What do we mean by monitoring progress?

The Monitoring Progress component ensures that accountability and reporting back is at the forefront of our actions on the Community Plan. 

Monitoring Progress Action Plan - Year 1

The Monitoring Progress Action Plan- Year 1 sets out how progress and outcomes for the fifteen community priorities will be assessed.  It is designed to show where change has occurred, highlight where things have worked and where they haven't, analysis our stenghths and failures, inform future planning and policy development and contribute to community and organisational development.

The Port Phillip 2007-2017 Community Plan sets out agreed community priorities developed at the 2007 Community Summit. These priorities influence Councillors when they set their top priorities for the Council Plan each year. 

On September 9, Council hosted a forum at the St Kilda Town Hall to report on actions taken, seek feedback on how we monitor progress and examine community involvement and participation.

Podcasts

The evening was recorded and is available as a four-part podcast. 

1.Report back - Part 1 (21.9 Mb, mp3) Includes welcome and Mayor Janet Cribbes taking us through some of the key achievements across each topic of the Community Plan.

2. Jim Diers (23.4Mb, mp3) Guest speaker Jim Diers (USA), former Director of the Seattle Department of Neighbourhoods, is internationally recognised for his work in building participatory democracy and community leadership. Jim is visiting Australia to work with several communities to strengthen community connections and participation.  Here he talks about building community in Seattle through the use of a partnerships with the community and a matching grants program.

3. Questions for Jim Diers (8.8Mb, mp3) Jim answers questions from the audience.

4. Report Back - Part 2 (19.6Mb, mp3) Features CEO David Spokes speaking about the challenges of monitoring progress and community member Anne Garrow talking about her involvement with the Community Pulse.  Includes Mayor thanking people for attending.

How to download the Podcasts

To download the files, click on the link below. You will then be taken to the download page,  right-click on the title, choose 'Save target as', and select where you want to save the file. If you're a using a Mac, simply double-click on the link and use the on-screen window to select the file's destination.

How to play files.

If you want to listen on your PC, just left click and the file will play in your default player. For Mac users, click the title.

Photos

Photos from the Community Plan - First Year Report Back are available at our flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/27937324@N03/sets/72157607221077592/

The Community Plan First Year Report Cards have been designed to report back on the progress for each of the fifteen priorites and each component of the Community Plan.  They have been designed to report back on what Council has done over the last year and in some cases, what has been done by working together with Council, other levels of government, the community and other organisations.  They also report on the indicators which are designed to track our progress.  Each report card can be downloaded below.

Parking Report Card

Building Community Report Card

Urban Planning Report Card

Entertainment Report Card

Open Space Report Card

Neighbourhood Development Report Card

Community Leadership Report Card

Monitoring Progress Report Card

If you have any comments or suggestions about the report cards, we encourage you to email through your comments to commplan@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Community Plan Implementation Interim Report

The Implementation of Community Plan - Progress Report was presented to Council at the Strategy and Policy Review Committee meeting on June 2.  The report outlines the progress that has been made implement the objectives and strategies of each of the four parts of the 2007-2017 Community Plan.  The Community Plan Attachment specifies the full list of initiatives implemented to respond to the Working Together Action Plan.

For more information about our Community Plan contact the Community Governance team or phone ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713.

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