Dingle Peninsula 2030 - A Model Enabling Community-led Climate Action
Year Awarded
2020
Amount
€281,962
- Organisation:University College Cork (UCC)
- Audience:General Public
- Format:Capacity Building
- Location:Kerry
Project Summary
Established in 2018, Dingle Peninsula 2030 is a multi-partner initiative on the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, involving the Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub, ESB Networks, North East West Kerry Development (NEWKD) and MaREI, the Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine. The premise of the initiative is based on the Quadruple Helix Model involving science, policy, industry and society. Partners actively collaborate with the local community, schools, business, transport and farming sectors to enable the broader societal changes required for the sustainable transition.
Dingle Peninsula 2030 has successfully demonstrated a collaborative co-created approach to STEM engagement and community based climate action, which provides an ideal platform for up-scaling and amplified impact, from local to national levels.
This proposal aims to:
– Strengthen legacy structures in Dingle Peninsula 2030 to ensure continued impact, enabled by a community engagement coordinator
– Share learning with other communities and stakeholders nationally via knowledge sharing events and multi-media outputs
– Develop good practice toolkits (including frameworks, ‘how to guides’, case study) on:
a) engaged research in STEM and associated evaluation methods
b) collaboration and co-creation processes, and innovative engagement methods
It will:
1. Support new and existing Dingle Peninsula 2030 projects through their early stages and into implementation phases, with a clear focus on community involvement and engagement
2. Build capacity for STEM engagement in community-based climate action, by maximising citizen participation in the sustainable transition, and sharing learnings nationally
3. Identify good practices for engaged research, engagement methods and co-creation in STEM