About the Victorian Community Indicators Project
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The Victorian Community Indicators (VCI) Project is a VicHealth funded initiative designed to support local governments develop and use community indicators as tools for measuring health, wellbeing and sustainability and for improving citizen engagement, community planning and policy making.
The project is being implemented by a team experienced in public policy, local government management, regional development, community development, data management and statistical measurement. The team is led by John Wiseman, and includes Mike Salvaris, Anne Langworthy, Hayden Raysmith, Warwick Heine, Neil McLean and Joanne Pyke.
The VCI builds on and complements the VicHealth Leading the Way project which works with Victorian local governments to identify and address the social, economic, environmental and cultural factors influencing health. The long term aims of the VCI project is to provide a sustainable Victorian foundation for the development and use of local health and wellbeing indicators – and to support more informed and democratic community planning and policy making at local, state and national levels. To ensure that VCI Project outcomes are integrated with other related community wellbeing policy agendas and initiatives, the VCI is supported and guided by numerous stakeholders through project management arrangements and consultation process. Key stakeholders include VicHealth, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), the Victorian Local Government Association (VLGA), the Department of Human Services (DHS), the Department of Victorian Communities, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS).
The VCI is aimed at the local government sector as a whole and the intention is that as many local governments as possible be involved, including input from a broad range of councillors, council staff and community members. The main method of achieving this is to work closely with ten ‘partner councils’, selected to represent the diversity of local governments. Descriptions of partner councils.
The VCI is being implemented over 2005 and 2006 in partnership with local governments and project stakeholders. A number of strategies to maximise communication with the broadest range of local governments and stakeholders are being implemented. This includes; regular meetings with local government partners and stakeholders; the conduct of forums where input to the development of a community indicators framework is invited; the dissemination of VCI newsletter including contributions from local government, related projects and project stakeholders; and, this web-site be a mechanism to inform and involve local governments, state government departments and community agencies and members.
The project is being implemented by a team experienced in public policy, local government management, regional development, community development, data management and statistical measurement. The team is led by John Wiseman, and includes Mike Salvaris, Anne Langworthy, Hayden Raysmith, Warwick Heine, Neil McLean and Joanne Pyke.
The VCI builds on and complements the VicHealth Leading the Way project which works with Victorian local governments to identify and address the social, economic, environmental and cultural factors influencing health. The long term aims of the VCI project is to provide a sustainable Victorian foundation for the development and use of local health and wellbeing indicators – and to support more informed and democratic community planning and policy making at local, state and national levels. To ensure that VCI Project outcomes are integrated with other related community wellbeing policy agendas and initiatives, the VCI is supported and guided by numerous stakeholders through project management arrangements and consultation process. Key stakeholders include VicHealth, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), the Victorian Local Government Association (VLGA), the Department of Human Services (DHS), the Department of Victorian Communities, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS).
The VCI is aimed at the local government sector as a whole and the intention is that as many local governments as possible be involved, including input from a broad range of councillors, council staff and community members. The main method of achieving this is to work closely with ten ‘partner councils’, selected to represent the diversity of local governments. Descriptions of partner councils.
The VCI is being implemented over 2005 and 2006 in partnership with local governments and project stakeholders. A number of strategies to maximise communication with the broadest range of local governments and stakeholders are being implemented. This includes; regular meetings with local government partners and stakeholders; the conduct of forums where input to the development of a community indicators framework is invited; the dissemination of VCI newsletter including contributions from local government, related projects and project stakeholders; and, this web-site be a mechanism to inform and involve local governments, state government departments and community agencies and members.
