The Arts Council

In 2004 Interactions was successful in winning a public sector contract from the Arts Council to design and manage a national consultative process to inform the next national strategy for the arts in Ireland. The process was designed against a background of considerable consultation “fatigue” in the arts and cultural sector and involved over 100 meetings with in excess of 1000 participants, in geographically disparate locations throughout Ireland. The project was rolled out throughout 2005. The Arts Council published their plan in the spring of 2006. Click here to read a copy of Partnership for the Arts (pdf copy).

 

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council

In 2006 we employed our model to design and facilitate a consultation process for Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council to inform their first strategic plan for the arts. Widely hailed as an excellent model of public consultation, the process generated an informed and supported arts strategy which was published in the summer of 2007. Click here to read the strategy online.

These projects were designed using the principles of Dynamic Participation and resulted in highly successful public sector consultation processes, generating high level, positive participation, excellent feedback and a genuine sense of dialogue and inquiry.