COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

MOTION NO. 7

MOTION: Councillor T. Gilligan

That this Committee outlines how many jobs it will create in the Clondalkin area over the next year.  How much is the SMMB (Social Media Means Business) Conference costing?  How many jobs will this create and how will it benefit employment in the Clondalkin area?

REPORT:

As members will be aware the Business Development & Sustainability Programme in the County as outlined and agreed at the Corporate Policy Group and Organisation, Procedure and Finance Committee meetings in January/February, is now well under way in collaboration with the other agencies referenced in the document, (particularly South Dublin Chamber). As undertaken in those documents monthly updates have been given to the CPG and can be viewed on CMAS. The 8 outcomes identified should contribute to supporting existing, and creating additional, employment across the County. Government schemes are specifically identified and will be supported/utilised in achieving this aim.

As a core part of the Programme the SMMB conference was held on 8th June and attracted an attendance in excess of 150 people. The Social Media Academy was launched at the conference and feedback has been very positive. Full details and feedback can be viewed on the website : Website link. Obviously at this stage less than a week after the conference all accounts have not been finalised but taking into account the income from the modest registration fee of E20 per person the net cost to SDCC is c E2,000 , which represents excellent value for money for a high quality, informative and useful conference. Costs were kept down in this regard by extensive use of internal staff resources, experience and knowledge of this area.

The most recent update on the programme was presented to the CPG and Council on Monday 13th June. (Headed item 16).