A Cannes property conference Belfast Council is to attend to next year has been branded "little more than a party".
The event, considered by many to be male dominated, has been the subject of several complaints by women who say they were been the victims of sexist abuse, misogyny and discrimination. In 2018 Tamsie Thomson, director of the London Festival of Architecture, launched the 'Elephant' Campaign, to confront exploitation in the property and construction industries.
“Sustainable development and growth cannot just be buzzwords to us. I have yet to be convinced on the merits of MIPIM, and what it delivers to the city, because so far what I have seen it delivering is not an awful lot. And what it has delivered is not very positive.” Her proposal that the council have no involvement with the MIPIM conference next year fell, with eight votes in support from the Greens and People Before Profit, 25 against, and 18 Sinn Féin votes abstaining.
“We heard that again at committee, represented to us by the Renewed Ambition Partnership. The report outlines there are other council areas interested in going, and for that reason it is why we suggested we would be happy for council officers to attend and for them to report back exactly the engagements they had out there, and what value they felt it could bring to the city going forward.”
UUP Councillor Carole Howard said: “MIPIM is hugely successful and has brought a lot to this city. The other thing I take exception to is it being a male dominated. One year when I was Deputy Chair of the committee it was an all female representation from this council that went, including the Chief Executive, and the Chair of the Committee.”
So the terrorists corporation workers are going over to another land to meet folk like themselves to do what ? Learn how to fuk up more communities ?
Oh some1 is looking freebee's an holiday .. Are they going over to learn how to build more rubbish buildings that fall down after 5 years for northernireland
Carl Whyte correct but demand is needed is not there. Institutional investors are not convinced by political instability ,there’s dozens of offices schemes with planning that cannot be built because there’s no demand or tenants. Divergence from Brexit is the golden ticket