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Following last week’s Summit, we will no longer be active on this account. You can keep up-to-date with the latest BIC news on our website, LinkedIn page and from our quarterly newsletter. You can sign-up to our newsletter via our website: britishirishcouncil.org
Following last week’s Summit, we are delighted to present our annual report for 2025/26. You can find out more about our activities here: shorturl.at/FVOuL
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At last week’s Summit, leaders welcomed progress by officials to mark the breadth and depth of the Council’s work through a cross-cutting symposium, to be held on Tuesday 29.09.2026 in Edinburgh.
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Thank you to Guernsey’s Chief Minister, @Lindsay_Gsy and her team in the @StatesofGuernsey for hosting the BIC’s Member Administrations!
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The 45th BIC Summit took place today, hosted by the @StatesofGuernsey. Discussions focussed on ‘Nurturing Beginnings: Strengthening Early Years and Family Support for Happy, Healthy Childhoods and Lifelong Wellbeing’. More details available on our website: shorturl.at/bRzBU
On Monday 29 June 2026, our Planning and Places Work Sector hosted the - Resourcing in the Planning Profession: The changing role and impact of technology on the sector across these islands webinar to an audience of over 100 people. Visit our our website shorturl.at/bWNVJ
This week, the @Govgg will host the 45th BIC Summit shorturl.at/JzeOk. Focusing on the Strengthening Early Years and Family Support for Happy, Healthy Childhoods and Lifelong Wellbeing. @GovJersey @GovIE @WelshGovernment @scotgov @IOMGovernment @niexecutive @GOVUK
Over 80 people from across these islands joined us for the Drugs and Alcohol Work Sector webinar - Lived Experience: The Key to Better Services - on Thursday 25th June.
More details can be found on our website: britishirishcouncil.org/bic-…
The Isle of Man Government hosted the British-Irish Council Housing Work Sector in Douglas last week. As part of the visit, officials from across 8 administrations explored and shared experiences of residential retrofitting initiatives.
Less than a week to go until our webinar on 'Resourcing in the Planning Profession: The changing role and impact of technology on the sector'. Have you booked your place? To find out more and register, click here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
Thanks to @WelshGovernment for hosting the Invasive Species Work Sector including excellent speakers from the WaREN project, Kersten UK, Natural Resources Wales and Spectral Ecology. Including a visit to Oxwich Bay where drones have been used to survey the area.
Join us on Thursday, 25 June, when the BIC Drugs & Alcohol Work Sector will host a webinar (Lived Experience: The Key to Better Services) which will focus on the value that those with lived experience can bring to the design of recovery services.
This week, the @WelshGovernment are hosting the BIC’s Invasive Species (INS) Work Sector in Swansea where discussions, presentations and site visits will focus on monitoring and surveillance technologies of INS. @Govgg @GovIE @scotgov @GOVUK @niexecutive @GovJersey
Join us on Monday, 29 June, when the BIC Planning & Places Work Sector host a webinar focussing on Resourcing in the Planning Profession: The changing role and impact of technology on the sector. To find out more and register, click here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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Today, the BIC Transport Work Sector visited the M8 Woodside Scheme for an overview of works there, CECA Academy at Paisley College who deliver training and workforce development and the First Bus Caledonia depot to learn about business-to-business charging and sustainability.
Today, the BIC Transport Work Sector met with @HeriotWattUni to hear about work on freight movement modelling in Scotland.Transport is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions so adapting HGV transport systems to low carbon technologies is vital for the future health of the planet
This week, @transcotland host the British-Irish Council Transport Work Sector in Glasgow. Officials from across Member Administrations will discuss challenges to the flow of HGV vehicles across these islands and explore Scottish Government initiatives to enhance HGV linkages.