2001 Conference - Rotorua

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Introduction

• Portrait of Healthy and Enterprising Communities and Regions

"In times of change it is the learners who inherit the future. Those who have finished learning find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists"

(Eric Hoffer)

"We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world when half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20"

(Arthur C Clarke)

Portrait of Healthy and Enterprising Communities and Regions

1. Understands, accepts and embraces change.
2. Focuses on the sustainable triple bottom line - economic vitality, environmental integrity and community well being.
3. Encourages broad based participation, social connectedness, inclusiveness and diversity of thinking.
4. Acts in an opportunity obsessive manner, seeking diversification and multiple options.
5. Knows and builds upon the community's assets, capacities, skills, competitiveadvantages and points of difference.
6. Stresses local investment and local ownership.
7. Continually renews and builds a diversified leadership base.
8. Commits to long term and continuous community dialogue, planning, action and evaluation.
9. Values collaboration, networking and clustering.
10. Champions passionate and entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours.

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