PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC Professor Jude Butcher cfc (Institute for Advancing Community Engagement) WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2009 UNIVERSITY

University’s strategic plan CONTEXTS Mission of the Church o Competition for students and placements o Research profile and income o Development of people and communities o Church value o Societal impact PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

o Separate goals and agendas NATURE OF PARTNERSHIPS Transactional Partnerships o Shared vision, goals and values Transformational Partnerships o Focus on mutual benefits o Capacity building, new knowledge, new opportunities PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS TRANSACTIONAL Increased number of placements in schools, hospitals, community agencies Reviews and consultancies PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

Fairer Future for Fitzroy Exercise Science and Broken Hill Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience TRANSFORMATIONAL Advanced drama students and Gregory Terrace Australian Business Week competition EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS Mental health clinic Nudgee College CAMPUS FOCUS (BRISBANE) PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

POPE PAUL VI TRANSFORMATIONAL Linking Worlds Project ACU Link Campus Day EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS Homework clubs Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience PRIORITY PROGRAM /AREA (EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING) PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

TRANSFORMATIONAL Whole of government, place based approaches, whole of University Fairer Future for Fitzroy EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS Clemente Australia Timor Leste – education, health, exercise science HOLISTIC PROGRAMS - ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY’S CATHOLIC IDENTITY AND MISSION Principles of engagement from lens of Catholic Social Teaching (CAID) o Dignity of the human person o The common good o Preferential option for the poor o Rights and duties o Participation o Economic Justice o Solidarity o Stewardship of creation o Promotion of peace o Role of government / subsidiarity PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

The myth of Sisyphus REALISING THE POTENTIAL OF TRANSFORMATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS Synergies 1+1=3 Work out of common vision and purpose Lead collaboratively Relating on a basis of trust Appropriate and adequate resources Openness to learning and change Developing, maintaining and consolidating the partnership Developing new benchmarks of best practice PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

QUESTIONS What transformational partnerships and program priorities would best serve the communities and ACU (Faculties, Schools and Campuses) during ? How can staff and students be assisted in understanding and realising the potential of these partnerships? How can staff and students be assisted in understanding their role in transformational partnerships from the perspective of the Church’s social teaching? What motivators are required for staff, students and communities to be involved in transformational partnerships? PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

THANK YO U Professor Jude Butcher (Institute for Advancing Community Engagement) PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY