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Northern Ireland Assembly Business Trust na Downey Senior EU Liaison Officer Brussels 18 November 2014 Office of the NI Executive in Brussels (ONIEB) To support Northern Irelands engagement with the EU To ensure that Northern

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Northern Ireland Assembly Business Trust

Úna Downey Senior EU Liaison Officer Brussels 18 November 2014

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Office of the NI Executive in Brussels (ONIEB)

  • To support Northern Ireland’s engagement with the EU
  • To ensure that Northern Ireland has the opportunity to

engage in policymaking with the EU Institutions

  • To raise the positive profile of Northern Ireland.
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European Liaison Officers

  • Úna Downey – Economy

– Una.Downey@doeni.gov.uk

  • Ben Martin – Environment and Climate Change

– Ben.Martin@doeni.gov.uk

  • Keith Ruffles – Social

– Keith.Ruffles@doeni.gov.uk

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Remit of EU Liaison Officers

  • Seconded NI civil servants
  • Barroso Task Force
  • Liaison Officers work to Thematic Groups
  • Priorities identified by key departmental officials
  • Activities identified and agreed by Group members to be

achieved in Brussels

  • Identified policy areas retained by departments
  • Technical detail retained by departmental experts
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Role of the EU Liaison Officers

Information gathering

– Monitor Council and Parliament deliberations; – Analyse and share policy developments; and – Attend working groups and events

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Role of the EU Liaison Officers

Networking

– Make contacts in the EU institutions and relevant bodies in Brussels; – Identify regions of interest to NI and raise NI’s profile; and – Pursue and share networking and capacity building

  • pportunities.
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Role of the EU Liaison Officers

Competitive Funding

– Identify and disseminate calls; – Advice on relevant EU competitive funding streams; and – Support in finding transnational partners

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Opportunities for engagement Brussels? Northern Ireland? Both?

  • Prior engagement with support systems in NI important –

be informed

  • Plan in advance – a weeks notice won’t work
  • Liaise with Brussels staff – use their local knowledge
  • Find the right time – timing is everything
  • Target audience – right people, right place
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Communications

  • Look out for events data base
  • Forthcoming competitive funding data base
  • NICP network for H2020 (http://www.detini.gov.uk)
  • New web site coming soon!
  • Social media – twitter account active (@brusselsni)
  • NIERF – (http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk)
  • Invest Northern Ireland
  • EU Commission Office in Belfast
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Questions? Thank you for listening.