CCBS Annual Talk at the John Hewitt Summer School This year’s John Hewitt Summer School was organised around the theme, A Role in History: the Rising, the Great War and a Shared Past. Contributing to the conversations around this theme, Catriona Crowe, Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland presented the CCBS-sponsored […]
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Submission to the Northern Ireland Executive’s Consultation on the Draft Programme for Government Framework 2016-2021
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has today submitted evidence as a contribution to Northern Ireland Executive’s Consultation on the Draft Programme for Government Framework 2016-2021. CCBS commends the adoption of a new approach to the Programme for Government, particularly one that includes the active participation of society in all of its stages – design, […]
Read MoreNorth-South Social Innovation Conference – Call for Papers
Call for Papers The North-South Social Innovation Network is making a Call for Papers for the “Social Innovation: from Lagan to Liffey” conference to be held at the Dundalk Institute of Technology on 2nd November 2016 that will launch this new network. We are seeking papers that might address the need for social innovation in the […]
Read MoreThe UK Referendum on EU Membership: Economic Development
Leading up to the referendum, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Co-operation Ireland are publishing a series of briefing papers which aim to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. In this fifth and last paper in our series we will consider the question of economic development. However, […]
Read MoreThe UK Referendum on Membership of the EU: Citizen Mobility
Leading up to the referendum, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Co-operation Ireland are publishing a series of briefing papers which aim to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. This fourth paper in the series considers the issue of the free movement of citizens within the EU […]
Read MoreEU Referendum Briefing Note: Informing the Debate
The upcoming referendum on the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Union is, arguably, the single most important decision that UK citizens have been asked to make in a generation. This view is maintained by Prime Minster David Cameron, for whom, the referendum presents “a huge decision for country, perhaps the biggest we will […]
Read MoreCCBS Hosts the Inaugural Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture: ‘Competitiveness on the Island of Ireland’
Photo by Ian Maginess At an event organised by the Centre for Cross Border Studies, held in the Armagh Public Library on June 15th, Professor Frances Ruane delivered the inaugural annual lecture in honour of the late Sir George Quigley. The lecture explored an issue addressed by Sir George on many occasions, namely, the importance of competitiveness […]
Read MoreThe Stranger at the Gate Lecture given by Archbishop Richard Clarke at Armagh Public Library
25th May 2016 Archbishop Richard provided the inaugural lecture for what is envisaged as an annual series organised jointly by the Armagh Public Library and the Centre for Cross Border Studies. In his address, the Archbishop examined what should be our response to the Refugee crisis and commented that all major religious value systems embrace humanity, […]
Read More‘A Study of Cross-Border Flows within the Agri-Food Sector’ – Briefing Event
CCBS Cordially Invites You to Attend a Public Briefing on ‘A Study of Cross-Border Flows within the Agri-Food Sector: A Snapshot of Four Border Counties’ Delivered by: Dr Anthony Soares Deputy Director, Centre for Cross Border Studies On: 2pm-4pm, 15th JUNE 2016 At: North South Ministerial Council Headquarters, 58 Upper English Street, Armagh The Agri-Food […]
Read MoreThe Inaugural Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture
CCBS Cordially Invites You to Attend the Inaugural Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture ‘Competitiveness on the Island of Ireland’ Delivered by Professor Frances Ruane Former Director, Economic and Social Research Institute 15th JUNE 2016 Armagh Public Library Sir George Quigley has been justly recognised as the ‘father’ of practical North-South cooperation on the island […]
Read MoreWhat obstacles do we face in border regions?
In September 2015 the Commission launched the Cross-border Review to study the obstacles that people in the border regions are still facing. Part of this review was an EU-wide public consultation, for which the results have been unveiled. Not only did respondents clearly identify remaining cross-border issues, but they were also asked to put forward concrete […]
Read MoreCCBS participates in NICVA seminar on the EU Referendum and VSCE sector
On 7th April 2016 CCBS Deputy Director Dr Anthony Soares participated in NICVA’s conference which focussed on the EU Referendum and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector. Presentations from NICVA, the Charity Commission NI and Lucid Talk were followed by a ‘lively’ panel discussion that engaged the audience and the Twittersphere. A real time […]
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