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| 2011 Annual Conference Committee This forum is for members of the 2011 LGPro Annual Conference Committee. |
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| Activities Centre + Place Managers The LG Pro Activity Centres Special Interest Group (SIG) was established in May 2006 to provide a network for Local Government officers responsible for managing a town centre, or implementing activity centre policy on behalf of Council. The Group meets every 2-3 months, with Councils each rotating venue to host a meeting. The Special Interest Group is open to all local government officers in Victoria responsible for implementing any element of activity centre policy in their respective councils, including - place managers, project managers, planners, engineers, economic developers, social planners, event managers, anyone with an interest or lead in implementing activity centre policy! The primary function of the group is to: • Act as a forum to discuss the Activity Centres program. • Get an understanding what is happening in respective activity centres • Sharing information and ideas on Activity Centre projects • Networking • Lobby/advocate promoting Activity Centre programs • Act as a central group for Activity Centre queries in local government • Host Activity Centre training, speakers, seminars and workshops. • Work in partnership with the State Government implementing Activity Centre programs and policies |
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| Aged & Disability Services The A&D SIG is a forum for Managers, Co-ordinators and Officers involved in areas relating to aged and disability services including HACC services, assessment, policy and planning, and State/Commonwealth initiatives. The objective of the SIG is to network, discuss government priorities and provide a forum for information exchange and professional development. Many interesting speakers provide valuable information on a variety of Aged Care/Disability issues. |
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| Arts and Culture A forum to support local government arts manangment development activities. |
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| Assessment Officers The Victorian HACC Assessment Officers conduct 4 meetings per year, at varied locations in metropolitan and regional locations. The meeting allows members to discuss policy, keep up to date with current issues, the diversity of service delivery across the various Councils/ Shires, gain a knowledge of other service options through the guest speakers and to network within their chosen field. |
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| Behaviour Change Network The LGPro Behaviour Change Network is a collegiate network of Local Government Environmental Professionals that enables group members to design, deliver and evaluate best practice environmental behaviour change programs for our communities. |
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| Building Assets The Building Assets Special Interest Group meets on a reasonably regular basis throughout the year. Discussions are focussed on the important issues of the time, and are related to matters such as: • Long term sustainability of assets; • Financial; legislative and statutory reporting issues; • Sharing information and experiences amongst attendees. Linkages between local government professionals, private sector consultants and research institutions remains strong. The networking opportunities and benchmarking benefits to attendees is significant. |
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| Community Development The Community Development Special Interest Group provides a platform for local government officers across Victoria to share ideas about the direction of Community Development, the challenges being faced and the accomplishments being achieved. The Group delivers a thought provoking program each year with quarterly meetings that aim to challenge the current positioning and portfolio of Community Development within Local Government and make it a higher priority on Councils’ agendas. |
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| Community Safety The target audience for this new SIG are Community Safety officers or managers, or people who may have community safety activities included in their position description such as crime and/or injury prevention, road safety, emergency management, graffiti management. The objective of the group will be to share ideas, policies and processes, discuss priorities, increase knowledge, network and establish professional development activities. |
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| Consultation & Research This group tends to attract staff who's main responsibility is research, consultation or community engagement, or who have this is part of their job. The group is relatively new and still findings its feet, however the aim is to discuss research, consultation and community engagement issues, to encourage sharing of ideas and findings, and encourage joint projects between councils. |
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| Corporate Planners Network For: Staff involved in corporate planning and reporting related activities for their Council. Membership is open to all local councils in Victoria. Purpose: To provide a support network where best practice, professional development and opportunities and activities are shared. |
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| Corporate Services The Corporate Services special interest group is a forum for local government professionals who have interests across the spectrum of corporate services activity – including finance, governance, human resources, corporate planning, media and communications, audit and risk management, IT, and customer services. The Group provides an opportunity for members to exchange information and ideas of common interest to improve business performance and advocate a local government position on specific issues. It has a particular focus on issues of strategic priority to the sector. |
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| Councillor Support The target audience for this SIG are Councillor Support officers or managers, or people who may have councillor support activities included in their position description. The objective of the group will be to share ideas, policies and processes, discuss priorities, increase knowledge, network and establish professional development activities. |
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| Customer Service The aims of thi SIG are to network, share information, identify and implement best practice policies and procedures and provide professional development activities for customer service staff. |
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| Events Network The Events Network is a group for those working within Local Government in the events field to come together to share information and to provide support. Training and education is a priority for this group. The SIG strives to establish standards and processes which will create consistency across Councils. |
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| Health & Wellbeing for Employees Health and wellbeing is largely determined by the social, economic, physical and cultural environment. Health policy has historically tended to concentrate on the treatment of ill health rather than on its prevention. The Health and Wellbeing Sig Group addresses these issues by entering into discussions across councils and working together in developing and delivering health promotion initiatives. These proactive initiatives address health and wellbeing issues that include healthy eating, physical activity, smoking, alcohol & substance abuse, cancers, musculoskeletal disorder, stress, mental health, and health & safety issues. Currently we are an active diverse group promoting various ways to reduce injuries and absenteeism internally whilst developing programs that will promote the health and wellbeing of their employees. |
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| Human Resources 'The Human Resources Special Interest Group is a generalist HR group and has been involved with the broad range of HR issues but with a focus on Workforce Planning. In particular this has involved addressing current and future shortages by developing Attraction and Retention strategies and making local government more of an Employer of Choice. It has also involved extensive work on issues resulting from the Ageing Workforce. The group meets on a bi monthly basis. It has also been involved with seeking assistance from government/peak bodies for research into HR issues and the development of workshops on topical HR issues.' |
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| Indigenous For officers involved in all areas relating to the provision of services for Indigenous people. |
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| Internal Communications The LGPro Internal Communications Special Interest Group focuses on all staff being involved in communicating with each other to create a shared sense of purpose and community. |
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| Learning & Development The L&D SIG meets every two months at different Council locations. Emerging from a group of professionals with a responsibility for training and professional improvement who have met informally for 7 years, the SIG is now proactive in addressing issues related to workplace learning and improvement, performance management, leadership and cultural development, health & well-being and career and personal development. Because learning and development is addressed differently throughout Councils local government professionals are encouraged to attend to share experiences and challenges, learn from and network with colleagues and hear from experts in the growing field of learning and development. |
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| Office Professionals The LGPro PA SIG has recently changed the name to Office Professionals to include many of the Admin Staff who perform similar tasks to the PA's. This will strengthen the networking group and be beneficial in many ways. Key areas of interest are issues such as the roles of different Government officers, i.e. Economic & Community Development and Health to mention just a few, but also women in high positions such as CEO's, Managing Directors of Corporate Businesses as well as State and Local Government. Networking is also an important part of our meetings, relating to people from different Councils who perform similar tasks and are in similar roles. |
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| Procurement The objective of the group is to network, discuss emerging procurement and contract management trends and provide a forum for information exchange and professional development. |
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| Property Network The Property Network Group began as an informal meeting between a handful of officers from a small number of Councils interested in sharing information for the purpose of satisfying Best Value benchmarking requirements. Since this first meting in August 2001 attended by 7 people, the group has grown to a mail list of over 60 members, representing over 30 municipalities from both urban and regional areas. More recently, in March 2006, a second network group formed. The second group’s agenda was to address issues arising relating to major projects and the strategic aspects of managing a property portfolio. This group is still in its developmental stages. The new Property Network Group will represent the interests of both the above groups. The group meets quarterly at various municipalities. The meetings generally involve a guest speaker or presentation in an area of interest, and an informal discussion session. The following Mission, Objectives and Interest Areas provide some insight into the what the group does. |
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| Public Relations The Local Government Public Relations Network formed in the 1980s is the group to which most active Local Government PR professionals in Victoria belong. The group's committee of management organises a program of bi-monthly meetings and other events of interest. At each meeting there is a round table discussion on current issues. In between meetings, frequent use of email has solved many a problem for members and shared ideas, documents and approaches that have proved invaluable. |
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| Risk The objective of this special interest group is to support and connect Local Government risk professionals in recognising and dealing with the unique challenges presented by the management of risk in Local Government. In doing this through the LGPro platform, it will foster professionalism and guide the attainment of key group objectives to ensure that learning and discussion will lead to the development of best practice risk management. |
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| SIG Convenors This Forum is for LGPro SIG convenors only. |
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| Statutory Services The statutory services special interest group targets the areas of parking control, animal management, local laws and school crossings. The group have established an information sharing protocol in addition to influencing legislators on legislation reform. We are striving to establish consistency in the sector as well as being a reference point. |
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| Volunteering The Volunteering Special Interest Group will be of interest to local government professionals, who are working within, or have responsibility for, the planning and delivery of Volunteering activities. The Group’s meetings and activities will have a strategic focus, including volunteer management and mentoring. The Group’s objectives are to: 1. Influence volunteering policy and practice through: • An ongoing dialogue with the State Government, particularly the Department of Planning & Community Development (DPCD). This dialogue will take place both directly and through LG Pro. • An ongoing dialogue with Volunteering Victoria and volunteering Australia • Provision of an opportunity for specific volunteering issues to be addressed, and for successful projects/programs to be showcased. 2. Provide an opportunity for cross-disciplinary meetings and/or workshops, which may be held in partnership with other SIG’s, on matters relating to volunteering. 3. Through the above activities, provide a professional development opportunity and needs identification. |
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| Feedback - Discussion forum | |||||
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Feedback This forum has been created to gain your feedback and suggestions about how your SIG forum is performing. Please provide us with your comments about the effectiveness of the SIG forum for facilitating communication, exchange of information and sharing of documents. We will regularly check the feedback forum to gain the benefit of your input. |
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| Arts and Culture A forum to support Local Government arts management development activities. |
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| Emerging Leaders | |||||
| Emerging Leaders Program The LGPro Emerging Leaders Program is a local government specific leadership program based on a combination of expert input and an experiential learning model. The Program provides extensive interaction amongst program participants. |
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Emerging Leaders Graduate Network Moderator(s): tmatthews |
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| Emerging Leaders Program 2007 This is a working forum for those participating in the 2007 Emerging Leaders Program. [CLOSED] |
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| Emerging Leaders Program 2008 This is a working forum for those participating in the 2008 Emerging Leaders Program. [CLOSED] |
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| Emerging Leaders Program 2009 This is a working forum for those participating in the 2009 Emerging Leaders Program. [CLOSED] |
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| Emerging Leaders Program 2010 This is a working forum for those participating in the 2010 Emerging Leaders Program. |
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| Team Nelson ELP 2010 Syndicate Group |
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| Transformers ELP 2010 Syndicate Group |
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| Diversi-team ELP 2010 Syndicate Group |
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| Dicotyleaders ELP 2010 Syndicate Group |
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| A Team | |||||
| Group Phoenix | |||||
| Klapper | |||||
| Team Wicked | |||||
| XLP - Executive Leadership Program | |||||
| LGPro XLP Forum for all Participants | |||||
| LGPro XLP Forum for Participating Directors, Senior Managers and aspiring Executives | |||||
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