Background of LCDCs

About Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs)

The Putting People First - Action Programme for Effective Local Government was published in October 2012.

This report recommended the introduction of LCDCs in each local authority area as a way of improving community development and giving local government a more central role in local and community development.

LCDCs are responsible for:

• co-ordinating, planning and overseeing local and community development funding
• bringing a more joined-up approach to the running of local and community development programmes and interventions
• pursuing an integrated approach to local community based services across providers and delivery structures
• promoting meaningful citizen and community engagement in the planning and evaluation of development programmes
• pursuing a more cost-efficient administration of local and community development programmes and delivery structures
• matching resources to priorities
• ensuring better value for money in the management and delivery of programmes
• focusing on learning and feedback, enhancing the links between services delivery and policy development
• pursuing opportunities for additional funding for the area, whether exchequer, EU, private or other sources

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