We've been busy since we last saw many of you at the forum on 9-October. You'll hear from us again soon when we circulate the summary from that meeting and when we've been able to finalise our follow-up on the action points.
In the meantime, there are two upcoming events that have been brought to our attention-- one by ANGOA (Association of Non-Government Organisations of Aotearoa), and one by CanCERN. We have decided to pass the details of these events on to the organisations on our registry as these are matters relevant to all OVTRK registrants (by virtue of being NGOs). We hope that you will find this information useful. Enjoy your three-day weekend; we look forward to being in touch with you soon.
In the meantime, there are two upcoming events that have been brought to our attention-- one by ANGOA (Association of Non-Government Organisations of Aotearoa), and one by CanCERN. We have decided to pass the details of these events on to the organisations on our registry as these are matters relevant to all OVTRK registrants (by virtue of being NGOs). We hope that you will find this information useful. Enjoy your three-day weekend; we look forward to being in touch with you soon.
ANGOA - Changes to the Government Contracting Environment
Some potentially wide-reaching and significant changes to the Government's contracting environment are currently being considered. A series of seminars (one in Christchurch) are being organised to share information on the project and gather your initial thoughts on how these changes may work for you.
The Government's Better Public Services (BPS) work programme is undertaking a project looking at the way government contracts with the community sector. The project aims to develop a common contract template for the community sector between four government agencies - Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Health and Te Puni KÓ§kiri. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Treasury have responsibility for this project.
ANGOA is facilitating seminars to share with you what this project hopes to achieve, what has happened to date and seek your input on what would be required to make it work across the community sector.
The move to a new contract between community organisations and these key government agencies, that contract with multiple community organisations, could have significant impact. Come and learn more now and have your say.
Seats will be limited so please do register to attend.
CanCERN - Data mapping
As promised, CanCERN we will be running a day workshop on how to collect and map data - for real - on Saturday 27th of October from 9 - 3pm. Venue is tentatively the Wainoni Methodist Church, but may change to a local school because of internet connection needs. if you register, you will be contacted with confirmation details. Participants are asked to bring a laptop or book in the use of a laptop if one is unavailable.
At this stage, data being mapped will be physical, to avoid door-knocking. Things that could be recorded and mapped could include the number of tiled roofs, brick exteriors, wooden exteriors, leaning power poles, pot holes, broken paths, empty sections, special trees... and so on. This will be decided by the group on the day. Towards the end of the day, discussion will also take place around colelcting and mapping more complex data (e.g. social data).
At this stage, data being mapped will be physical, to avoid door-knocking. Things that could be recorded and mapped could include the number of tiled roofs, brick exteriors, wooden exteriors, leaning power poles, pot holes, broken paths, empty sections, special trees... and so on. This will be decided by the group on the day. Towards the end of the day, discussion will also take place around colelcting and mapping more complex data (e.g. social data).
Please register by CLICKING HERE. Please spread this far and wide and invite anyone you know who may be interested as we think this will be valuable for sports clubs, scout and guides groups etc. as well as Residents Groups and NGOs.
