2019-05-07 P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Sustainability Institute - Concepts and Options Report

4.4          Summary of Features of Different Noosa Institute Model
             Options
Table 2 provides a comparison “at a glance” of the main features highlighted as essential or
potentially important for the structure and operation of each of the three model options described
above.
Table 2. Noosa Institute Options

 Features                                                          Model 1    Model 2              Model 3
 Council Staff Managed                                               
                                                                     1*
 Dedicated part time manager                                                      
                                                                                   1
 Full time dedicated manager                                                                            
                                                                                                        1
 Steering Committee oversight                                                     
                                                                                  1,2
 Board oversight                                                                                        
                                                                                                       3,7
 Steering committees for projects                                                                      
                                                                                   3                   3,7
 Virtual web-based presence                                                                           
 Physical presence                                                                                     
                                                                                  14                    14
 All projects and activities designed to ensure uptake by                                              
 Noosa Community, businesses and/or council                                       2,3                  2,3

 Institute sets regular research topics or agendas                                                     
                                                                                 2,3,6              2,3,6,7,8
 Institute actively partners with other, non-institute                                                  
 organisations and activities                                                                           10

 Institute shares data and information partners with other,                                            
 non-institute organisations and activities                                       10                    10

 CRAs are set up with research partners to facilitate project                                           
 agreements                                                                                           7,8,18

 Research agendas require community input                                                              
                                                                                  13                    13
 Community has opportunity to suggest research topics and                                              
 agendas                                                                          13                    13

 Call for proposals for Targeted projects                                                              
                                                                                   8                    8
 Accept unsolicited proposals                                                                         
 Community involvement sought for participation in projects                                            
                                                                                  13                    13
 Preference for large multidisciplinary or multi-agency projects                                        
                                                                                                        11
 Submitted proposals approved by Council                                         
                                                                     1,2          1,2
 Submitted proposals approved by Board                                                                  
                                                                                                      1,2,7
 Project progress and completion approved by Council                             
                                                                     2,7          2,7
 Project progress and completion approved by Institute Board                                            
                                                                                                       2,7
 Project outputs and findings are actively made publicly                                               
 available                                                                         2                    2

 Active Project Data Storage within the institute structure                                            
                                                                                   4                    4




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