Nominations sought for the Community and Voluntary Seat on Kildare County Council’s Climate Action Strategic Policy Committee (SPC)
Closing date: Monday the 11th of May at 5:00pm
Community and Voluntary Seat
Climate Action SPC
What is the role of a PPN Representative on a Strategic Policy Committee?
- Attend and fully participate in all meetings
- Complete and upload a Representative report after each meeting
- Work collaboratively with the Advisory Group to identify issues, research, policy proposals etc. of interest or concern to the Group
- Bring forward the issues of the Advisory Group to the Committee for their consideration, including putting items on the agenda
What is the commitment?
The role of the Representative is a rewarding one, but requires you to make a time commitment to fulfil the role including:
- Induction Training
- 4 Strategic Policy Committee Meetings a year (Daytime)
- Meetings with PPN Advisory Groups as required
- Quarterly Meetings with Representative Network (Evening)
Climate Action SPC
The role of a Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) is to develop, monitor and respond to Strategic Policy within a thematic area of work of the Council. The membership of an SPC is made up of Councillors, PPN Representatives and Sectorial Interests (i.e. Chamber of Commerce, etc.).
The areas of responsibility for the Climate Action SPC:
- Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
- Ongoing performance review of Kildare County Council Climate Action Plan
- Oversight of Covenant of Mayors
- Building climate change capacity internally and externally (elected members, staff, wider community)
- Interpreting and assessing national (e.g. All of Government Plan), regional, local and EU policies
• Promoting innovation particularly at local level - Assessing business opportunities arising from Climate Action
- Linkages with other policy committees
2026 Climate Action SPC
Meeting Scheduled Dates:
- 13th of May 2026 (2:30pm)
- 16th of September 2026 (2:30pm)
- 11th of November 2026 (2:30pm)
Apply
Click here to fill out a nomination form
Nominations Guidelines
- Nominating groups must be registered with Kildare Public Participation Network for at least 6 months.
- Groups must have full membership and be a member of the respective seat e.g. nominations for an Environmental seat must be a PPN member group from the environmental pillar.
- Nominations can only be made with the candidate’s knowledge and approval.
- Each Group can nominate one candidate only per seat. If groups nominate more than one candidate, the first nomination received will be accepted.
- If we receive more nominations than seats available, elections will take place through online voting.
- Nominees must have no political affiliations.
- Candidates are requested to submit a short profile (written in the first person) to accompany their nomination form (no more than 150 words, showing relevant experience). This profile will be made public for the purpose of elections. We also request a photo for the ballot paper (this is optional).
