FORUM PROGRAMME
FRIDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2014
8.30 am to 12 noon.
Chair for the Forum: Professor Brad Jackson
Head of Victoria University School of Government
and Community.
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8:00am to 8.30am |
Reception / Tea and Coffee (take away cups). There will be no formal morning tea break during the Forum's three and a half hours. |
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8:30am to 8.40am |
Welcome |
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8.40am to 9.10am |
Opening Key Note: Hon Bill English , Deputy Prime Minister |
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9.10am to 9.30am Including Q&A |
NGOs surviving & thriving - models of NGO governance, from an international perspective. Michael Macaulay, Director of the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies (IGPS) and Associate Professor in Public Management at the School of Government, VUW. |
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9.30am to 9.50am |
Governance and operational issues for Maori NGOs, and their relationship with government. |
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9.50am to 10.30am |
Short Talks Session 1 and Panel |
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Short talk 1: The role of NGOs in international development and poverty reduction. Amanda Ellis, Ambassador, Head of Mission, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office in Geneva, (Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Francophone Africa). Video presentation. |
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Short talk 2: Challenges and changes in the environment for charities. John Prendergast, CEO of the Southland Community Trust since 1998, Immediate Past Chair of Philanthropy New Zealand. |
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Short talk 3: The Collective Impact model for the governance of collaborative action between NGOs and working with central and local government. Maureen Gillon, Social and Civic Policy Institute, Co-chair of Shine Porirua. |
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Short talk 4: Collaborative governance – lessons from the Land and Water Forum, a model for the governance of land and freshwater, involving farmers, foresters, horticulturalists, power generators, business, green NGOs, and iwi, plus central and local government. Alastair Bisley, Chair. |
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10.30am to 10.40am |
Panel of 3 speakers. Chair: Professor Jackson |
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10.40am to 11.20am |
Short Talks Session 2 and Panel 10 minute Panel discussion. |
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Session 2; Short talk 1: Wellington Free Ambulance; an NGO that was founded with the help of the Rotary Club of Wellington and now works in partnership with other community organisations, government and business. Video presentation. |
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Session 2; Short talk 2: Wellington City Council’s volunteer and NGO strategy, with a focus on the homelessness initiative, based on an interdependent relationship between community agencies, central and local government. Justin Lester, Deputy Mayor. |
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Session 2; Short talk 3: Plunket, an iconic non-government organisation that was supported and funded by the Rotary Club of Wellington in its early days. Jenny Prince, CE Plunket |
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Session 2; Short talk 4: Student Volunteer Army, coordinating the student volunteer response to the Christchurch earthquakes and now “empowering students to be the change in their community”. Sam Johnson, founder |
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11.20am to 11.30am |
Panel Chair: Professor Jackson. |
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1130am to 11.55am |
Closing Key Notes. Rt Hon. Helen Clark, Administrator, UN Development Programme, will be speaking on NGOs’ role tackling poverty, inequality and environmental unsustainability in the new global agenda, from a UN perspective. This is video presentation, specially prepared for the Forum, sent from New York. Hon. Grant Robertson, Member of Parliament of Wellington Central, member of the Rotary Club of Wellington. |
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11.55am to 12.00 |
Summary of the Day |
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