Commenting on Agencia’s successful appointment, Agencia’s Managing Director, Andrew Gibson said: “we are delighted to have been appointed to undertake this review on behalf of DSD. I am particularly pleased to have been awarded this contract, since it constitutes Agencia’s first piece of work in Ireland, and is therefore of strategic significance to the company’s continuing growth and development.”
The review will examine the current commissioning process in order to ensure that it remains the most effective process for assessing and providing supporting people services.
The Department for Social Development was established in December 1999 as part of the Northern Ireland Executive. It has strategic responsibility for urban regeneration, community and voluntary sector development, social legislation, housing, social security benefits, pensions and child support.
