Community Platform Vision & Mission
Founded in 1996, the Community Platform acts as a mechanism to facilitate solidarity amongst organisations in the community sector that work to address poverty, social exclusion and inequality.
The objective motivating the establishment of the Community Platform was two-fold:
- To facilitate the sector's participation in the national social partnership negotiations
- To create a collective critical voice for equality, rights and anti-poverty interests at a national level
The members of the Community Platform play a key role in driving the equality and anti-poverty agenda in Ireland by providing a mechanism to enable those experiencing poverty and inequality to have their voices heard in decision making arenas.
The direct relationship that Community Platform member organisations have with people experiencing poverty greatly enhances their capacity to represent the local experience in national policy making arenas and to assess the extent to which policy implementation at a local level is achieving the desired outcomes.
The Community Platform recognises the intrinsic links between poverty and inequality and is informed by the conclusion that 'the neglect of inequality undermines efforts to reduce poverty'.
Vision
The vision of the Community Platform is an Ireland that is inclusive, sustainable and equal. A Better Ireland is possible!
Mission
The mission of the Community Platform is to contribute to the achievement of a better Irish society and economy through working innovatively to develop and promote a shared analysis, policies and action based on the values of social solidarity, justice and equality.
Latest News
The Community Platform*, a network of 30 national community organisations today called on those involved in negotiating the new programme for government to pursue an alternative vision for Ireland - an Ireland where policies and actions are based on the values of social solidarity, justice, equality and sustainability.
Updates From Members
Debt and Development Coalition recently launched a new book 'Driving the Getaway Car? Ireland, Tax and Development', written on behalf of its member organisations by Dr Sheila Killian of the University of Limerick.
'Driving the Getaway Car?' explains how impoverished countries lose billions of euro through weak domestic tax collection capacities and through unjust international tax structures. Transfer pricing abuse is highlighted as a particular area of concern. This is when subsidiaries of the same multi-national company artificially set the prices of goods and services in order to minimise their tax bills, often through the use of secrecy jurisdictions, popularly known as tax havens. This illegal practice is very difficult to monitor and costs impoverished countries billions in lost tax revenue.