Profile Summary – Odran Reid

Summary Profile:

Odran Reid has extensive experience in multiple sectors over many decades. He has worked with NGO companies over the last twenty-five years. He has worked with local development companies on policy and strategic development and has worked on a number of start-up NGO companies including the Institute of International and European Affairs and NorDubCo of he was the Administrator and CEO. He has worked on IFI and Department of Foreign Affairs funded programmes with divided communities in Northern Ireland. Odran is a graduate of Economics from TCD and is a Spatial Planner and Social Policy annalist. He lectures on a part-time basis in the School of Spatial Planning in DIT, Bolton Street and to adult education classes in the Peoples College. He specialises in retail planning, socio-economic analysis and aspects of local and city development planning. Odran has worked in the Greater London Council, the Inner London Council and has worked in current affairs. He has made contributions at conferences, seminars and has been on both local and national media.

Qualifications:

  • MSc in Spatial Planning
  • BA (Mod) in Economics and Administration
  • Higher Diploma in Education
  • Certificate in European Community Law

Professional Bodies:

  • Member of the Institute of Economic Development (MIED);
  • Member of the Irish Planning Institute (MIPI);
  • Senior Member of the Institute for Managers of Community & Voluntary Organisations (SiMCV)

Trained in:

  • Health Impact Assessment;
  • Appropriate Assessment
  • Governance Code,
  • Risk Assessment,
  • Logic Model

Organisations associated with:

  • Chairperson and Director of The Fingal ICTU Centre;
  • Northside Home Care Services (Director and Company Secretary);
  • Sustainable Travel Solutions Ltd;
  • Council Member of Irish Water Safety,
  • Member of the Appeals Panel Quality and Qualification Ireland (QQI);
  • Member of Spatial Planning Graduate Network;
  • Life Member and Council Member of the Institute of International and European Affairs; Member of the Irish Committee of the Institute of Economic Development;
  • Member of the Spatial Planning Graduate network organising Committee

Former organisations associated with:

  • Coolock Development Council Ltd.;
  • Northside Security Services Ltd.;
  • Northside Facilities and Services Ltd.;
  • Dublin North East MABS;
  • The Village Project Day Assessment Centre Ltd;
  • Probation Services Tower Programme in North Clondlakin;
  • Government’s Task Force on the Implementation of its Communicating Europe Report;
  • The Lord Mayor’s Commission on Anti Social Behavior
  • Garda Síochána Complaints Board;
  • Council Member and Secretary of the North Dublin Chamber of Commerce Council;
  • Former Secretary of the Aer Lingus Swimming Committee

Publications

  • Borscheid, M. and Reid, O. (2012) ‘New skills for new jobs? Accessibility of the labour market for marginalised communities in North Dublin, The Irish Review of Community Economic Development Law and Policy, 1(3), pp. 75-97
  • O’Connor, D., Borscheid, M. and Reid, O. (2013) ‘An Assessment of Mobility among Key Disadvantaged Communities in North East Dublin.’