RSAIR

The Regional Studies Irish Branch (RSAIR) was officially open in 1974 to provide a forum to discuss regional issues in Ireland.

The aim of the Branch is:

To stimulate regional awareness, and to assess and advise on regional issues and policies affecting the public and private sectors and local communities.
To facilitate contact and exchange of ideas between practitioners and researchers in the field of regional development and policy.
To strengthen the ongoing and dynamic process of spatial planning in order to promote an integrated approach to urban and rural, regional and local development.
To support regional policies that seek to achieve balanced regional development leading to innovative approaches to the optimum utilisation of the social and natural resource potential of each region, and a reduction in the disparities within and between regions.
To advocate strategies for regional development that are complementary to policies for sustainable development, with full regard to quality of life, social cohesion, and conservation of the environment and the natural heritage.
To support proposals for the effective implementation of regional development strategies through participative governance structures organised at local, regional and national levels that can facilitate integration of multi-annual programmes.

One day Conference
Title: TEN YEARS ON: REVISITING THE NSS
Date: Tuesday 5th June2012
Location: ESRI, Dublin
Poster

Network and Flows in Economic Space
Date: 30th January 2012, 09.00-19:00
Location: Renehan Hall, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
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Local Government Reform – Myth Or Reality
A one Day Symposium organised by the RSA Irish Branch
Date: 8th March 10.00 - 17:00
Location: Renehan Hall, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
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Irish Regions in the Smart Economy
One Day Conference
Date: 10.30am-17:00pm, Monday 12th September 2011
Location: Renehan Hall, NUI Maynooth
For more information contact: Chris Van Egeraat Chris.VanEgeraat@nuim.ie
Programme
Conference proceedings
Conference presentations
Rebalancing the economy? The politics of local and regional development
Date: March 8th 2011
Location: Trinity College Dublin, Room 0.30, Gas Works Building, D’Olier Street.
AGM and Poster

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