Rural Councils Victoria has produced a free community engagement and consultation tool specifically designed for use by councils with rural communities across the state.
The RCV Community Engagement Toolkit has been developed to support rural councils as they adapt to changes initiated in the Local Government Act 2020.
Rural Councils Victoria Chair Cr Mary-Ann Brown said: “Community engagement and consultation in rural Councils is inherently different to approaches used in metropolitan and regional cities.
“Populations in rural communities are diverse and often dispersed over large geographical areas. Community priorities, interests and challenges are also different and unique to each Council area.
“Engagement approaches need to be tailored to meet the needs of rural Councils and the communities they represent.
“Rural Councils also face the added pressure of having fewer resources, that are spread across a broad range of practice areas.”
The RCV Community Engagement tool is available as a free download from the Rural Councils Victoria website.
Rural Councils Victoria has produced a free community engagement and consultation tool specifically designed for use by councils with rural communities across the state.
The RCV Community Engagement Toolkit has been developed to support rural councils as they adapt to changes initiated in the Local Government Act 2020.
Rural Councils Victoria Chair Cr Mary-Ann Brown said:
“Community engagement and consultation in rural Councils is inherently different to approaches used in metropolitan and regional cities.
“Populations in rural communities are diverse and often dispersed over large geographical areas. Community priorities, interests and challenges are unique, and differ across each Council area.
“Engagement approaches need to be tailored to meet the needs of each rural Councils and the communities they represent.
“Rural Councils also face the added pressure
of having fewer resources that are also spread across a broad range of practice
areas.”
The RCV Community Engagement tool is available as a free download from the Rural Councils Victoria website.