Local Community Development Committee (LCDC)

What is the LCDC?

The local community development committee was established

“for the purposes of developing, coordinating and implementing a coherent and integrated approach to local and community development”.

Each LCDC will bring together people who work in

• Local authority (members and officials)
• State agencies
• Local development
• Community development
• Economic, cultural and environmental organisations

What does the LCDC do?

LCDCs will—

• Co-ordinate, plan and oversee local and community development funding, whether spent by local authorities or on behalf of the State by other local development bodies.
• Prepare the community elements of a 6-year Local Economic and Community Plan.
• Bring a more joined-up approach to the implementation of local and community development programmes and interventions, pursuing an integrated approach to local community-based services across providers and delivery structures.
• Drive meaningful citizen and community engagement in the scoping, planning, delivery and evaluation of local and community development programmes.
• Pursue a more cost efficient administration of local and community development programmes and delivery structures, the matching of resources to priorities and better value-for-money in the management and delivery of programmes.
• Focus on learning and feedback, enhancing the links between service delivery and policy development, and pursue opportunities for additional funding for the area, whether Exchequer or EU.

LCDC PPN Reps