Building good practice

Our work to build good practice includes:

• Two online toolkits that guide government agencies when they are funding non-profit organisations
  and developing relationships with and community sector groups and communities.
  » Go to the Good Practice Funding website
  » Go to the Good Practice Participate  website 

 

OCVS hosts interactive seminars to promote the sharing of information and good practice to strengthen relationships with the community and voluntary sector. They include:

Good practice in action seminars to promote the sharing of information and experience between government agencies and their community partners. (These are usually full-day events.) In 2010, government agencies are to attend the seminars with a community organisation partner or key community sector stakeholder.

Good engagement seminars exploring different ways of getting participation by community and government people. (These are usually a couple of hours long.)

 

Our seminars are about information sharing, results-based learning, and acquiring knowledge and expertise built on the good practice of others. They usually feature a keynote presentation followed by workshop discussions.

We'll be including some in locations outside Wellington during 2010 - keep watch for updates. 

31 March: Good Engagement seminar - Partnerships & Advocacy - Christchurch
This afternoon workshop on good practice in community-government engagement features presenters Trish Hall and Mary Richardson, but it is already FULLY BOOKED.

23 April:  OCVS Good Practice in Action Risk and Accountability seminar
- Wellington Overseas Terminal.
Full-day seminar for government agencies and the community organisations they work with. The seminar will run from 9:30am-3:30pm and lunch will be provided. There is no registration fee, but we ask that government agencies cover any travel and accommodation costs related to their community partners' attendance. Places are limited - so book soon.
» Book a place for you and your community partner now 
- e-mail ocvs@msd.govt.nz

26 April:  OCVS Good Practice in Action Risk and Accountability seminar
- Christchurch
Full-day seminar for government agencies and the community organisations they work with. The seminar will run from 9:30am-3:30pm and lunch will be provided. There is no registration fee, but we ask that government agencies cover any travel and accommodation costs related to their community partners' attendance. Places are limited - so book soon.
» Book a place for you and your community partner now 
- e-mail ocvs@msd.govt.nz 

4 June:  OCVS Good Practice in Action seminar - Wellington Overseas Terminal
» Exploring the new Code of Funding Practice - watch for details here soon

The OCVS can provide information on training courses available to enhance the skills of public servants when they engage with community groups.  This includes IAP2 training developed by the International Association for Public Participation.

Those with a strong interest in extending their skills in participation knowledge and processes may want to enrol in one of the official IAP2 Certificate in Public Participation courses.  These include:

• 2-day Techniques in Effective Public Participation course
• 2-day Planning for Effective Public Participation course
• 1-day Effective Communication for Public Participation course

The training companies offer other Certificate courses throughout the year.

» Check Pattillo’s schedule of Certificate in Public Participation courses in Wellington and Auckland

» Check Twyford NZ’s schedule of Certificate in Public Participation courses in Wellington

The Policy Development Toolkit is a single point of access to New Zealand policy development guidance documents and websites. The Toolkit is primarily aimed at New Zealand public sector policy analysts, so it is hosted on the Public Sector Intranet. If you have ideas about content, e-mail the team who put it together (details on the PSI).

» Public servants can access the toolkit  on the Public Service Intranet. 

In 2005, the OCVS created guidelines for central government agencies that distribute information through New Zealand’s network of 87 Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB), and provided copies to all government agencies that distribute, or may distribute information through CAB in the future.

The guidelines help ensure that agencies communicate regularly with the NZ Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NZACAB) about new and updated information. They also help to reduce the NZACAB’s administrative costs in this area, allowing the CAB network to focus on its core role of providing information and advice to the community.