Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research and display the diversity of issues and factors that describe a 'place'
- Gather and collate demographic data on community
- Identify current and future community support needs
- Identify current and future demand on community resources
- Analyse data to identify the composition, characteristics and planning issues of the local / regional community
- Display information compiled from these activities is and communicate to stakeholders to support future recommendations/actions
- Identify community need for information, skills and opportunities for involvement in place management
- Identify, research and collate relevant information to assist in the assessment of current community knowledge, skills and opportunities to determine scope of community involvement in a project
- Establish links with community interest groups, government and non-government organisations and agencies and the broader community to scope the community need and skill level and partnership opportunities
- Utilise various mechanisms to engage the community in a working partnership with the agency
- Identify gaps between community expectations and current place management practices/activities
- Identify necessary modifications or improvements to existing place management practices/activities to meet community expectations
- Identify new locations/places which require the implementation of place management practices/activities in the community
- Identify and assess effectiveness of methods to create and increase community awareness of the agency's role and purpose in managing place
- Collate and analyse data on the effectiveness of various consultative methods in the context of known community data and place planning objectives
- Develop criteria for determining the range and effectiveness of consultative methods and apply to determine relative opportunities for community consultation
- Apply specialist knowledge and skills to determine the most suitable methods for the identified community and place
- Develop a place plan
- Develop the plan in consultation with the broad community, businesses, other government and non-government agencies and organisations
- Advertise/exhibit the plan and incorporate feedback in accordance with agency policies, protocols and procedures
- Present the plan to key decision-makers for endorsement
- Incorporate amendments from key stakeholders as required
- Disseminate the plan to relevant agency or departmental personnel who will be involved in implementation
- Return the plan to the community for celebration and acknowledgment of completion
- Manage and review implementation of place plan
- Develop qualitative and quantitative performance measuring processes to be confirmed by the community
- In consultation with the community, regularly collect, analyse and display qualitative and quantitative data to provide accurate measures of implementation performance and progress
- Use information obtained during performance monitoring, both within and outside of the place, to modify and/or further develop the plans implementation program as appropriate
- Ensure the community maintains interest and sense of ownership in implementation of plan