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Last update: 21 Mar 2025

Owen Douglas

Regional Planner
Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly
Planning and Economic Development
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Ireland
(Eastern and Midland)
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Projects
2
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Dr Owen Douglas is a Regional Planner at the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly in Ireland. He holds a PhD and Masters Degree in Regional and Urban Planning from University College Dublin and a primary degree in economic and social studies from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. He is an experienced project manager and urban planner with substantial experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Interreg Europe projects including PROGRESS, Next2Met and ORIGINN. 

Project contributions

2 projects
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ORIGINN

ORIGINN aims at improving public policies to foster innovation in rural areas with the emphasis on agrifood to address societal and economic challenges.

Ongoing
Skills for S3 and industrial transition
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2014 - 2020

Next2Met

Next2Met aims to boost the attractiveness of lesser-known regions, which compete for skills and jobs with a nearby metropolis, by harnessing the potential of digitalisation as a development tool.

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Digitisation

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Good practices (7)
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Food Vision 2030: Ireland’s integrated systems approach for a sustainable agri-food sector

Food Vision 2030 is a stakeholder-led, mission-oriented strategy which recognises the interconnectedness of policies for food, health, climate and environment.

25 Aug 2023 | By project ORIGINN
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2014 - 2020

Environmental Sensitivity Mapping (ESM) Webtool

The ESM Webtool is a novel decision-support tool for evidence-based Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and plan-making, applicable to multiple sectors.
05 Nov 2021 | By project PROGRESS
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2014 - 2020

The 'Natural Capital Ireland' Framework

Natural Capital Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation which, through a robust organisational framework, leads the conversation on natural capital in Ireland.
01 Sep 2021 | By project PROGRESS
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2014 - 2020

Protecting Farmland Pollinators (PFP)

Protecting Farmland Pollinators is a pollinator scoring & results-based payment method for improving management practices for enhanced biodiversity on farms.
06 May 2021 | By project PROGRESS
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2014 - 2020

Dublin Mountains Makeover (DMM)

The DMM involves the implementation of a stakeholder-driven, multi-generational forest management model across nine forests (910 ha) at the edge of Dublin City.
04 Jan 2021 | By project PROGRESS
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2014 - 2020

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Service Mapping Pilot for a Suite of Prioritised Services

The NEES Mapping Pilot demonstrates a mapping approach for ecosystem services at the national scale with datasets prioritised through stakeholder consultation.
04 Jan 2021 | By project PROGRESS
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2014 - 2020

All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP) Framework

The AIPP and its framework provides targeted and actionable information resources for wide-ranging stakeholders to reverse declines in pollinating insects.
04 Jan 2021 | By project PROGRESS
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Crowd watches stage at Europe, let's cooperate 2024
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19 - 20 Mar 2025
Hybrid
Krakow

Europe, let's cooperate! 2025

The 11th edition of Europe, let's cooperate interregional cooperation forum (#europecooperates) will take place on 19-20 March 2025 in Krakow, Poland. Join us to celebrate cooperation, the 10th anniversary of the Policy Learning Platform!
By Joint secretariat
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Forest
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14 Dec 2023
Online

Boosting forest ecosystems

This online workshop has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article.
By Platform
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27 Jun 2023
Online

Webinar about Interreg Europe Portal - partners' reporting

We organised a webinar on 27 June 2023 about the Interreg Europe Portal 's functionalities for reporting on projects' progress ( partner reporting and control modules ). This online session was targeted at lead partners, project partners and controllers of Interreg Europe projects from the first
By Joint secretariat
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22 Feb 2023
Online

Info session on Interreg Europe

We teamed up with the European Committee of the Regions for an online info session on Interreg Europe on 22 February 2023 (10:00-11:30 CET).
By Joint secretariat

Topic interests

Smart
Research and innovation capacitiesDigitisationSME competitivenessSkills for S3 and industrial transitionDigital connectivity
Green
Energy efficiencyRenewable energySmart energy systemsClimate changeWater managementCircular economyBiodiversity preservationZero-carbon urban mobility
Connected
TEN-TSustainable mobility
Social
Labour market and employmentEducation and lifelong learningSocial inclusionIntegration of 3rd country nationalsHealthcareCulture and sustainable tourism
Citizens
Integrated urban developmentIntegrated non-urban development
Governance
Policy governance

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