The PanNgo Panel is now wound up
As of 4 November 2015, the CERA PanNGO panel and it's associated Delegate position has been wound up. See here
Some History
OVTRK approached CERA soon after its inception, as while they had formally recognised the voice of Commerce no NGO voice was identified.
CERA then invited OVTRK to work with:
- Council of Social Services (COSS) - recently COSS has changed to Social Equity and Wellbeing Network (SEWN)
- Social Service Providers Association
- Youth Network
- Older Persons Network
and to be involved in developing the role and the process for
a PanNGO delegate from the NGO sector to join their Community Wellbeing
Planning Team and subsequently its Psychosocial subcommittee.
These 5 groups
each provide 2 representatives on a PanNGO Support Panel to support the delegate
position.
It was agreed for this position to be a jointly filled by Wendy
Dallas-Katoa (tangata whenua) and Sara Epperson (tangata Tiriti) reflecting
commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
These two people filled the role from when
they were appointed 31 January 2013 till 20 March 2015 when the Support Panel
was very grateful that Sharon Torstonson would fulfill the role as interim
delegate.
Below are documents outlining the delegate role and the support panel structure.
• Outline for the role
and instructions for applicants
Please note that it was not
necessary to be employed by an NGO to be eligible for the role. People
with voluntary experience, for example, were absolutely welcome to apply.
Since the release of this
document, as summarized above the youth sector has suggested having 2 delegates
from each group (OVTRK, COSS, SSPA, youth sector, aged sector) rather than 1.
This suggestion was accepted by the other groups.
