COUNTY DIVERSITY STRATEGY IDENTIFIES KEY AREAS FOR ACTION

Date Published: 23-Mar-2013

A five year plan for ethnic minorities living in the county has identified four key areas for action.

The county integration and diversity strategy was launched in Oranmore this week, and is broken into the areas of education and training, employment and work, health and access to public services and community participation.

Action plans for each of the four thematic areas outline an overall programme goal, and lead organisations have been named for each action.

14.7% or over 25 thousand people in the county are foreign born – that’s up .9% since 2006.

Chair of the County Intercultural forum Maria Silva says the strategy should yield positive results