Governance & Management Resources

General Information


Department of Local Government Includes a range of IPR Documents including the proposed legislation and guidelines, and a FAQ sheet for Councils		Link

Integrated Planners Special Interest Group: LGMA The LGMA NSW Integrated Planners SIG meets quarterly, and is open for any Council Staff to attend.		Link

Taking a Wider Perspective Written as a submission to the DLG IPR reforms from the LGMA Corporate Planners' Network in 2006, this document outlines the aspirations and challenges of management planning in NSW		Download

UK LG Communities of Practice: IDeA This is a community platform supporting professional social networks across local government in the UK. It provides a secure environment for knowledge development and sharing through online communities of practice on many different topics.		Link

IPR Briefing Notes for Managers Prepared for Kogarah City Council, this 14 page document summarises the IPR reforms and also provides a list of opportunities, challenges and observations. Written by UTS Centre for Local Government associate Melissa Gibbs.		Download

Community Strategic Planning: Ontario, Canada This website contains an overview of Community Strategic Planning. It provides some examples of techniques that can be applied at key initial stages and suggestions for where to find more specific tools and more detailed "how-to" publications -		Link

UK Best Practice for Strategic Futures In 2001 the UK Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU) of the Cabinet Office commissioned a report to benchmark UK strategic futures work against that of other countries and to identify best practice in the use of strategic futures work to inform policy making.		Download

Review of International Strategies - Sydney 2030 As part of the development of Sydney 2030, this report documents a review of innovative strategic plans and comparable situations.		Download

Measures of Community Well-being and Sustainability An outline of PhD research into Local Government Accountability - financial, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability performance reports: stakeholder perspectives by Dale Quinlivan, City of Perth.		Download

Council Exchange: Plans and Reports


This page presents a sample collection of links to the planning and reporting documents from 26 NSW councils. These councils have all begun to respond to the Integrated Planning and Reporting reforms.		Link

Community Exchange


NSW Community Builders This site is an interactive electronic clearing house for everyone involved in community level social, economic and environmental renewal.		Link

Community Engagement Resources: VIC LGA This website aims to provide local governments with the information, tools and support to consult effectively.		Link

Community Engagement Resources: SA LGA This LGA site offers a snapshot of community engagement in SA, as well as an Engagement Showcase, Manual and series of case studies.		Link

Good Practitioner Guides: Manchester Community Engagement Toolkit - Link ACT Community Engagement Manual - Link Liverpool Community Engagement Toolkit - Link Penrith Community Participation Manual - Link

Just Communities Literature Review: This site includes key papers and articles relating to democracy, community wellbeing and local government from a range of sources.		Link

Financial Management


IPART Review of the Revenue Framework for LG The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) recently released a draft report which recommends changes in the way that local government rates are regulated, including the possible modification of rate pegging.		Link

Finance Professionals Special Interest Group: LGMA The Financial Professionals is a special interest group of LGMA NSW.		Link

Strengthening Local Government Program This website contains a range of resources responding to the 2006 Final Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Financial Sustainability of NSW Local Government.		Link

NSW Rating Professionals Membership of the NSW Rating Professionals Inc. (NSWRP) is open to any person who is involved in the rating or revenue functions within Local Government in New South Wales.		Link

Service Delivery Review

Artist, S., Sansom, G. 2008, Service Delivery In Local Government, Services Research Paper 2008-2013, Penrith City Council. Download
Lawson, T. 2007, Review of South Australian Local Government Joint Service Delivery Opportunities, Tony Lawson Consulting. Download
Lofstedt, U. 2007, 'E-Government services in local governments - a study of development in Swedish municipalities', Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change, vol. 4, no. 2. Download
McKinlay, P. 2009, 'New Directions in New Zealand Local Government', Future of Local Government Summit 5, Local Government Centre, Auckland. Download
NSW Department of Local Government 2007, Collaboration and Partnerships between Councils, Department of Local Government, Sydney. Download
QMI Solutions 2005, Service Practice and Performance in NSW Local Government, Final Report to the Panel of Independent Inquiry into the Financial Sustainability of Local Government, QMI Solutions. Download
South Tyneside Council 2007, Tyneside Service Planning Template, South Tyneside Council. Download
Aulich, C., Gibbs, M., Gooding, A., McKinlay P., Pillora S., Sansom G., Consolidation in Local Government: A Fresh Look, Background Papers, Vol.2. Download
Dr Allens W. 2011, A Fair Go For All in the Digital Era, Huawei. Download
LGPro Professionals, A Guide to Achieving a Whole of Organisation Approach to Best Value. Download
2007, Developing Levels of Service and Performance Measures. Download
HM Government 2011, Open Public Services White Paper. Download
Abelson P., Outsourcing of Public Services in Australia: 7 Case Studies. Download
Deloitte 2009, Shared Service Delivery in Local Government. Download
Audit Commission 2008, Back to Front: Efficiency of Back Office Functions in Local Government, Local Government National Report. Download
I"DeA, Benchmarking for Best Value. Download

Workforce Planning


Bennett, P. Recruitment, Retention and Workforce Planning (WFP) at Whitehorse, City of Whitehorse. Download Medway Council, Medway Council critical data set pro forma, Medway Council. Download Medway Council, Workforce planning and development framework, Medway Council. Download Munro, J. 2009, 'love 'em or lose 'em: recruiting young blood and retaining wise heads in a financially challenging environment', LGPro Annual Conference, Brisbane City Council, Melbourne. Download Peterberry Consultancy 2007, Local Government HR practitioners making a difference, Newcastle City Council. Download

Social and Community Planning



Raising Expectations? A Review of NSW Social Plans This report presents the findings of a research project undertaken by the UTS Centre for Local Government to examine the recent experience of New South Wales councils in preparing social/community plans.		Download

Community Services Special Interest Group: LGMA Recently formed, this special interest group aims to provide leadership, advocacy, information, learning and support to local government community services professionals.		Link

Crime Prevention Planning: Resources The NSW Attorney General's Department supports local councils as lead agencies for identifying and implementing local crime prevention strategies in NSW.		Link

Culturemap.org A unique intranet environment especially developed as a place where people interested in cultural planning can meet, share and develop information and collaborate in private workrooms or member forums.		Link
Planning for Active Living: PCAL A number of resources have been developed by PCAL to help disseminate information relating to the application of active living principles and to facilitate the translation of theory into everyday practice.		Link

Environmental Planning and Reporting


Guidelines for Integrating NRM into Corporate Planning and Reporting These Guidelines have been developed by the LGSA, in conjunction with UTS CLG, and take into consideration the current IPR reforms.		Download

LGSA NRM Webpage: LGSA The Natural Resource Management (NRM) team of the LGSA maintain this website of current initiatives and NRM links for local government.		Link

References Page The UTS CLG have posted a range of current and relevant references relating to NRM and IPR.		Link

IPR and Capacity Building for your Council



Capacity Building Program The UTS Centre for Local Government has developed the Integrated Planning Capacity Building Program as a flexible, affordable package to assist NSW councils to implement the Integrated Planning and Reporting (IPR) reforms. The program is tailored to meet the individual needs of participating councils with two main objectives: - To help councils meet the IPR requirements smoothly and without undue up-front costs - To build councils' in-house skills and capacities to manage IPR tasks over the long term - Download

Integrated Strategic Planning: 5 Day Short Course The UTS CLG also offers a 5 day short course covering different concepts and styles of strategic planning in local government and alternative approaches to implementation. The course will include a number of recent and current case studies presented by the involved practitioners. Dates for 2011: 2-4 Nov & 1-2 Dec.		Link

This page was last updated on 22/11/11.

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