Rural Health System Resources
BY RURAL PEOPLE FOR RURAL PEOPLE
Community Engagement Toolkit for Planning
Authors
Queensland Government
Description
Planning creates great places for people to live, work and play. To encourage genuine community engagement in the planning process, the Queensland Government produced this toolkit to help local councils engage with their communities about planning in a meaningful and open manner. The toolkit has was developed with advice from community engagement specialists and their peak representative body – the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2). IAP2 has endorsed the toolkit.
Why is this useful for rural and remote people?
This document is useful because it shows that rural health solutions can be delivered in rural and remote towns when governments have clearly articulated plans supported by funding. This Guide to Community Engagement is a very useful resource for communities to use when planning, but could also be used by communities to advocate to local health services and governments to establish a standard for consultation that ensures that rural and remote people are properly engaged in decision-making rather than an after-thought.
Suggested Citation
Queensland Government (2020) Community Engagement Toolkit for Planning
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