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Connecting globally and engaging locally: Devising and implementing a programme of financial support for community-led initiatives at Dublin Airport
Journal of Airport Management,
12
(4),
379-390
(2018)
Abstract
In 2016, Dublin Airport sought to formalise and further develop its existing programme of support for community-led initiatives in the vicinity of the airport. The need for such a programme was influenced by the imminent delivery of one of the airport’s, and Ireland’s, largest infrastructural projects, that of a new parallel runway known as North Runway. This paper discusses the new approach, which was developed following detailed desktop and field research, incorporating feedback from internal and external stakeholders. The paper considers the result of this - the successful launch of the Dublin Airport Community Fund in June 2017, a programme of community funding that utilises best practice methodologies to allocate funding in a clear and transparent manner.
Keywords: community investment; CSR strategy; new runway; Dublin Airport
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Author's Biography
Miriam Ryan is Head of Strategy, daa (formerly Aer Rianta), for which she has worked for over 25 years. During that time she has held responsibilities in a range of business areas, including marketing, industry affairs and economic regulation. She was appointed head of strategy for daa in 2010, leading and managing the strategic planning process across the business, directing key projects and advising on a range of stakeholder engagements, at board, government and customer levels. In 2015, she also assumed the responsibility of stakeholder lead for the new North Runway development at Dublin Airport. Miriam is a former chair of the Airports Council International Europe Economics Committee and is a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the MSc in Airport Planning and Management at Cranfield University.
Angela Flynn is Stakeholder Assistant, North Runway Project, daa. She joined daa in 2016 after spending five years in Melbourne, Australia, working in the field of communications. Since joining daa, Angela has been a key member of the project team tasked with delivering Dublin Airport’s North Runway. Her main responsibilities include engaging with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that they are fully briefed on the project.
