The Loop Head Peninsula Regional Development Strategy: an emerging draft
Community development is often seen as a ‘soft term’. On the Loop Head peninsula it is not. It is part of the core business to ensure a great place to be today; and a wonderful place to be also for the next generation. In 2020, with the news being dominated by Covid, many in the Loop Head communities asked a simple question: ‘when all agenda’s are put to one side, and we identify the one key issue that we all feel needs to be addressed urgently today – what is it? The answer, and the strategy to address it are captured in the Loop Head Peninsula’s Regional Development Strategy (LRDS).
LEAP International Class Report 1: A leap towards energy sustainability for communities on the Loop Head Peninsula
This report was compiled from research during February 2020 by the post graduate students of the International Class of the Flensburg University’s energy & development programme with help from partners within the Loop Head Energy Action Partnership (LEAP).
LEAP International Class Report 2: Exploring sustainable energy options for Loop Head
Please use the buttons below to read or give feedback / ask questions on the 2021 report prepared as part of LEAP by the Flensburg international team.
Grassroots-driven energy action: how a team of renewable energy researchers earned support for their project through Smart Engagement
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Understanding where our energy comes from
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Community preparation: agreeing a common vision and supporting goals
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Building capacity for engagement on renewable energy: an 8-week Community energy course
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Activating the path to get there: creating a community development plan
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Resources to help with community preparation: a partnership with LEADERS
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How a small-scale 5-week community energy research project sparked a peninsula-wide development strategy
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Steps to create a representative community-based partnership
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"There is an energy resource": How to initiate a project to set yourself for success
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You want successful projects? Pursue a shared Vision
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Talk risks first and benefits last: 4 steps for successful stakeholder engagement
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A top quality a leader must have in 2021: being a Smart Engager
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The Loop Head Peninsula is preparing for the 21st Century’s energy revolution
Leading on from the creation of the Loop Head Energy Action Partnership (LEAP) in early 2020 by local development organisations on the Loop, Flensburg University and AstonECO Management, a programme for LEAP is now nearly underway for 2021.
Confronting the risk of turning trust on its head
I have had a lecture in trust recently. From a group of near neighbours to an energy project. They knew I believed in both the project and the need to earn a Social Licence to Operate. The project needed to be designed as a win-win for both the developer and the local community. We had built a decent level of trust together. But after a period away, the term ‘trust’ was being used in a very different context.
Download this article that shows that strong governance and stakeholder engagement standards and competences are crucial to build a Social Licence to Operate.
Think Win-Win: a transformative mindset to advance successful projects
Project development is somewhat like an iceberg. The information we don’t have at the outset is very much the bit under the water. And the bit in sight can often be unstable. A foundation, which includes a Social Licence, needs to be built. Project developers tend to rely on finding the information required to build this by contracting the right professionals. Yet, nowadays, when multiple stakeholders are potentially impacted, this is no longer sufficient. This article outlines the need (and a path to the how) for a win-win mindset at the top levels.