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Stretching the Future

Joining the Dots

Planning and development

Key Points

• You can harness central government support for local needs if the priorities coincide.
• Align both sets of priorities but make sure local priorities do not get swamped by central priorities.
• You must exercise local leadership.
• Initiatives must be seen as legitimate.
• Establish clear measures of output.
• A project-based approach gives flexibility and better accountability.
• Important to have a committed project manager with the 'know how' to drive the project. Also provides a clear contact point.
• Think ahead to what the world will be like.
• Find ways to provide information that people would not be able to find otherwise.
• All initiatives must have a human face.
• Use existing partnerships where you can, even for new purposes.
• Planning matters - but to sustain community support it is vital to deliver results.
• Local government should be providing the atmosphere and frameworks that encourage people to try things and take risks.
• Local government has a key role in leadership, and in creating a culture that supports community engagement.
• Local government has a key role in process and facilitation but it is important for the process to be open so others can engage and feel that it is 'theirs' not council's.
• Involve community, business etc as early as possible and respond to their input.
• Developing and maintaining relationships is essential.
• Resourcing the process (especially with staff time) is essential - needs commitment and focus to build and maintain momentum: don't underestimate this.
• Key to partnering with iwi/Maori is the nature and sincerity of the relationship.
• Important to have a regional context. Need to understand that what is good for one part of the region is good for the whole region.
• Also need to appreciate that concerns do not stop at regional boundaries e.g. e-commerce.

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