| 8:30: |
Registration, coffee & networking |
| 9:00: |
Welcoming remarks from the Chair
Ross O’Shea, Regional Co-ordinator, Western Region,
Department of Premier & Cabinet, NSW |
| 9:10: |
Policy 2.0 – applying Web 2.0 & community collaboration to policy development
- The benefits and new opportunities in applying Web 2.0 and community methodologies to policy development
- How Policy 2.0 methodologies can complement existing approaches
- Public spheres – a Policy 2.0 case study
Senator Kate Lundy
Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
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| 9:50: |
Community engagement & public policy – friends or enemies?
- Changing nature of the policy agenda
- Models of community engagement from citizens’ juries to democratic dialogue
- What are the limits of community engagement?
- What is the potential of community engagement?
- Is it always relevant when developing policy?
Hon Dr Geoff Gallop AC, Former Premier of Western Australia and Professor & Director, Graduate School of Government,
University of Sydney |
| 10:30: |
Engaging Victorians
- Building relationships - engagement
- Network governance
- Stronger decision making, time and cost savings,
- Better risk management and greater community resilience
Lily D’Ambrosio MP,
Minister for Community Development
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| 11:00: |
Web 2.0 & policy development: Lessons from the Government 2.0 Taskforce
- The changing role of community and stakeholder consultation in the digital environment
- What do these changes mean for the development and implementation of policy?
- Policy, culture and implementation
Dr Nicholas Gruen, Chair, Government 2.0 Taskforce, Australian Government Information Management Office,
Department of Finance & Deregulation |
| 11:40: |
Morning tea & networking |
| 12:10: |
Consultation & stakeholder engagement in policy development – a national partnership case study
- Stakeholder engagement vs consultation
- Achieving effective engagement from initial consultation though to policy implementation
- Strategies for achieving maximum input from stakeholders within limited timeframes
Robert Petherbridge, Principal Policy Officer,
Policy, Planning and Performance Division,
Department of Education & Training, Queensland
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| 12:50: |
Whole of community partnership to close the gap in Aboriginal disadvantage: Health, education & employment
- Aboriginal community engagement in creating appropriate governance to develop and drive a socially inclusive community vision
- Effective mainstream community engagement to create the partnerships necessary between the Aboriginal community, government, local community and business leadership to implement the community’s vision
Dr Michael Tynan, Chief Executive Officer,
Interim Community Planning Council and Kaiela Planning Council Member |
| 1:30: |
Lunch |
| 2.30: |
Policy development in practice: Defining & delivering a Community Action Plan (CAP)
- Combining community consultation with data analysis and results
- Achieving effective communication from initial consultation though to policy implementation
- Relationship of the CAP to other Government plans and strategies
Peter Brooks, General Manager,
Griffith City Council |
| 3:10: |
The need for intergovernmental relations in community based service delivery
- Why? Incorporating contemporary thinking to design effective policy and deliver effective outcomes
- What? Developing true partnerships between the three layers of government and the community
- How? Having an agreed and rigorous process that ensures key players participate
Ross O’Shea, Regional Co-ordinator, Western Region,
Department of Premier & Cabinet, NSW |
| 3:50: |
Afternoon tea & networking |
| 4:20: |
Roles & responsibilities of community engagement in policy development
- Why effective policy cannot be developed without engagement
- What does an organisational community engagement framework look like?
- Practical examples to demonstrate the frame work
Professor Kathy Alexander, Chief Executive Officer,
City of Melbourne |
| 5:00: |
Bottom up vs top down policy development:
In light of it & in spite of it – just get on with it
- Encouraging discussion and debate to build sustainable long-term policy development
- Engaging your community in a way that is meaningful to them, in light of policy development goals
- Closing the loop and creating a sense of value: Reducing feedback times and promoting policy decisions to community participants
Brian Bell, General Manager (Chief Executive Officer),
Lake Macquarie City Council |
| 5.40: |
Closing remarks from the Chair & close of day one |
