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Local Government
Research
The University of Canberra is a founding member of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) consortium and is actively involved in developing the research program for that organisation. The Institute’s Professor Mark Evans is the Chair of ACELG’s Research Advisory Committee and Professor Chris Aulich its founding research coordinator, giving the Institute a close involvement with the research program of ACELG.
Completed research includes taking a leading role in a major project examining local government consolidation.
Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program
The Australia and New Zealand School of Government’s (ANZSOG) Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program is a core program of the Australian Centre of Excellence in Local Government (ACELG), established with Australian Government funding in June 2009.
The first iteration of the program was conducted in Canberra over two week-long intensive sessions in August and September. The program drew senior staff representing all states and several mayors, a novel arrangement for the sector where both officers and elected members were able to bring their particular perspectives to considering issues faced by local government.
The program was designed to enhance the capability of local government leaders to deliver public value for citizens. It brought together, for the first time, local government leaders from across Australia and New Zealand to explore emerging challenges for public management, including managing with contested authority, dealing with intractable problems, and considering alternative means of providing services. It was built on the assumption that excellence in local government leadership requires a creative and dynamic working relationship between elected leaders and senior managers, all levels of government and citizens and stakeholders.
This inaugural program comprised two week-long modules that bring together senior local government practitioners with leading academics, political and community leaders and senior state and national government officials. Preliminary evaluation of the program has been excellent and participants are building informal networks with their counterparts in other states and communities.
It is the intention that the program will move annually to a different state or territory, building case studies and better practice toolkits in local government innovation as the program rolls out.
Program Convenor
Professor Chris Aulich Local government consolidation, public sector agencies and privatisation.view profile