The Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) Ltd is a cross-border local authority led organisation comprising 10 member Councils in the Central Border Area of Ireland / Northern Ireland.  Under its Spatial Planning Initiative ICBAN has a Sustainable Region Working Group representing ICBAN’s 10 local authority stakeholders.  The group is keen to develop projects that position the region as competitive and sustainable.

The study tour brief was to create an inspiring two-day study visit or learning experience. RealEyes won the tender  by pulling together a diversity of relevant sustainability champions and initiatives from both the public and private sectors. The objective was to provide a breadth of both organisational and technical solutions for sustainability peppered with ongoing facilitated discussions on how each could be applied to the specific needs of ICBAN.

We don’t need to go to Sweden, Holland or Denmark to see how organisations are profitting from sustainability, said John Harrington, director with RealEyes,  we have world class examples right here at home.

However a group needs to have a shared understanding of what it is they want to achieve so inspiring examples of what others have done may not be enough.  RealEyes therefore dedicated a second day to allow tour participants to digest what they’d heard and decide together, through facilitated discussions where they want to act together.

For more information on study tours for sustainability please contact John Harrington, 087-753-3039