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NGO Desk update
14 May 2009


Welcome to the NGO update for 14 May 2009.

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Two vacancies for the Pacific Health area on the NGO Working Group.

The health and disability sector NGO-Ministry of Health Working Group was set up in 2002 as an NGO and Ministry of Health response to the 2001 Statement of Government Intentions for an Improved Community-Government Relationship. Representatives of the health and disability subsectors are elected annually on a rotational basis to ensure consistency. The Working Group's main task is to work strategically on strengthening the sector's relationship with the Ministry of Health. Working Group members are, therefore, expected to be the leaders within their particular agency and within the sector. Only one representative of an agency is permitted to be on the Working Group at any given time.

Anyone from an NGO registered in the Pacific subsector with the NGO Working Group Secretariat may nominate a candidate for the Working Group by filling in the attached candidate nomination form (the nominated candidate will also need to sign the form). The list of registered agencies can be found through this link: www.ngo.health.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagescm/7428/$File/ngo-register-dec08.xls . NGOs must be registered to be eligible to to nominate candidates and vote in the election. NGOs that have registered in the past will not need to re-register. NGOs may register at any time.

Nominations will close at 12.00pm on Friday 5 June and a postal election will be held (by email) from 9 June until 12.00pm 7 July.

Nominations should be sent to: Muno Richards (NGO Working Group Secretariat) secretariat@ngo.health.govt.nz or to 83 Frobisher St, Island Bay, Wellington 6023.

To access the necessary documents to register your organisation and nominate candidates, please go to this link: www.ngo.health.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexcm/ngo-news-pacific-vacancies?Open&m_id=2

For clarification on the process please contact Muno Richards (details above) or for information about the tasks and expectations for Working Group members approach Jo Fitzpatrick (Chair, NGO Working Group) on jo@womens-health.org.nz.


Wellington Not For Profit Forum

Working with Boards and Committees – it doesn’t get worse than this or does it?

18 May – Please note change of venue and time!!
12.10pm–1.50pm, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Hoyt’s Room – 4th Floor, 142 Wakefield Street, Wellington

We all know that working with boards and committees can be extremely rewarding, unfortunately, sometimes it can be exceptionally frustrating and difficult. The goal of this meeting is to identify strategies for working with the difficult people we encounter on committees and boards. This meeting will be facilitated by Board Member and Solicitor Ronette Druskovich who will assist two chief executives to share their very personal and worst experiences of working with difficult board members. Ronette will look for practical tips and solutions that can be employed to deal with the dysfunctional committee or board member.

The not-for-profit forum is open to all people involved in the not-for-profit sector as staff, board members or in a volunteer capacity. The aim is to provide a forum where participants can exchange ideas and information on not-for-profit issues.

This event is free. Bring your own lunch – and drink. Invite your friends and colleagues to participate. Your interest and support are crucial factors in maintaining this network. Due to high levels of interest, the venue has been changed – there is still space for more attendees if you would like to go along.
RSVP: Email: jennifer@butlerpelvin.com with the names of those attending.


Vacancies on PHARMACs Consumer Advisory Committee

Closing date for applications Friday 22 May
PHARMAC is seeking applications for two vacancies on its Consumer Advisory Committee. The Consumer Advisory Committee is an advisory committee to PHARMAC. It is made up of people from a range of backgrounds with interests in areas such as the health of Maori people and Pacific peoples, older people and people living in rural areas. The Committee’s role, defined in legislation, is to provide the PHARMAC Board with input from a consumer or patient point of view. Further information about the position can be found on the PHARMAC website at the link below. The closing date for applications is Friday 22 May.
www.pharmac.govt.nz/patients/AboutPHARMAC/people


Unitec Community Funding Course, 25 May, Takapuna, Auckland

This course will improve your skills in developing funding strategies for your organisation that focus on long-term survival and success. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Discuss ways to develop effective and healthy relationships with funders
  • Identify sources of funds for community based organisations
  • Discuss strategies for funding community organisations and projects
  • Identify ways to develop funding strategies appropriate for their own organisation

Participants will receive a Unitec certificate for participating in the course.
Venue: Taitamariki Hall (Girl Guides) Auburn Reserve, Auburn Street, Takapuna (Directly opposite Como Street)
Time: 9:00 - 4pm Morning Tea and light lunch provided.
Cost: $30.00 (normally $75).
Presenter: Carol Scholes - Tutor at Unitec
Registration and Prepayment essential as the numbers are limited.
For more Information Ph: (09) 486 4820


Primary Health Care Advisory Council Paper – seeking feedback by Friday 29 May

The paper sets out an approach for the delivery of person / whānau centred primary health care through enhanced multi-disciplinary primary health care teams. It highlights barriers and tensions within current primary health care arrangements and identifies a proposed set of actions for moving forward.

The paper has been informed through extensive discussion by the Primary Health Care Advisory Council and developed by a representative working group of the Council. It raises important questions about where to next for primary health care in New Zealand. It is complementary to the work of the Ministry of Health’s Long-Term Conditions programme.

Please use the questions at the back to structure your feedback. Send all feedback to Jackie Edmond by Friday 29 May. Any feedback received after this time is unlikely to be incorporated into the final feedback document. Jackie is responsible for collating all of the feedback.

Send feedback to: Jackie.Edmond@familyplanning.org.nz or to Jackie Edmond, Chief Executive, Family Planning, PO Box 11 515, Wellington 6142

Letter of introduction - Primary Health Care Advisory Council (Word, 26 KB)

Discussion Paper: ‘Service Models to meet the aims of the Primary Health Care Strategy and deliver better, sooner, more convenient Primary Health Care’ (DOCX, 102 KB)
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Request for Content and Event information

Please use this opportunity to share your information with others in the sector and around the Ministry of Health. Email me on ngo@moh.govt.nz.
Email me any information you would like shared with others in the Ministry of Health and the NGO community.


Safekids NZ Workshops – May-June, North Island

Safekids NZ is holding half-day workshops with themes of "Improving child car passenger safety" and "Reducing cutting and piercing injuries".
Venues, dates and contact details are:
Gisborne: 27 May: email kiri@turangahealth.co.nz;
Napier: 28 May: email Linda.Anderson@hbrc.govt.nz;
New Plymouth: 10 June, email Eloise.pollard@tdhb.org.nz,
Palmerston North: 11 June, email Nigel.fitzpatrick@midcentraldhb.govt.nz
Wellington: 12 June: email uenuku.kane@huttvalleydhb.org.nz
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Community Network Meeting Wednesday 20 May, Waitakere, Auckland

Community Waitakere warmly invites you to the Community Sector Open Door Gathering. Go along and gather with community sector organisations from across Waitakere, meet new people, and discover what’s happening within the Community Sector of Waitakere.

Open invitation to all, stay for as long as it suits. A program will be sent out shortly with more details but please mark this time in your diaries.
Details: 1.00–3.00pm, At Waitakere Community Resource Centre 8 Ratanui Street, Henderson (behind National Bank)
RSVP to Mandy Spencer on (09) 838 7903 or mandy@communitywaitakere.org.nz


NGO INFORMATION

“Recession – Just Another Excuse To Innovate” 6 June, Wellington

A recession creates new social needs and exacerbates existing ones – but it also creates opportunity. How can the web help us innovate through recession? How could new web tools help families struggling to balance constrained budgets, people looking to share or acquire new skills, people who’ve been made redundant needing to build resilience and find new support systems, and communities to find positive new uses for under-utilised shop and office space?

At the gathering in Wellington (venue TBC), they’re bringing together a mix of social entrepreneurs, web developers, business specialists and creatives to propose and vote on their top 3 ideas to innovate out of recession. Later in the year they’ll hold a full weekend meeting to develop the top ideas into working web prototypes, with prizes including cash, mentoring and web development assistance.

Places are limited, so email sicampnz@gmail.com now and you’ll be sent a short application form. Places will be confirmed by Friday 15 May. For more information on the people behind this initiative, visit www.nzcsi.org
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Te Muka Tangata Quarterly Forum on 11 June, Wellington

The theme of the Forum is ‘PHO’s responsiveness to Maori’. This theme has been chosen in response to the current drive around the country of Medical Practitioners networks to remove any external independence that exists in their boards or remove themselves from existing PHO’s to become their own PHO’s. The establishment of PHOs was the brain child of Tariana Turia when she was the Associate Minister of Health with the Labour Government. As the Associate Minister of Health, of the current government, Minister Turia, has agreed to come and speak to the Forum about what her aspirations were when she mooted this kaupapa.

A formal invitation will be sent to all PHOs in Whanganui A Tara to attend to listen to the voices of their Maori enrolled population. The Forum will commence with a powhiri at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Minister’s address. There will then be facilitated discussion on the topic followed by lunch.
If you wish to attend forward your name to Iris Pahau at awe@paradise.net.nz


IHC Community forums, June-September North and South Island

Last year IHC reviewed its governance structure. This resulted in Branch Committees being replaced with local Associations. It also resulted in a series of local forums that give IHC members, families living with intellectual disability and other interested members of the community the opportunity to get together and find out more about IHC.

This is your opportunity to:
  • discuss issues about intellectual disability at a local level
  • meet members of IHC Board
  • hear the Board report on business activities and how IHC is run
  • network with families and other interested people
  • keep up with current issues
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Community Forum dates 2009
13 June - Palmerston North
18 July - Timaru
29 August - Hamilton
26 September - Dunedin
Numbers are limited so register your interest - www.ihc.org.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=1676


Consumer Representatives Training Programme Workshop – 17 June, Takapuna, Auckland

The Consumer Representative Training Programme (CRTP) is designed to enhance the skills of current and prospective consumer representatives. The programme will be of interest to individuals who may have been asked to participate in or who could be interested in the future in being part of a committee, reference or focus group.

The Workshop includes:
  • A summary of the NZ health system,
  • An overview of the CRTP Handbook, including
    • Participating as a consumer representative
    • Group dynamics and dealing with conflict,
    • Meeting procedures
    • Consumer Rights, and
    • The importance of consumer representation
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Details: 9.45–3.00, PHAB Building, Auburn Reserve, Auburn Street, Takapuna
The workshop is free, morning tea and lunch are provided, RSVP by Wednesday 4 June.
If you would like further information contact Sue Gibb North Shore Community Health Voice
(09) 484 0034 nscomhealthvoice@xtra.co.nz


The Inaugural National Maori Men’s Health Conference 17-19 June, Blenheim

This conference will be held at the Marlborough Conference Centre.
Keynote speakers include:
  • Professor Kekuni Blaisdell (Hawaii)
  • Dr Mark Wenitong (Australia)
  • Dr Pita Sharples
  • Dr Moana Jackson
  • Naida Glavish
  • Sir Tipen O’Regan
  • Maaka Tibble
  • Aroha Reriti-Crofts
  • Dr Rhys Jones
  • Awanuiarangi Black

The theme of the conference will be addressing "Ko Wai Au" so be part of the solutions and join us in addressing Tane Ora. View more details at www.taneora.co.nz/index.htm and mark this date into your diaries now.
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Auckland Disability Providers Network – forum with Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister for Disability Issues: Friday afternoon, 26 June.

No details yet, but mark the date in your diary.


National Foster Care Conference, 26-27 June, Napier

The National Foster Care Conference will take place in Napier on 26 and 27 June 2009. More information on the conference can be found at www.nzfostercare.org.nz/information and the conference brochure can be downloaded: www.nzfostercare.org.nz/images/Content/NZFOST_7103_CONFERENCE_BROCHURE_March09.pdf


2009 Every Child Counts Annual Awards - call for nominations

Every Child Counts is calling for nominations for their annual awards to be presented in September in Auckland this year. There are two awards - one for an institution that has made a significant difference to improve the status and wellbeing of children during 2008-09 and the other for an individual who has made a difference by an action or role that improves the status and wellbeing of children in 2008-09.

Previous recipients have been acclaimed for their achievements, with the 2007 individual winner, Beth Wood, being recognised in the 2009 New Years Honours list for her services to children. All nominees will receive acknowledgment through description the work they do for children in a special conference publication.

For enquiries contact Barbara Lambourn, UNICEF NZ (04) 8149388 or email Barbara@unicef.org.nz
Nomination forms can be sent to Every Child Counts 2009 Awards, PO Box 6434, Wellington 6141or email them to Barbara Lambourn.
Nominations will be accepted up to and including Friday 18 July.
www.everychildcounts.org.nz/docs/ECC2009AwardNominationForm.pdf
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Anxiety – The Silent Disability 5th International Conference hosted by the Phobic Trust. 23-25 July, Takapuna, Auckland

The social and economic cost of anxiety and phobic disorders. The Phobic Trust’s 5th International Conference aims to demonstrate the impact anxiety disorders have on anxiety sufferers, their families and on the New Zealand economy. The conference will define both the direct medical costs involved in treating anxiety disorders and the indirect costs arising through higher rates and secondary medical conditions among anxiety sufferers. For more information please go to the Phobic Trust website www.phobic.org.nz or phone: (09) 846 9776


Registrations open for suicide prevention symposium - 10-11 September in Wellington

Registrations are now open for “Culture and Suicide Prevention in Aotearoa”, a two-day symposium being held 10-11 September in Wellington by Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand.
www.spinz.org.nz/page/spinz_100.php
www.spinz.org.nz/forms/show/symposium-registration/new/1/


Paralympics New Zealand National Championships - 13–15 November, Wellington

For further details please see attached information and contact Glen McDonald at Parafed Auckland.
Phone: (09) 270 2503, or email: paraauckland@xtra.co.nz
www.parafedwellington.co.nz/pdfs/2009MitsubishiMotors-PNZNationalChampionships-EventInformationEntryGuide.pdf
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH INFORMATION

Health Targets 2009/10

In 2007/08 the New Zealand health sector introduced Health Targets to focus resources and improve performance in key areas. With effect from 1 July 2009 there will be six new targets instead of the current set of ten.

Health Targets are a set of national performance measures specifically designed to improve the performance of health services. They provide a focus for action. The impact they make can be measured to see how they are improving health for all New Zealanders.

Health Target Indicators Shorter stays in Emergency Departments 95 percent of patients will be admitted, discharged, or transferred from an Emergency Department (ED) within six hours.
Improved access to elective surgerythe volume of elective surgery will be increased by an average 4,000 discharges per year (compared with the previous average increase of 1400 per year).
Shorter waits for cancer treatment everyone needing radiation treatment will have this within six weeks by the end of July 2010 and within four weeks by December 2010
Increased immunisation 85 percent of two year olds will be fully immunised by July 2010; 90 percent by July 2011; and 95 percent by July 2012.
Better help for smokers to quit 80 percent of hospitalised smokers will be provided with advice and help to quit by July 2010; 90 percent by July 2011; and 95 percent by July 2012. Similar target for primary care will be introduced from July 2010 or earlier, through the PHO Performance Programme.
Better diabetes and cardiovascular services (a) increased percent of the eligible adult population will have had their CVD risk assessed in the last five years
(b) increased percent of people with diabetes will attend free annual checks
(c) increased percent of people with diabetes will have satisfactory or better diabetes management
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www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/healthtargets-200910


Cancer Connections Newsletter - Autumn 2009 edition

Cancer Connections is a quarterly newsletter that aims to link together the thousands of professionals working within the cancer community.
www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/8688/$File/cancer-connections-autumn2009.pdf


Nursing Services in New Zealand Secondary Schools - May 2009

This document summarises the findings in Nursing Services in New Zealand Secondary Schools. The study was done to explore the role of the school nurse and school nursing services and to identify the range of services provided. The research also looked at who provided the services and some of the issues for nurses in schools. There is a link between children and young peoples' health needs and their educational achievements. Health services, often nursing, have always had a presence in schools however little was known about the roles and responsibilities and education of the current school nurse.

Approximately 75% of schools have some level of school nurse available. There are variations in these roles resulting from history rather than geography or socio-demographic location. About half of all nurses employed in schools are directly employed by schools. There are a range of other models of funding and employment arrangements. A broad range of services are provided. Nurses play a key role in linking students to a range of other health providers.
www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/nursing-services-in-nz-secondary-schools-summary-may09
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Public health workforce development and training for Ministry of Health funded NGO's delivering problem gambling public health services

The Ministry of Health is seeking to buy a new service to provide "public health workforce development and training" to the Ministry of Health funded NGO's who deliver problem gambling public health services.

Full details of the proposed service are included in the Request for Proposal documents on the Government Electronic Tendering Service and can be obtained from their website www.gets.govt.nz (reference number 26008).

For organisations wishing to tender for the provision of this new service the due date for proposals is 18 June 2009. The contact person within the Ministry of Health is Derek Thompson phone (04) 816 3934 or email Derek_Thompson@moh.govt.nz


Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data – May Update

PRIMHD is a Ministry of Health project to create a single national mental health information collection. The Programme will create a picture of what services are being provided, who is providing the services, and what outcomes are being achieved for consumers across New Zealand’s mental health sector.

PRIMHD collates, analyses, and produces reports, based on the data received from District Health Boards and non-government organisations, to enable better quality service planning and decision-making by mental health and addiction service providers, at the local and national level. www2.nzhis.govt.nz/primhd/PRIMHD_NewsMay2009.pdf


Comparing NZ Hospitals

The Ministry of Health has released the latest Hospital Benchmark Information report for the last quarter of 2008. These quarterly reports track the performance of all public hospitals in NZ. They can help hospitals measure their performance against one another and look for ways to improve, and they also inform the public about local hospital services. Among the performance measures are triage rates (emergency department waiting times), patient satisfaction, average length of stay, and acute readmissions.
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The report is on the Ministry of Health website:
www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/dhb-hospital-benchmark-information-report-octdec08


Nursing in New Zealand, Chief Nurse Newsletter, May 2009

www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/nursing-resources-newsletters-may09


Nursing Developments in Primary Health Care: 2001-2007, May 2009

This report summarises the findings of the report on development of primary health care nursing in New Zealand, Nursing Developments in Primary Health Care 2001-2007.

The aim of the report was to explore the development of primary health care nursing since the introduction of the Primary Health Care Strategy and in particular to what extent the intentions of the Strategy, as they applied to nursing, had been met. The report includes; a review of literature and previous reports on primary health care nursing; semi-structured interviews with Primary Health Organisation staff, general practice staff and other key stakeholder organisations; structured interviews with nurse leaders; and a survey of general practice staff.

The two factors that have most influenced the expansion of the nurses' roles are; where Primary Health Organisations and practices have embraced the intentions of the Strategy and adopted a population health approach, with new models of care and increased collaboration between primary health care teams; and where Primary Health Organisations have recognised the potential of additional funding associated with specific services that are largely nurse-led.
www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/primary-health-care-nursing-developments-2001-2007-summary-may09

Ministry of Health media releases

www.moh.govt.nz/media
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OTHER INFORMATION

PHARMAC – seeking comments on the review of Terms of Reference of the Consumer Advisory Committee

PHARMAC is seeking your views on how it can best utilise the Consumer Advisory Committee. The committee’s advice is one of the ways PHARMAC is made aware of consumer issues relevant to its work. It is not the only interaction PHARMAC has with consumers, but the committee provides valuable advice. The Committee is established under the NZ Public Health and Disability Act 2000, and its current roles and functions are defined by its Terms of Reference. The Terms of Reference were reviewed and amended in 2004, and the review beginning now is in line with the actions arising from Medicines New Zealand, the strategy for the medicines system.

As a first step in the process, PHARMAC seeks your views on the issues relevant to the review. Your feedback and other information, including what has been learned from overseas approaches, will be used to develop options for an amended Terms of Reference, which will be consulted on later this year. Below is a link to the page on the PHARMAC website which has the relevant consultation document.
www.pharmac.govt.nz/patients/CAC

Written responses should be provided by Friday 12 June 2009, and they are interested in any and all views on matters you consider relevant to the work. If you would like to discuss your views, whether as an alternative or in addition to a written response, please contact Cherie Jacobson to arrange a meeting on (04) 460 4990 or cherie.jacobson@pharmac.govt.nz .

New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook: A Summary Resource for Primary Care Practitioners - 2009 Edition

This Guideline Handbook is an updated revision of the original Handbook published in 2005. Guideline handbooks are an important tool for evidenced-based practitioners. Handbooks both distil the contents of full guidelines and provide practical aids to the practitioner that may not be appropriate to include in the full guideline.
www.nzgg.org.nz/guidelines/dsp_guideline_popup.cfm?guidelineCatID=3&guidelineID=154
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Families and Mental Illness - Research for a film script

Lucy Pardee is writing a short film script about a little girl's experience of her mother's mental distress. Although Lucy has personal experience of having a parent with mental illness, she would like to hear from families with children about their experiences of mental illness. After hearing the stories from a range of families, Lucy hopes to create authentic, yet totally fictional, characters who are believable in a New Zealand context.

Lucy comes to this project with five years experience working with award-winning filmmakers and production companies in film and TV in the UK. She has worked extensively with hard-to-reach and under-represented communities through script research, casting and documentaries.

If you are interested in having a chat with Lucy, please email her lucypardee@gmail.com . All contact will be totally confidential.


Marae Food Safety Guide

A new food safety guide called Te Kai Manawa Ora has been published by the NZ Food Safety Authority. It includes information on how to buy, store, cook, and serve food safely, and it also gives food safety tips for some traditional Maori food practices. This includes gathering puha, watercress and kaimoana, making a hangi, and serving recreationally caught meat.
The guide is on the Food Safety Authority’s website www.nzfsa.govt.nz
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Pre-school Asthma Pilot Programme

A new Space to Breathe – He Tapu Te Ha asthma programme is to be delivered to 20 kohanga reo and early childhood education centres in Taranaki between April and September 2009. The aim is to promote better awareness of asthma and how to manage it, so families can avoid the need for hospitalisation. For parents and caregivers, the programme will provide education, support, and personalised asthma management plans. It will also include resources such as story books, posters, and reference manuals. For doctors, there will be access to a new decision support tool developed by the Best Practice Advocacy Centre. The programme was developed by PHARMAC, in conjunction with regional health providers (Tui Ora, Tihi and Piki Te Ora) in New Plymouth, and the Best Practice Advocacy Centre. If it is successful, a nationwide roll out will be considered.

The website of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of NZ is at www.asthmanz.co.nz . The Founcation is a non-government charitable organisation with 25 affiliated Asthma Societies and branches throughout NZ that can offer one-to-one education, tips, techniques, and support for dealing with asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and other respiratory conditions.

Centre for Public Policy Unemployment and the Global Financial Crisis: Policy, Partnerships and Practice Conference 3-4 December - Melbourne, Australia - seeking presentations and academic papers

Until 31 August, the conference organisers are seeking both practitioner presentations and academic papers on topics including:
  • Challenges posed by the global financial crisis for employment
  • The role of partnerships in employment creation
  • Current partnerships in practice
  • Partnerships and skills creation
  • Future directions for employment partnerships

For information about the conference – and for full details of the Call for Papers - please visit the conference website: www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/unemployment09/index.html or contact Dr Lauren Rosewarne. lrose@unimelb.edu.au

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