Citizenship and Government - Projects
Community consultation and the hard to reach: local government,
social profiling and civic infrastructure
ARC Linkage grant, 2004–2007
Denise Meredyth, Nicola
Brackertz, Ivan Zwart
and Brian
Costar
The Hard to Reach project takes place at a time when there
is increasing emphasis on good governance and the capacity of local government
to strengthen communities. Consultation methods are seen as central to
these processes, allowing local government to fulfil its role as a place
for civic engagement at the neighbourhood level. In the broadest terms
our research question is: What are the characteristics of successful
consultation with hard to reach communities? This project aims to identify
the conceptual and practical difficulties associated with including hard
to reach groups in community consultation, investigate effective current
practices, and pool resources and strategies for use across partner councils.
This project is a collaborative research venture supported by the Australian
Research Council (ARC), being undertaken by the ISR
in partnership with eight local councils and the Victorian
Local Governance Association. Partner councils to the project are
the Cities of Boroondara, Darebin, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Moreland, Nillumbik, Port
Phillip and Whittlesea .
Reports, working papers and articles
Consultation Policy and Practice:
An Initial Overview (Word document) – March 2005
report summarising initial research
Consulting the 'Hard to
Reach' in Victorian Local Government (PDF document) – December
2005 Working Paper summarising first year of the
project
Community Consultation and the 'Hard to Reach':
Concepts and Practice in Victorian Local Government – December 2005 report documenting
the first year of the project
Hard
to Reach? Engagement, Governance and Community Consultation
in Victorian Local Government (PDF), paper by Nicola
Brackertz presented
at the Governments and Communities in Partnership
Conference, Melbourne, September 2006.
Who is Hard to Reach
and Why? (PDF), working paper by Nicola Brackertz, January
2007.
Nillumbik Shire Council Case Study (PDF), report by Nicola Brackertz and Denise
Meredyth, May 2007
City of Melbourne Case Study (PDF),
report by Ivan Zwart, June 2007
City of Maribyrnong Case
Study (PDF),
report by Nicola Brackertz, June 2007
City of Whittlesea Study (PDF), report by Nicola Brackertz, October
2007
City of Port Phillip Case Study (PDF), report by Katrina Gorjanicyn,
October 2007
City of Moreland Case Study Report: Focus on Fawkner Community Group (PDF) by
Helen Sheil, Ivan Zwart, Nicola Brackertz and Denise Meredyth
City of Boroondara Case Study Report: Camberwell and Kew Structure Plans (PDF) by
Katrina Gorjanicyn, Ivan Zwart, Nicola
Brackertz and Denise Meredyth
Final report
Social Inclusion of the Hard to Reach – Community Consultation and the Hard to Reach: Local Government, Social Profiling and Civic Infrastructure (PDF) by Nicola Brackertz and Denise Meredyth, November 2008
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