About the review of the Belfast Agenda

Community planning was a new duty introduced in April 2015 as part of Local Government reform. It is a process by which the Council and a range of partners providing services in the city (including health, libraries, education, policing, business and others) jointly plan and work together with local people to achieve wellbeing outcomes for our city and its people. As part of the process, the Council and its community planning partners must produce a community plan every 4 years, that sets out the long-term objectives for improving economic, environmental and social wellbeing, as well as the actions that will be delivered to help us achieve the objectives.
Within Belfast, the Community Planning Partnership created the Belfast Agenda, the city’s first community plan. In developing this Plan, the Partnership engaged a wide range of organisations from different sectors in all areas of the city in addition to talking to residents - a process we called the "Belfast Conversation".
Every four years we review and update the plan. If you live, work, study or have a business in Belfast, then the Belfast Agenda affects you! We want to hear your views as part of our "Continuing the Conversation" engagement programme as we seek to improve our plans. We want to know what you think about our existing vision and outcomes for Belfast (for 2035); and the priorities that we will focus on over the next four years (2022-26). This forms the basis of the initial phase of engagement which we expect to run from June-September 2021 (see our Review timeline to the right).
At this stage, we expect to have an agreed priority framework and attention will turn to action planning and problem solving. We will undertake further engagement to help shape our plans which will contain a range of actions, design to deliver meaningful impact to people's lives. We expect this phase of engagement will be undertaken for the rest of 2021 and into the new year.
You will be able to give your views and have your say at each stage throughout the project on Your Say Belfast. Alternatively, you can also drop into your local library, community centre or leisure centre where you will be able to pick up a short survey to provide feedback. Finally, why not join the conversation online through social media, using the hashtag #BelfastConversation.
Questions
Please let us know if you have any questions about community planning, the Belfast Agenda or ways in which you can get involved with the review of the plan.