Welcome

Welcome to the project website for Moving Forward Together: An Anti-Racism and Diversity Plan for the County of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown 2007-2010. It is hoped that site will be of use to those organisations who work in the County and wish to become more involved with integration initiatives at a local level. Furthermore, it is hoped that the information on the site will be useful to other cities and counties in Ireland, and indeed further afield, who are beginning or continuing work in the area of inclusion and integration of new communities, using an inter-agency approach. 

Background

Moving Forward Together was developed by an inter-agency Steering Committee as a response to Irish Government's National Action Plan Against Racism (NPAR) 2005 – 2008, which called on all cities and counties in the State to prepare local anti-racism and diversity (ARD) plans. 

As such, the development of the ARD Plan here in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown was included as a key action in the most recent County Development Board Strategic Action Implementation Plan (SAIP) and was progressed by 11 local statutory and voluntary organisations between May 2006 – August 2007. Many of these organisations are also represented on the CDB.

The development of Moving Forward Together was funded by the Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform as part of NPAR, and also received financial support from Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Southside Partnership. 

As agreed by the original Steering Committee, the purpose of Moving Forward Together is: 

"To promote a more inclusive and inter-cultural society by improving access to services and developing and enhancing participation by ethnic minorities in the social, economic, cultural, and community life in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, and further afield." 

Over the three-year lifetime of the Plan, 32 actions under 9 themes will be delivered by nearly 30 organisations in the County who have agreed to deliver actions in 'Moving Forward Together', either as a lead or support partner. We would welcome involvement by other organisations or businesses or indeed, individuals, as the Plan progresses through the implementation phase. If you'd like to get involved or have ideas for actions here in the County that you think will contribute to the objectives of the Plan, feel free to get in touch. 

For more information on the actions in the Plan, please visit the Progress section.