Business Plan 2013-2014 - RDA Murraylands & Riverland Inc

Building community capacityGoal 9 - A skilled and sustainable workforce that matches industry needsGoal 10 - Increased choices in regional educationGoal 11 - Resilient communities that embrace and promote changeGoal 12 - Community Infrastructure that supports community needsProject partnerships will be vital to ensuring that the RDA can undertake this work program withlimited resources. RDAs role in obtaining these goals will range from development andmanagement of projects to undertaking a facilitation role in bringing the right stakeholders to thetable to achieve the desired outcomes.Stakeholder Engagement‘Strong stakeholder relationships’ is one of the 12 goals included in the Roadmap and Action Plan.The large consultation period that the board conducted as part of the development of the newRoadmap demonstrated the Boards desire towards achieving this goal.As required under our Federal and Local funding agreements quarterly reports on progress againstoutcomes will be delivered to these key stakeholders.RDA will also continue to undertake the communication methods defined in the Communication andMarketing Strategy including a regular newsletter, current website and relevant press releases asrequired.Collaborative PartnershipsRDA M&R works with a large number of partners to achieve the regions goals. These crosssectoraland intergovernmental partnerships are vital to achieving the aims of the region. Thesepartnerships include the health, education, environmental, community and government sectors.Examples of these partnerships are included in Appendix B – Stakeholder consultation andpartnerships in the Murraylands & Riverland Regional Roadmap 2013-2016 as well as in ourAnnual Reports.The Action Plan 2013/14 on Pages 16-22 provides more specific detail on the planned actions andresponsibilities. An Implementation Plan has been formulated for the staff group to identify howthe identified actions will be carried out.Page 16