COLAB Collaborative Leadership Across the Border

The Collaborative Leadership Across the Border (COLAB) project is a three-year initiative that brings together governments, public services, and local communities on both sides of the Irish border to develop a genuinely new approach to intergovernmental working.
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Funded by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

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Core partners

The Executive Office (NI) logo
Department for Communities (NI) logo (NI)
Department of the Taoiseach (ROI) logo
CYPSC Monaghan logo
LCDC Monaghan logo
Limerick City and County Council logo

Associate partners

Department of Rural and Community Development (ROI)
The Wheel (ROI) logo
NICVA (NI) logo

Bringing community and government together

Led by the Centre for Effective Services, COLAB will test practical, evidence-based ways for government to work together — across jurisdictions and levels — to tackle deep-rooted social issues like poverty and social exclusion that affect communities throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Project aims:

Test new ways of working

Pilot innovative models of cross-border collaboration between governments at different levels and between government and community organisations.

Build public service capacity

Strengthen operational and technical capacity across public services through learning from pilot activities in border locations and twinned cities.

Create a strategy for the future

Develop a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy to guide lasting intergovernmental collaboration for the long term.

Make a real difference locally

Ensure government policies and services have a tangible, positive impact on everyday life in communities across the border region.

News & Updates

Knowledge Hub

We have compiled the following resources to help outline our goals and accomplishments in this project.

Learning Resources

Financial Summary Q2 2023

Learning generated through the Learning Exchange Network will be shared with grant holders and, where

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Case Studies

Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023

Learning generated through the Learning Exchange Network will be shared with grant holders and, where

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Our team behind COLAB

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