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Implementation Plan
Once the Cultural Plan is adopted by Council,
the most critical stage of the process, the
implementation phase begins. The Plan will be of
little use to the community if the recommended
actions are not implemented.
Several key steps in the implementation of the
Cultural Plan are outlined below:
Internal Project Team
An internal Project Team has already been formed
to oversee the development of the Cultural Plan. It
is recommended that this Team continue to meet
on a quarterly basis based on Council’s budgetary
and management plan processes. The Team
would be charged with the responsibility of the
implementation of this Strategy.
Resourcing proposed actions
Some of the recommended actions will be from
existing staff and budgetary allocations or the reallocation
of existing resources, while other actions
may require additional resources. The allocation
of resources to enable actions to be carried out will
need to be a part of the Council’s annual budgetary
processes.
Enabling Documents
In some cases there are other documents and
strategies that may need to be updated to assist in
actioning some strategies within this Cultural Plan.
Relationship to Council’s Management Plan
It is proposed the internal Project Team meet four
times a year at appropriate times to discuss the
following:
Management Planning Process – Identify
strategies and actions to be implemented in
the following year to assist with a coordinated
approach to implementation of the Cultural Plan
Budget Process – Securing funding for action
implementation
Responsibility – Who and when will actions be
implemented
Update – Updating the team on current actions
Cultural and Heritage Committee
The role that the Cultural and Heritage Committee
may play in the implementation of the Cultural Plan
is under discussion.
Quarterly reporting
Funded actions being implemented as part of the
Cultural Plan are reported through the Quarterly
Performance Report. This report is the formal
mechanism for reporting on implementation of
Council’s Management Plan.
Measuring Outcomes
To measure the impacts and outcomes of this Plan,
and the cultural vitality of Warringah it is proposed
that Council develop Cultural Indicators which will
provide a picture of the cultural life and wellbeing
of the community. Developing Cultural Indicators
also allow us to measure over a period of time the
changes that are taking place with regard to culture
and the Arts. Proposed Cultural Indicators are
included in this document – Developing Cultural
Indicators.
Reviewing this Strategy
This Cultural Plan and the process used to prepare
it represents the first steps towards a more strategic
approach to planning for the cultural life of the
Warringah community. It is intended to be a living
document subject to ongoing review. This Plan is
intended to be formally reviewed approximately five
years after the date of adoption.