10.0 | Social Inclusion and Infrastructure The Cork MASP supports ongoing collaboration with regional stakeholders to ensure the provision of social infrastructure such as education, health and community facilities, and, in particular, to ensure that opportunities for social as well as physical regeneration are realised. See also Chapter 7 (Quality of Life) for further details.
Cork MASP Policy Objective 20
Lifelong Learning and Skills a. Support Cork as a Learning City and seek investment in initiatives which supports the Cork Learning City initiative, support Cork’s role in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities and
support the spread of such initiatives throughout the metropolitan area and wider region. b. Support initiatives under the Learning City Key Strategic Actions 2017-2021.
Cork MASP Policy Objective 21
Healthy Cities, Healthy Environment and Health Infrastructure a. Seek investment in smart technologies which have an increasing role to play to improve air quality, water quality, flood management, noise and light pollution to promote a clean and healthy environment. Additional support is required to ensure a wide penetration of relevant sensors and data collection and analysis support to provide accurate information for people using and managing the city. b. Support the role of Cork as a WHO Healthy City and seek investment in the delivery of recreation, environmental improvements, active travel and
health services infrastructure that retains and improves on this status, in support of a “healthy heart” to the Cork Metropolitan Area. c. Seek investment in health service infrastructure within the Cork MASP to meet existing and future regional population growth including facilities for Cork University Hospital, the Southern Region’s tertiary referral centre and other existing hospitals, the sustainable development of a new acute hospital and new elective hospital to service the increasing population of the metropolitan area and wider Region. d. Seek delivery and supports to achieve Healthy Ireland objectives.
Cork MASP Policy Objective 22
Social Inclusion a. Seek investment in del ivering act ions and stakeholder initiatives of the Local Economic Community Plans (LECPs) of Cork City Council and Cork County Council to strengthen community infrastructure and promote social inclusion for all citizens across all our communities b. Seek continued investment in initiatives that achieve the physical, economic, social and environmental regeneration of disadvantaged areas in the City and Metropolitan Area, in particular supporting the ongoing regeneration of the Cork
City RAPID areas of Fairhill/Gurranebraher/ Farranree, Knocknaheeny/Churchfield, Mayfield/ Blackpool/The Glen and Togher/Mahon. c. Support the development of an Inter-agency Social Enterprise Strategy to support the retention and expansion of existing social enterprises and the development of new social enterprises. d. Recognise, support and value diversity, especially within the city population and workforce and the implementation of Government policy “The Migrant Integration Strategy”.
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