Council Partners
In February 2019, the Council Partnership Framework was launched.
Most Councils/ Local Authorities were already taking actions to support pollinators on public land. Many also work with local community groups, residents’ associations and schools to help raise awareness of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. To better support these efforts and to better promote the work being undertaken, this framework was developed to recognise Councils as partners of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.
Download the Council Partnership Framework
As of March 2023, every local authority and council on the island of Ireland has become a partner to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. Read more about this news here:
- Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council (Nov 2019)
- Ards and North Down Borough Council (April 2019)
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (November 2021)
- Belfast City Council (May 2022)
- Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council (August 2022)
- Carlow County Council (July 2020)
- Cavan County Council (March 2023)
- Clare County Council (Feb 2020)
- Cork City Council (Sept 2019)
- Cork County Council (Nov 2021)
- Derry City & Strabane District Council (April 2020)
- Donegal County Council (Jan 2020)
- Dublin City Council (Mar 2019)
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (Mar 2019)
- Fermanagh & Omagh District Council (May 2021)
- Fingal County Council (Mar 2019)
- Galway City Council (May 2020)
- Galway County Council (Oct 2020)
- Kerry County Council (June 2019)
- Kildare County Council (Feb 2021)
- Kilkenny County Council (Feb 2019)
- Laois County Council (May 2021)
- Leitrim County Council (June 2021)
- Limerick City & County Council (Feb 2019)
- Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (Mar 2019)
- Longford County Council (Mar 2021)
- Louth County Council (July 2021)
- Mayo County Council (June 2019)
- Meath County Council (Nov 2019)
- Mid & East Antrim Borough Council (April 2021)
- Mid Ulster District Council (April 2022)
- Monaghan County Council (June 2019)
- Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (September 2021)
- Offaly County Council (April 2020)
- Roscommon County Council (May 2021)
- Sligo County Council (July 2021)
- South Dublin County Council (Nov 2019)
- Tipperary County Council (April 2019)
- Waterford City & County Council (April 2019)
- Wexford County Council (April 2019)
- Westmeath County Council (Feb 2020)
- Wicklow County Council (Nov 2019)
Becoming a partner offers Councils/Local Authorities a suite of benefits in addition to biodiversity enhancement, including:
- Partnership with an internationally renowned strategy to reverse declines in biodiversity.
- A framework outlining options with the flexibility to choose from a variety of low/cost-neutral evidence-based actions that will have a positive impact.
- Access to training, guidance documents, support materials, case studies, etc. to help staff decide on appropriate actions. For more information, see: https://pollinators.ie/councils
- Helps demonstrate compliance with statutory requirements such as the Council’s Biodiversity statutory responsibilities.
- Enhancing the local landscape for pollinators supports local food producers
- A framework to help support the delivery of key plans:
– National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021 (Action 4.1.8. Implement All-Ireland Pollinator Plan)
– Biodiversity Strategy for Northern Ireland to 2020
– County Development Plan (protecting natural habitats and plants objectives)
– Green Infrastructure Plan (protecting and managing natural wildlife corridors and habitats)
– Climate Change Adaptation Measures (resilience to climate change)
– Local Biodiversity Action Plan
– County Biodiversity Plan (pollinator actions)
– EU Habitats Directive (ecological networks and buffer areas)
- A demonstration of your biodiversity credentials to local residents who are increasingly concerned with supporting environmentally friendly initiatives.
- Actions to support community engagement and strengthen relationships with local groups who are also working to protect our pollinators, e.g. Tidy Towns groups, Ulster in Bloom.
- Actions to support Local Agenda 21
- Actions to support the Green Schools Programme (Biodiversity Theme) (ROI) and Eco-Schools (NI)
- Actions taken for pollinators can contribute to the Green Flag Award for parks under the sustainability, conservation and community involvement criteria.
Reporting 2021-2025
You can find out what our council partners have achieved through the reports below: