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Today, at our annual Community Plan Forum, SOLGM released our latest 'Sector Good Think Piece', Building Community Resilience. Commissioned from Local Government expert Roger Blakeley, the report introduces some of the key concepts that support resilience and provides stories of communities that have come together with their councils to help entrench resilience into their culture.
The aim of this report is to enable councils within New Zealand that may not be familiar with the concept of resilience to take practical first steps, and begin a conversation with their communities. The report has a consultative aspect with recommendations to both SOLGM and LGNZ, and the wider local government sector, regarding future work on resilience. It is part of a series of outward looking projects being undertaken by SOLGM`s Sector Futures Working Party.
Supporting Dr Blakeley's report we have also released a 'Summary for the Time Challenged' which highlights key aspects of the full report and provides background information to resilience in a local government context. You can view and download the Summary and full report in our website here.
The Interactive Workshops at our Annual Summit
21 - 23 September in Auckland
These Workshop were a very popular feature of last year's Summit programme and this year we have seven to choose from:
1. Leadership in Business - Laurie Sharp, Head of Coaching and Development, ASB and Adrian Orr, Chief Executive of Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
2. Auckland, five years on - Stephen Town, Chief Executive, Auckland Council
3. Post-settlement working with iwi - Judy Campbell, Chief Executive, Gisborne District Council
4. Brain-based Leadership - Norman Chorn, BrainLink Group, Australia
5. Infrastructure Leadership - Peter Higgs, President, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia
6. Ethics - Sue Bidrose, Chief Executive, Dunedin City Council
7. Spatial Planning: A Toolbox for Regional Development - Ree Anderson, Director of Ree Anderson Consulting, talking about Auckland Council’s experience using a spatial planning toolbox and also its potential for implementation across New Zealand.
Workshops 1, 2 & 3 are on Thursday, 22 September from 11.15am and Workshops 4 - 7 are on Friday, 23 September starting at 9.45am.
Remember that this week is the last chance to register for our Summit at the Early Bird Rate and also to take advantage of our 'register 5 & get 1 free' registration offer. You can find the full programme and register in the Summit website here.
Upcoming SOLGM Events
FORUM: Funding and Rating
3 & 4 October in Wellington
This is the annual must attend event for all those who need to know about the mission critical area of local authority funding and rating. Find out more and register here.
SEMINARS: The Road to 2018 LTP
4 days in November
These one day seminars, being held in Queenstown (1 November), Christchurch (3 November), Palmerston North (16 November) and Auckland (17 November), will assist councils consider how best to approach their long term plan.
All other upcoming SOLGM events, right through to June 2017, are listed in our Event Calendar.
LGJobs
A reminder that SOLGM runs New Zealand's only local government specific jobs board - LGJobs. This site is becoming increasingly recognised as a valuable add-on to the more general recruitment sites - over the past financial year we've seen a 24% increase in job listings. Councils wanting to find out how to get their job roles in front of a very targeted audience can contact Owen Winter at lgjobs@solgm.org.nz.
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