The North/ South Ministerial Council wishes to acknowledge the help that various individuals and organisations have provided in developing this website including:
The Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) for managing the overall Project, centrally co-ordinating the software development and developing the information content of the website. CCBS founded in September 1999 and based in Armagh and Dublin, researches and develops co-operation across the Irish border in education, health, business, public administration, communications, agriculture, the environment and a range of other practical areas. (See http://www.crossborder.ie
and http://www.borderireland.info)
The Delivery and Innovation Division (DID) of the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) for providing the graphic design, web design, software development and maintenance, and hosting of the website. DID is a Centre of Excellence for the Livelink Content Management System, a comprehensive enterprise-scale web content management solution and is the software platform to be used in the development of the website. (See http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/did-innovation)
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) for providing funding under the EU Peace II Programme Measure 5.2. (See http://www.seupb.org)
Citizens Advice Northern Ireland and Citizens Information Board Ireland for both their development advice and their involvement in preparing cross-border information under their joint Borderwise initiative. (See http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk, http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie and http://www.borderwise.ie)
