2015-03-03 Planning & Organisation Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                3 MARCH 2015


Community Engagement
9                        COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY AND PROJECT OVERVIEW
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                           Community Engagement Manager, Debra Bambrook
                                 Executive Office

Index                            ECM/Subject/ Community Engagement

Attachments                      Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Community Engagement Manager to the Planning &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 3 March 2015 detailing community engagement
activities and a review of projects.


REPORT
BACKGROUND
This report provides an overview of the current activities of the Community Engagement
Branch and reports on the progress and priorities of significant projects.
Community Engagement (CE) Branch provides a comprehensive range of services to
Council including: Community Engagement project support and co-ordination; provision of
media and social media services to Council, event management advice and Executive Office
event coordination, branding services, internal and external communications and website
development.
Community Engagement functions in accordance with the Community Engagement Policy;
Media Policy and Community Engagement Procedures. CE Branch employs a range of tools
including the Community Engagement Tool Kit, Community Engagement Framework;
Community Engagement Register, Community Engagement Hierarchy and FAQs, Your Say
Noosa and the Brand Manual among others.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS/ CONSULTATIONS
Community Engagement Branch provides a full support service to departments undertaking
community engagement projects. CE Branch advises on the communication mix at the
outset of each project; provides a central register for all CE projects to ensure that the
community is not over-engaged, maximises the potential for success of each project and
works with each project manager on communication elements of the project such as media
releases and promotion via Your Say Noosa.
Current Projects
There are five active/uncompleted community engagement projects on the Community
Engagement Register as of February 19, 2015. Those five projects are at the “consult” level
or higher on the IAP2 spectrum, which is the qualifier for the register. The projects are:
    Cooroy Butter Factory
    Design Principles


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