28th September 2016 Notice of Election
Clare PPN has been invited to elect a person to the board of Fisheries Local Action Group West (FLAG West)
What is FLAG West?
FLAG stands for Fisheries Local Action Group and these are community led local development organisations which aim to place the community living in fisheries and aquaculture dependent areas at their centre. Groups of people representing defined geographical areas in the form of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) are charged with identifying the challenges to development in their own communities and developing initiatives to address these challenges. Through Local Development Strategies (LDSs), FLAG’s seek to facilitate participation by all parties who wish to contribute to this process,
thus ensuring that each LDS is as representative of the community view as possible. The FLAG group will have the ability to distribute and allocate funding to various projects which are identified under each LDS.
A briefing document about the purpose and remit of FLAG groups is attached here:
A factsheet about FLAG West can be found at this link:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/cms/farnet/flagsheet/flag-factsheet-ireland-west-ireland
Interested candidates may also e-mail Mr Seamus Breathnach, FLAG West Co-ordinator for more details of the role at breathnach@bim.ie or call him on 095 32028 / 087 9093273
Person Specification:
This person must live in one of the coastal areas of County Clare and it would be beneficial if they have been active in community development in coastal areas, with candidates who have experience of marine and coastal tourism, environment, or fishing being most welcome. A female candidate is preferred due to the current gender balance of the board.
The role has a three year term with approximately 4- 6 meetings taking place per year and basic travel and subsistence expenses will be paid by FLAG west to the nominee. As well as a briefing by the organisation’s chair there will be training provided to the successful candidate on an ongoing basis.
How to Nominate a Candidate:
- Current Member groups of Clare PPN who meet the membership criteria can nominate one person each – we recommend that each group’s contact person makes their members aware of this election and seeks their input.
- The person nominated must also be a member of a group which is a member of Clare PPN.
- The person nominated must live in a coastal region of the county and must have agreed to their own nomination.
We need you to send the name, group, address and contact details of the nominee as well as the proposer’s name, group and contact details to me sarah@clareppn.ie along with a brief description of the nominee’s suitability for the role- no more than 200 words.
Please be aware this information about the nominee will be shared throughout our network and on social media so please ask for the nominee’s consent before sending.
Nominations must be submitted on or before October 10th after which all candidate details will be circulated to members and they will be asked to vote by email for the candidate of their choice with a cut off date for voting of Wednesday 19th of October 2016.