Role of the Micro-enterprise Policy Unit
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The role of the Micro-enterprise Policy Unit (MEP), formerly known as the Local Enterprise Section, is to develop policy in relation to the activities of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and in relation to the broader development of the indigenous micro-enterprise sector, to support and assist the CEBs in developing an environment conducive to maximising the contribution of the micro-enterprise sector to the economy, to oversee the financing of the CEBs, and to support and advise the Enterprise Ireland CEB Central Coordination Unit (CCU) in its task of providing operational and financial support to the CEBs.
The main activities undertaken by the Micro-enterprise Policy Unit in carrying out its role are:
- Negotiating central Exchequer funding for the CEBs
- Allocating annual CEB budgets in association with the CCU
- Monitoring, in association with the CCU, CEB expenditure and budgetary management to ensure value for money in respect of Exchequer and EU funding
- Input into Departmental enterprise policy from a micro-enterprise perspective
- Providing policy advice to the CCU in the area of CEB human resources and best practice guidance on a range of issues
- Providing representation at conferences, seminars, internal Departmental meetings etc. concerning micro-enterprise development
- Serving the political system through preparation of replies to Representations, Parliamentary Questions, provision of Speech material for the Minister as well as reporting on the implementation of measures relevant to the CEBs under various Programmes for Government
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