Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes
- Research and display the diversity of issues and factors that describe a place
- Gather and collate demographic data on community
- Identify and document current and future community support and growth impacts
- Identify and document current and future demand on community resources
- Identify community based assets, skills, and resources which can be mobilised to maximise place
- Analyse data to identify the composition, characteristics and planning issues of the local or regional community
- Display information compiled from these activities and communicate to stakeholders to support future recommendations and actions
- Support community through 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 priorities, skill level and partnership opportunities
- Utilise various mechanisms to engage the community in a working partnership with the agency
- Document gaps between community expectations and current place management practices
- Research necessary modifications or improvements to existing place management practices to meet community expectations
- Identify and document new locations and places which require the implementation of place management practices or 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 engagement 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 participation
- Apply specialist knowledge and skills to determine the most suitable methods for the identified community and place
- Identify resources to support community to succeed in plan implementation
- Develop a place plan
- Identify barriers, supports and additional resources required that may impact plan success
- Develop the plan through participation of the broad community, businesses, other government and non-government agencies and organisations
- Advertise and/or exhibit the plan and incorporate feedback in accordance with agency policies, protocols and procedures
- Present the plan to key decision-makers for endorsement
- Incorporate any amendments from key stakeholders
- 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
- Through participation of 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 planned implementation program
- Ensure the community maintains interest and sense of ownership in implementation of plan
- 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 engagement 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 participation
- Apply specialist knowledge and skills to determine the most suitable methods for the identified community and place
- Identify resources to support community to succeed in plan implementation