Community wealth building: Ireland - A guide for council members - This short briefing summarises the core principles of community wealth

Community wealth building: Ireland A guide for council members This short briefing summarises the core principles of community wealth building – a place-focussed approach to economic development which centres on increasing the flow, circulation and ownership of wealth – and the important role that councillors have in supporting its adoption in places. [...] Thus far, they have focussed on taking a values-based approach Dozens of case studies to recruitment, understanding their exploring the work of local procurement spend and developing a social authorities, anchor institutions value framework to ensure that the values and place specific approaches they wish to demonstrate are involved and to community wealth building encouraged in all decision makin. [...] Through overview and scrutiny You can raise the profile of community wealth building and the issues it seeks to address and prompt consideration of new policy approaches within your council and the wider local public sector, including health organisations, universities and colleges. [...] We have an international reputation for our pioneering work on community wealth building and are recognised as the curators of the movement in the UK and EU. [...] The session will cover the fundamentals and our latest thinking around community wealth building and will invite participants to explore community wealth building in the Irish and EU contexts and evaluate its key role in developing an inclusive economy.