PPN Secretariat
The Secretariat is the administrative body of the PPN. It carries out the decisions of the Plenary and makes sure the day-to-day work of the PPN gets done.
The membership of the Secretariat should be as broad as possible to reflect the range of Member Groups that make up the PPN. How the Secretariat is made up should reflect the PPN as a whole. To comply with the Department’s circular (CVSP 1/2014), the PPN
Secretariat must contain at a minimum:
- one representative from each of the Municipal Districts in a county (or set geographical areas within the cities), and
- equal numbers (but at least two people) from each of the three electoral colleges (Environmental, Social Inclusion, Community and Voluntary).
The role of the Secretariat is outlined below.
Role of the Secretariat
- To ensure the aims and objectives of Meath PPN are met.
- To ensure that member groups are informed of developments relevant to their groups.
- To represent member groups interests.
- To ensure the proper functioning of the PPN between Plenary meetings.
- To facilitate the implementation of the decisions of the Plenary.
- To support the PPN Resource Worker and Support Worker to achieve the PPN’s objectives through the implementation of the annual Workplan.
- To review and sign off on documentation in a timely fashion (by email if required to facilitate tight timeframes).
- To develop Meath PPN into an effective collective voice for community groups in Meath.
- To engage with and support the PPN Representatives.
- To operate as defined under Section 46 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014.
- The Secretariat may establish working groups, sub-committees, or task groups as necessary.
- To attend Secretariat induction training. The PPN will endeavour to provide this induction training as soon as possible after the appointment of new Secretariat members.
Source: PPN Handbook 2020, DRCD