Urban Regeneration and Community Development Policy Framework

Published On: 1st July 2013

By: Department for Social Development

This is the Department for Social Development’s first overarching structure on their urban regeneration and community development activities. The framework deals with the underlying structural problems in urban areas and seeks to strengthen community development throughout Northern Ireland, through four policy objectives and four supporting actions. The document sets out the need for the framework and the evidence used to inform the framework. The framework is committed to adopting an outcome focused approach (the logic model).

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