1. Thriving Communities : Lotterywest’s Proactive Partnership Annimac www.annimac.com.au LOTTERYWEST Grants & Community Development Directorate 8 March 2005 Speaker

2. Western Australia Context Thirty years ago : W.A. meant Wait Awhile monocultural values - Anglo group identity Government leadership Government responsibility wealth driven - economic rationalism fastest growing economy positive migration

3. My how things change… or have they ?

4. Rate of Change  10 days - new technology  10 minutes - new product / service  10 seconds - new web site Change we have in one day Our grandparents had in one year Younger means faster

6. Perth & Western Australia POPULATION FORECAST Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population & Ministry for Planning

7. Western Australia now W.A. meant Wait Awhile means Way Ahead monocultural values multicultural > 200 ethic group identity increasing individualism Government leadership business leadership Government responsible who’s responsible ?? wealth driven becoming value driven economic rationalism toward coopitalism fastest growing economy still fastest most stable positive migration still positive migration

8. Some Issues facing community Leadership vacuum Disrespect Distrust of media, power, spin Confusion re future Dehumanised economic rationalism Urban sprawl Ageing population Male suicide rate Disaffected youth Teenage mothers Rural – Urban gap employment, depopulation, education, health care, aged care, technology

10. Key drivers of change : Changing world of work Co opitalism + Sustainability project based team based relationship based - EQ strategic alliances globally networked fast flat skill decision making value driven intangible assets

12. Key drivers of change : Changing world of employment - Casualisation Contract - Part time Self employment Five Career changes Multi skilled employees Small businesses Increase low income jobs SOHO : small office home office

13. Driving all drivers of change : Technology - by 2020 70 % types of jobs do not exist now because 80 % technology not thought of yet

14. Likely jobs in next 10 years : Director of Emerging Thought Chief Zookeeper - of people Creative Undertaker Thought Jockey Pasture Programmer Hacker Relations Manager Valuer of Intangible Assets * Human Interface Manager * * Exist since 2003

16. Key drivers of change : Social shifts - options, options, options generation gap increasing rural & urban gaps increasing restructure of family unit childless by choice serial monogamy No Fixed Address shifting sense of community non consumerist id short term goals global awareness multiculturalism - pluralism individual values & id

17. Key drivers of change : Political shifts - Think Global Act Local disenchantment - money focus disillusioned - party politics youth disengaged priority : local state federal NIMBY environmental activism social activism community power global consciousness

19. Key drivers of change : Government Policies - Dereg & Devolve economic rationalism : dereg - corporatise privatise devolve - financial responsibility priority - economic development policy - economic efficiency individual responsibility fund self help urbanisation - beads on a string social services - rationalise productivity

20. Communities : Shape & Texture to Come Increasing : self determination financial responsibility widening gap : Haves / Have Nots divergent demographics rural / urban economically robust / unemployment ageing / cross generational cultural enclaves / multicultural pluralism skilled / underskilled information superhighway / techno isolation divergent psychographics quality of life priorities individualism need for sense of belonging

22. Healthy Communities : Self Determination A Case Study : Kojonup Wheatbelt town pop: 3000 The Challenge : Farms being corporatised Businesses leaving Town jobs disappearing Families leaving Cultural activities decreasing No future for youth “No one listening” Shire Council : Reactive shared support only State govt : “Come to Perth for re training”

23. Critical Point : A Mother : “my kids want summer jobs – where are they ?” Answer : No one knew. Mother discovered : Farmers screaming for workers. Unemployed want work. No link between two. Mother said : Guess I’ll let people know what I find out.

24. Kojonup Community Self Help Process Four public meetings over 18 months : 1 Trends impacting Kojonup’s future 2 What do we want Kojonup to be 3 How do we make that happen ourselves 4 Action program Result 2 yrs later : Kojonup Working - jobs vacancy register - skills base register - training programs on demand - projects : - recycling at town tip - child care centre - mentoring program - computer training program - music band

25. Reasons for Success community initiated process & projects community controlled at all times local champion - quiet achiever team structures & commitment looked at & planned bigger community context value driven used existing resources : start now start with what you have assume the resources will come when needed continual review of goals & process welcome partnerships but maintain control

27. Lotterywest : Proactive Partnering Lotterywest role - to facilitate empowerment : get to know the community look for quiet doers - personal motivation encourage big picture planning – short medium long encourage cross project links - leverage energy negotiate control & accountability processes encourage early start with start up resources encourage continual review of goals & process encourage partnerships - community retains control link with other govt agencies pre knowledge of community developments encourage healthier agency practices

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