Collaboration & co-ordination

How can we better connect the many and diverse parts of the Campaspe service system?

“It would have been better if we were all involved in the same discussions… that’s a learning for us to take away”

Action in the other five domains relies on our ability to forge and maintain relationships and to work collaboratively. We want to create stronger links that weave together government and organisational processes, local knowledge and leadership. Acting in this domain strengthens our prevention focus, preparedness planning and adaptive responses.

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Key action ideas

Find out how you can support these ideas and get involved.

 

Resources & further reading

Based on the experience gained from multiple disaster events, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority’s Building Resilience to Natural Disasters – Collaboration Guide, provides both theoretical and practical information about the power of cross-sector organisational collaboration.

Victorian Council of Social Service Collaboration for Disaster Resilience describes why collaboration is so important. They use local examples to identify enablers and challenges to the collaborative work of organisations.