VCOSS

A Fairer Victoria

In April 2005 the Victorian Government released its action plan to address disadvantage and increase opportunities for all in Victoria, A Fairer Victoria. In recognition of the central imp ortance of the Vict orian Government’s A Fairer Vict oria framew ork and the opp ortunities that such a policy framew ork provides, VCOSS identified the need to actively engage the community sect or in its ongoing implementation and further development. VCOSS committed to a 12 month project to strengthen and facilitate the engagement and role of the community sect or in the implementation of the AFV strategies.

The VCOSS A Fairer Victoria Community Sector Engagement Project (AFV Sector Engagement Project) was a twelve month project funded by the Department for Victorian Communities (DVC). The key focus of the AFV Sector Project was to:

• Engage the Victorian community sector, including peaks and large, medium and small organisations, around the implementation of the A Fairer Victoria strategies;
• Promote ownership by the Victorian community sector of the A Fairer Victoria strategies;
• Enable community sector organisations and senior departmental staff to work together around key implementation issues.

The engagement of the community sector occurred through three main avenues: four seminars, seven project priority areas, and the broader work of VCOSS. This engagement - and the learnings from it - was documented in the A Fairer VictoriaCommunity Sector Engagement report.

A Fairer Victoria Community Sector Engagement Project (March 2007)

A Fairer Victoria Community Sector Engagement Project (March 2007)