| What's Happening | Regionalising the Plan
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Background
When the updated Plan was released in early 2007, the Update Team recommended that the Plan be 'regionalised'. This means that individual regions will focus on those targets that are a local priority and develop their own regional ‘sub-plans’ about how to achieve results in those target areas. RegionsThe regionalisation process uses the 12 standard regions that have been adopted by the South Australian Government for planning, service delivery and reporting purposes. Country and Greater Adelaide (outer metro) areasRegional Plans for all country and outer metropolitan regions have been finalised and published on this page (under the links to each region). The development of country and outer metropolitan regional plans was supported through a variety of new or existing mechanisms varying from region to region. For example, in some regions Regional Development Boards or Regional Coordination Networks acted as a conduit for working with the local community to determine priority targets in the region. In others, Steering Groups were specifically established comprising community leaders, government representatives (federal, state and local), local business leaders and not for profit organisations to determine a local expression of the SASP. In each region the steering group would identify local targets and a public meeting to ‘check’ if the broader community agreed would follow this. Once agreed, the local Plan was endorsed by the region and published on the SASP website. The Community Engagement Board (through the Office of the Executive Committee of Cabinet) has been re-connecting with each country and outer metropolitan region to see how they are progressing with their plans and to begin discussions about how best to consult with their region in the lead up to the next update of the Plan expected in 2010. Metropolitan Adelaide
Work is now underway to complete regionalisation across the four metropolitan regions: northern, southern, western and eastern Adelaide. This work is being undertaken in partnership with Northern Connections and the Office of the Southern Suburbs. Recent meetings have been held with local government representatives in these regions to refine local priorities from a local government perspective and to chart progress and future challenges. Meetings have been scheduled during November 2009 with local community leaders, government (state, federal and local) representatives, and local business and not for profit stakeholders. Key issues and outcomes of these meetings will be posted on the SASP website as they become available. Widespread community engagement will occur across the state during the anticipated update of SASP in 2010, and processes are in place to ensure linkages are made where possible to other government priorities and plans that have a direct impact on metropolitan and regional South Australia, including the 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide, the development of Regional Blueprints, and aligning of the new Regional Development Australia Boards. Getting Involved You can be involved at the regional level by registering your interest. |
