CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION

Local and central government are seeking more and more, to invlove key stakeholders and communities in planning. At the same time, central government agencies are increasingly seeking ways to work collaboratively with each other, local government and communities.

Gatt Consulting Ltd provides innovative approaches to consultation and collaboration and can provide advice and assistance with:                                            

  • Consultation frameworks and processes
  • Identification of key stakeholders and networks
  • Facilitation of high level collaborative meetings and community consultation processes
  • Communication planning

Consultation and Collaboration Examples >>

 

Gatt Consulting Ltd takes a ‘JOINED’ approach to consultation and collaboration

Joined up thinking stimulates joined up action.

Overlay agency policies and plans to help discover common areas for joined up thinking.

Identify the key participants through using those common areas. 

Negotiate to agree a joint direction for ongoing work and action.

Ensure ownership by key participants through good facilitation.

Dedicate time to building commitment.

 

Examples of Consultation and Collaboration

Gatt Consulting Ltd work examples:      

  • Prepared a "thinkpiece" on stimulating key stakeholder uptake of findings of a key report - Statistics New Zealand.

  • Developed an approach to involve Asian people in an assessment of their health needs - Counties Manukau District Health Board.

  • Prepared a consultation programme for the development of a think-piece on central government’s role in urban settlements - Ministry for the Environment.

  • Undertook a review of the Creative Communities Scheme that involved gathering multiple stakeholder inputs over a very short timeframe - Creative New Zealand.

  • Facilitated strategic planning and governance workshops for the Mayor and councillors - Kapiti Coast District Council.

  • Designed and implemented a New Zealand-wide public consultation programme for a joint Department of Internal Affairs and State Services Commission identity verification project. This involved developing and conducting a communication strategy; design and implementation of a questionnaire for an online and paper-based survey and face-to-face interviews; process design and facilitation of 21 focus groups across New Zealand; managing and implementing the overall consultation; providing qualitative and statistical analysis of the public feedback and preparation of a report on results - Department of Internal Affairs.

  • Developed and facilitated the Interdepartmental Advisory Group for the Significant Community Based Projects Fund. This involved the Ministries of Economic Development, Culture and Heritage and Environment, Department of Conservation and Internal Affairs and SPARC collaborating on the set up and implementation of the Fund – Department of Internal Affairs.
  • Facilitated a collaboration between the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry for the Environment to align social research initiatives, quality of life, and outcome indicators across Ministries and metropolitan cities - Metro Mayors Forum of Local Government New Zealand.
  • Facilitated a collaboration of 8 city councils to develop the Quality of Life in New Zealand’s Largest Cities indicator project. This included managing the interface between the various elected members, Mayors and CEs of the participating cities - Metro Mayors Forum of Local Government New Zealand.
  • Built up and managed a ‘Strategic Coordination Group’ consisting of a collaboration of 20 government departments, to work with the Manukau City Council and jointly manage the $1b (approx) of social and community development resources coming into the city annually - Manukau City Council.
  • Undertook public consultation and research to guide the development of Tomorrow’s Manukau – a Strategy for Manukau into the Future (see link below). The methodology included focus groups and workshops backed up with paper-based submissions from the general public for the Manukau City Council and….
  • Facilitated a collaboration of 60 government agencies, non-profit organisations and businesses resulting in them signing-up to Tomorrow’s Manukau, a consultative multi-stakeholder approach to the development and implementation a vision and long term plan for Manukau City  - Manukau City Council. Read more: http://www.tomorrowsmanukau.co.nz/ See also: www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0408/S0001.htm.
  • Undertook region-wide consultation and research to guide the development of a strategy on affordable housing for the Auckland region (see link below). The methodology included workshops, seminars and focus groups with a wide range of housing organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors, backed up with paper-based submissions from the general public for the Auckland Regional Growth Forum and....
  • Facilitated a collaboration of the Ministries of Housing and Education, four city councils, Auckland Regional Authority, housing interests groups and significant others to synthesise the above consultation input to produce the Auckland Regional Affordable Housing Strategy - Auckland Regional Growth Forum.
  • Facilitated a collaboration of the Ministry of Education, Housing New Zealand, Health Funding Authority: Northern, Safekids, Auckland Regional Council and the Auckland, Waitakere, North Shore and Manukau city councils on the Social Infrastructure Project for the Auckland Regional Growth Strategy.

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