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The future of the community sector: A Victorian perspective

The future of the community sector: A Victorian perspective. Cath Smith Chief Executive Officer Victorian Council of Social Service www.vcoss.org.au vcoss@vcoss.org.au 03 9654 5050. Future of the Sector.

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The future of the community sector: A Victorian perspective

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  1. The future of the community sector: A Victorian perspective Cath Smith Chief Executive Officer Victorian Council of Social Service www.vcoss.org.au vcoss@vcoss.org.au 03 9654 5050

  2. Future of the Sector • DHS Human Services Partnership Agreement – signed in 2002 and again 2005, due for review late 2008 • Sector Sustainability Task Group – now Community Sector Futures Task group  • Stronger Community Organisations project and State Services Review of NFP Regulation – SCOP action plan and new Office for Community Sector

  3. Projects • Collaboration and consultation protocol • NGO indexation agreement and exceptional events clause • Pricing framework • Workforce strategy – DHS funded sector • OHS education and small grants • Staff bank • Long service leave portability • Clearinghouse –training and pro bono brokerage • Futures work– evaluation of impact, re-capturing ‘community’ accountability into community organisations, capacity-building and ‘leadership’

  4. Unfinished business • Workforce strategy – ‘whole of sector’ • Indexation – whole of government NGO index • Pricing that reflects real cost of service delivery • Streamlining compliance, data collections - service agreements and grants – single chart of accounts etc • Investment in strategies that will enhance service delivery – develop models of care that can be sustained within demographic trends

  5. Challenges • Why do Governments outsource services and programs to the NGO sector? • Why and how do we run them? • Social inclusion – putting principles in practice?

  6. Opportunities • National NFP Compact consultations • Social inclusion agenda • Service system reform – indicators and outcomes for people and communities • Governments cannot deliver social inclusion without a strong NGO sector • Strong NGO sector needs cross-sectoral approaches and collaboration around e.g. workforce, OHS, shared services, data streamlining etc. • Need to maintain accountability to communities and to our shared values, social equity vision

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