Sentences with phrase «national representative body»

``... the National Representative Body should primarily act as an advocacy and negotiation body, arguing independently from a considered and well researched base, for the domestic implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant and binding human rights provisions...» (Public Submission 2)

The task of creating a new National Representative Body is an enormously complex and challenging one.

The national representative body, the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (FATSIL) provides a communication network for these community organisations across Australia.

The consultations revealed that the new National Representative Body should engage with existing structures and processes rather than create new ones, so long as there is:

a summary of the outcomes of the national workshop in Adelaide on the establishment of a new National Representative Body

The adapted Nolan Principles on public life (see Attachment 4 below) were seen as setting out behavioural expectations for members of the national representative body.

A National Representative Body will not just be of benefit to government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

There was a considerable majority who believed that the National Representative Body will need an active process for grounding its thinking in local / regional knowledge and views and would need broad forums to canvas policy views and to provide an accountability mechanism.

Accordingly, the Steering Committee proposes to identify suitable candidates for the Interim National Executive and for these people to be tasked with running the National Representative Body during the establishment or developmental phase from late 2009 to the end of 2010.

The National Representative Body will have a well developed human resources strategy that utilises and shares the diverse skill sets and expertise of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This will continue with the new National Representative Body not taking on these responsibilities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have continually emphasised the importance of the Declaration in guiding the work of the new National Representative Body.

The task of establishing the National Representative Body will be a challenging and involved one.

Ultimately, we have proposed that the new National Representative Body start small and be streamlined.

The Steering Committee proposes that the Interim National Executive should consider establishing a fee structure for membership of the National Representative Body.

The majority of people believed that the National Representative Body should have a strong relationship to the Australian Government as well as state and territory governments.

The representative role can only be carried out if there are ongoing, active and meaningful dialogues at the highest level between Government and the National Representative Body.

The absence of an effective, credible National Representative Body in recent years has contributed to policy making at the national level being fragmented and uncoordinated, and developed without genuine engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

That the Australian Government agree to the Steering Committee for this consultation process being extended to enable it to appoint an Interim Ethics Council and to identify the members of the Interim National Executive of the new National Representative Body.

Participants strongly expressed a view that while government funding would be required for the establishment period of the national representative body it needs to be able to operate independent from government.

Each of these organisations or mechanisms, therefore, has a role to play either in contributing to the operations of, or through their relationship with, a new National Representative Body.

The NSW Government sees the National Representative Body working with the TWTCC, rather than through the agency of single peak bodies.

The Australian Government provide the National Representative Body with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status — This should be agreed upfront and enactment fast - tracked to enable the National Representative Body to minimise its salary and other costs, and to enable it to more easily attract donations to build the Establishment Investment Fund.

This starts with the proposition that the National Representative Body should be a non-government entity, incorporated as a company limited by guarantee.

I encourage all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to get behind the new National Representative Body and to make it yours.

The report of the Steering Committee for the creation of a new National Representative Body represents a pathway towards true independence and self - determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Committee proposes a three pronged approach to funding for the National Representative Body as follows:

The full report of the Steering Committee for the creation of a new National Representative Body was released on 27 August 2008.

Further details on the qualities and skills required for the national representative body leadership.

The structure of the new National Representative Body will require two selection processes to determine the membership of:

It is also proposed that the Australian Government will take a lead role in funding the initial stages of the National Representative Body.

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.

A National Representative Body is an essential component of achieving the long overdue commitments to closing the gap.»

There was strong support for the national representative body to be made up of an equal number of men and women, and for members to have integrity, vision and credibility, and to be required to adhere to a code of conduct.

Text Box: What do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people see as important for the National Representative Body?

Many believed that the National Representative Body needs clear, robust and transparent relationships with regional and local groups but does not need to formalise this in order to be credible and effective.

The Administrative / Executive Support Unit for the National Representative Body should be established to assist the Interim National Executive.

The Australian Government make a substantial contribution to an Establishment Investment Fund for the National Representative Body — At the same time as providing recurrent funding, an Establishment Fund should be established and invested for ten years in order to provide a capital base for the National Representative Body.

Consensus was reached at this workshop on a range of issues but further consultation and discussion is needed to address four outstanding issues: how the body can best represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a way that includes local and regional issues; what should be the structure of the national representative body; what should its relationship be with Government and the Parliament; and how should it be funded.

Workshop participants expressed the desire for a national representative body to contribute to generational change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Steering Committee believes that the Constitution of the National Representative Body should contain protections to preserve some fundamental characteristics of the organisation from capricious change.

The Steering Committee for the National Representative Body was chaired by Mr Tom Calma in his capacity as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

TOM CALMA Chair — Steering Committee for the creation of a new National Representative Body, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

Based upon the feedback from consultations the Steering Committee proposes an organisational model which strongly affirms a commitment to merit while also ensuring that the decisions of the National Representative Body are informed by and accountable to a carefully structured constituency.

It recommends a model for a new National Representative Body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The National Representative Body will play a critical role in holding the federal government to account for its performance.

The full funding of the establishment phase of the National Representative Body (estimated to be completed in December 2010).

The Government went to the election with a commitment to set up a national representative body to provide an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice within government.

The National Representative Body will enable us to inform and feel part of policies that affect our lives and those of our families and communities.

COAG is committed to working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to achieve the Closing the Gap reforms... Australia - wide consultations have been undertaken on the establishment of a national representative body to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a voice in national affairs... It is anticipated that it will be the primary mechanism for engaging on national Indigenous policy issues.