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May 14, 2010
Professor Peter Shergold will chair a new forum overseeing the relationship between the public and community sectors in WA.
The Partnership Forum was announced by WA Premier Colin Barnett in his address to the WA Council of Social Services State Conference on 14 May. Other initiatives announced at the conference include a $10 million Community Development Investment Fund and a $2 million Social Innovation Grants Program.
Premier Barnett said that government agencies are not always best placed to help those most vulnerable in our society.
"This Government trusts the community sector and it is demonstrating that trust by empowering organisations to provide their services in the best possible way to people who need the most help," he said.
Professor Shergold said the new forum "will assist the WA Government in supporting and building the capacity of community organisations to deliver social services to those in need.The Key is to turn rhetoric into action."
The Partnership Forum will comprise equal numbers of public and community sector leaders, with the first meeting expected to be held by August 2010.