsewhere. land and associated unemployment.
• Frontline Regulatory Services
c.) Potential reductions in cross-border working c.) Local councils will need to develop and
and product around tourism. enhance their own tourism offers and
marketing material.
and Waste Management Opportunities Threats
a.) The anticipated Shared Prosperity Fund as a.) The Shared Prosperity Fund remains unclear
• Business and Cross Border the replacement for EU Structural Funds and the funding amounts are lower than
those of EU Structural Funds, as are the
Relationships timeframes.
b.) New UK Government policy areas and b.) That Freeport status is allocated elsewhere
economic development vehicles such as in the UK
Freeports
c.) New tourist markets could be created on a c.) Tourists decide to go elsewhere as a result
Northern Ireland basis, taking advantage of of complexities (both real and perceived)
business tourism potential. associated with entering and moving across
the island.
d.) New foreign direct investment from d.) The challenges associated with the existing
companies wishing to take advantage of the planning system and the speed at which
unique position of Northern Ireland. And decisions are made.
growth of local direct investment.
www.apse.org.uk• Economic Development and Tourism
• Impact – Removal of EU Structural Funds from 2022
• Implication – Local Councils will need to identify alternative funding
sources
• Opportunities – City Deals, Shared Prosperity Fund, Levelling Up Funding
etc
• Threats – lack of clarity and lower funding levels
www.apse.org.uk• Procurement
• Impact – potential for a changing approach to procurement
• Implication – scope to explore local economic, social, environmental
factors
• Opportunities – develop local supply chains and use procurement to
address challenges
• Threats – innovation is stifled
www.apse.org.uk• Frontline Regulatory Services and Waste Management
• Impact – increased need for food, environmental health ‘inspections
• Implication – local councils may need to cover the costs post 2022
• Opportunities – increase in specialist local authority workforce
• Threats – insufficient funding
www.apse.org.uk• Business and Cross Border Relationships
• Impact – recognition of competitive advantage of Northern Ireland in
some sectors
• Implication – increased council focus on inward investment strategies
• Opportunities – to grow both LDI and FDI
• Threats – internal trading in UK market
www.apse.org.uk1 (a) – invest in frontline workers
1 (b) – build capacity around new economic development
• Action – review of internal structures
• Acton – APSE performance monitoring around ED
2 – enhance partnership working with NI institutions and Government
• Action – APSE, NILGA and SOLACE lobbying around Levelling Up and Shared
Prosperity Fund
3 – strengthen communications
• Action – APSE,NILGA and SOLACE to lobby for new international relations
strategy
www.apse.org.uk4 – take advantage of competitive advantage
• Action – Councils to review economic strategies and work with representative bodies
5 – use procurement as lever to address wider challenges
• Action – lobby around Social Value
• Action – use APSE’s wider network around Social Value
6 – build environmental health officer capacity and skills
• Action – quantify ‘new burden’ and engage with departments
7 – review waste management approach and services
• Action – engage with ongoing work
• Action – use APSE’s wider network around Green Economy
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