Background to the NCP

NCP - the beginning

New Communities Partnership (NCP) was formally launched as an independent body in 2005 with the aim of empowering and representing ethnic minorities & their organisations in Ireland. With offices in Dublin, Limerick and Cork, the nationwide network is composed of 104 groups representing many ethnicities across 65 countries from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, South America and Africa.

NCP AGM 2009
NCP member organisations are led by representatives of their own communities which is a defining characteristic of the organisation's approach. This initiative is unique in that it will be supporting the participation, engagement and emergence of ethnic minority community members themselves into leadership positions; enabling policy makers and planners to dialogue and communicate directly with ethnic minority communities through an organised and cohesive representative structure.

Although member groups' backgrounds may vary widely, they share a great deal of common ground in striving to overcome the obstacles and difficulties that arise in building a new life in Ireland. NCP emerged from the recognition that the capacity to challenge discrimination and influence change is vastly increased by working collaboratively. Members work together to support their communities and to address the underlying causes of the difficulties facing them in Ireland including racism; discrimination; unemployment & access to employment; housing & accommodation and access to public services.

NCP is working towards the creation of a truly integrated and richly diverse Ireland.

NCP believes integration is:

  • building a society that respects diversity and develops the capacity to fully accept people from different cultures;
  • meaningful participation in decision making and implementation of policies;
  • equal rights for all.

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