Resilient Partnerships: Communicating for Successful Community Collaborations Workshop

Climate Futures at Macquarie and the Societal Security Initiative invite you to participate in our workshop on ‘Resilient Partnerships: Communicating for Successful Community Collaborations’.

The full-day workshop will be divided into four structured sessions:

   1. Communicating Policies and Strategies for Enhanced Partnerships in Community Resilience
   2. Communication of & Challenges to Successful Project Development & Delivery
   3. Showcasing Successful Community Resilience Projects
   4. Open Plenary Discussion, Research Agenda Setting, and Project Development

Each speaker will be invited to discuss their experiences and to give their perspective on what is required for successful community collaboration. This will be an interactive forum and we will provide open Q&A panel discussions with our speakers at the end of each session. Session four will be dedicated to open discussion on practical needs and issues arising to ensure that the day will deliver significant outcomes for both delegates and Climate Futures. We seek not only to identify the challenges in building community resilience and communicating approaches, but also to share and enhance effective approaches that can be implemented in communities across Australia. The workshop will be an important stepping-stone in developing a research agenda for Climate Futures and in forming strategic partnerships with other organisations concerned with enhancing community resilience. The outcomes of this workshop will be communicated to all participants.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Chris Collett Assistant Secretary, Emergency Management Policy Branch
Australian Government Attorney-General's Department

Wendy Graham - Director, Resilience and Planning
Ministry for Police and Emergency Services

Murray Kear AFSM - Commissioner
State Emergency Service (SES), New South Wales

Mary Farrow - Chairman, Committee of Management
Emerald Community House

Jelenko Dragisic - Chief Executive Officer 
Volunteering Queensland

Lew Short - Group Manager Community Resilience
Royal Fire Service (RFS), New South Wales

Jeremy Mansfield - Head of Development & Volunteer
Green Cross

Gina Scandrett and Erin Jackson
Student Volunteer Army, Christchurch

Tom Davis - Director
Edge Environment 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Volunteer service organisations and other non-government organisations with community engagement responsibilities
• Local/regional emergency management officers
• Local government emergency management coordinators/planners
• Those working with the community and psychosocial, infrastructure, economics and finance, or environmental aspects of recovery management
• Those with a role in promotion of community safety and risk awareness
• Emergency managers with a role in community liaison and promotion of their agency
• Researchers, academics and students
  

Please note free parking will be provied for participants.

For further information visit our website www.climatefutures.mq.edu.au/eventsandnews/events/workshops/ResilientPartnershipsWorkshop

or to check if your organisation qualifies for 'free' attendance please contact: Leigh Staas leigh.staas@mq.edu.au