Sentences with phrase «key representative bodies»

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Encouragement should be given for representatives from other relevant bodies to be involved such as; district councils, the Highways Agency, Network Rail, local Chambers of Commerce and other key transport groups.

Key members from each AfterZone coordinating council serve as representatives for the overseeing body, the citywide coordinating council.

The district compared the new councils with legislative bodies in representative democracies and defined two basic jobs for them: 1) developing «powerful partnerships» between the school and the community, and 2) setting policy in «key operational areas» for individual schools.

Mr Davidson says an independent trust should be formed to spearhead the project and draw together governments, environmental bodies, legal representatives and other key influencers.

I have long believed, certainly before we spoke so much about «communities», that if a professional publisher is to achieve its best, by all the relevant measures, it has to engage closely, intimately, regularly and consistently with the key member institutes, associations, societies and representative bodies in the market.

As the representative body for the Bar, we have been working to identify the key legal issues which we believe need to be addressed by the Executive and the Legislature to facilitate a transition that minimises the risk of legal uncertainty, the loss of rights, and possible adverse consequences to the national economy, and that capitalises on the opportunities for post-Brexit global Britain.

Participants were divided into groups to discuss and decide what they think is negotiable and not negotiable in relation to key features and functions of a National Representative Body.

Due to the abolition of ATSIC there was not an opportunity at the time to consider the usefulness of these principles assisting to define the key features of a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

Tables / workshops to consider draft outcomes of day one and two re key elements of national representative body, and make any additional suggestions / comments for inclusion in workshop outcomes document

Advocating an Indigenous perspective on issues is a key function of all national Indigenous representative bodies.

At the outset it should be acknowledged that the intention here is to identify those key issues that relate to creating a sustainable basis for a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

Firstly, there has been a recurrent failure to adequately define the key relationships between governments, the representative body and other stakeholders in Indigenous affairs.

Some of the key issues identified as being needed to be addressed in formulating a new National Indigenous Representative Body include:

We anticipate that one of the key benefits of the new National Representative Body will be to provide a space where the sectoral or regionally specific expertise and knowledge, of existing organisations, can be harnessed for the greater good of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at the national level.

Understanding the factors that have been in play in past Indigenous representative bodies, in State / Territory and regional representative bodies and in Indigenous representative bodies overseas highlights what are some of the key issues that should be taken into account when considering possible forms for such a body.

Rather, the intention is to assist in creating dialogue among Indigenous peoples and government about the key principles and features for a new National Indigenous Representative Body that draws on the experiences and lessons of other bodies to date.

A key lesson that came out of examining these different bodies was that a new National Indigenous Representative Body will need to consider how it relates to each of these existing bodies.

To this end, in 2007 I initiated research to identify the key considerations that will need to be addressed in establishing a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

However, there are some key and recurring factors as to why representative bodies have not been sustainable and have been hampered in their effective operation — often despite major investments by individuals, groups and Boards.

Models — how design a national representative body that contains all the key elements identified in day 1 and 2

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In 3 days, the workshop participants have made significant progress in identifying the principles to guide the creation of a new national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and in identifying its key roles and functions, representativeness and relationship to government.

To this end, some of you may have heard that my office has initiated research to identify the key considerations that will need to be addressed in establishing a national Indigenous representative body.

Two key issues to consider about the structure of the new National Indigenous Representative Body are:

As well as being responsible for formulating, administering and monitoring the effectiveness of programs to individuals, councils and community organisations in key development areas (such as economic, employment and training, housing and environmental, social and cultural, policy co-ordination), the TSRA is the regional representative body for native title and land and sea management.

The workshop was structured according to the sets of issues outlined in the issues paper released by the Social Justice Commissioner in July 2008 and titled Building a sustainable National Indigenous Representative Body — Key issues.

Its aim is simply to identify some of the key issues that need to be considered in establishing a new National Indigenous Representative Body: its guiding principles, role and functions, structure, relationship with government and funding arrangements.

Drawing on the lessons from the past, there are some key and recurring factors as to why representative bodies have not been sustainable and have been hampered in their effective operation.

First, there has been a failure to adequately define the key relationships between governments, the representative body and other stakeholders in Indigenous affairs.

During Morning Tea: online survey / polling of all participants on key elements / features of a national representative body

The 2014 Federal Budget measures to the wider community as well as discontinuation of funding to key Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander representative bodies creates significant barriers to improving the significant gap of quality of life between indigenous and no n - indigenous Australians.

The government then announced consultations with Indigenous peoples on the key issues for a new national representative body.

The paper also raises some key issues to consider to ensure that a new National Indigenous Representative Body is effective and sustainable.

identify the key elements or features of a new national Indigenous representative body which can then be distilled down to a series of preferred models for a new representative body, and

recognise the key roles that native title Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs), Native Title Representative Bodies and Service Providers (NTRB / SPs), the National Native Title Council and locally based, Indigenous - led specialist cultural and economic development organisations play in driving and supporting economic development on the Indigenous Estate; and

Such options could include using representative bodies to allow women to speak under a collective banner, ensuring women hold key positions in the community, using male / female teams to work with the community and establishing parallel structures for men and women.

By utilising the existing land holding governance structures, whether they be native title representative bodies or land councils and land trusts, governments have an opportunity to work in partnership with Indigenous Australians to address some of their key policy objectives.

Feedback throughout the consultations identified the most important task for the National Representative Body at the outset being to establish and foster key relationships, particularly across peak bodies, governments, regions and the private sector.

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the Aboriginal Housing Office, with the support of the DAA initiated a meeting in October 2008 for the purpose of providing an opportunity for NSW Peak Bodies to explore the potential for reaching a unified NSW position on some key issues and characteristics of a National Representative Body.

This will form the key basis for the National Representative Body becoming self - sustaining over time.

We anticipate that one of the key benefits of the new National Representative Body will be to provide a space where the existing sectoral or regionally specific expertise and knowledge of existing organisations can be harnessed for the greater good of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at the national level.

Some of the key findings that are of relevance to the National Representative Body are as follows.

The following key guiding principles were also identified for the national representative body:

In March, the Steering Committee convened a national workshop in Adelaide to identify the key elements of a new national representative body.

Most participants also want to develop approaches which have the National Representative Body represented in key decision making forums not just making proposals.

Social inclusion was also highlighted as a key principle with the representative body playing a vital role in the education of the broader Australian community and working for the benefit of all Australians towards Reconciliation.

And a key feature of this relationship will be the National Representative Body holding Government accountable for their obligations to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as citizens.