ABOUT THE AWARD

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LGPro, in conjunction with the LGPro Corporate and Community Planning Special Interest Group, invite nominations for the annual Corporate and Community Planning Award and the Best Practice and Innovation in Council Development Award that is offered every four years.

These awards celebrate the success of individuals and teams working in the Local Government Corporate and Community Planning sector in Victoria

THE CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY PLANNING AWARD focuses on initiatives that demonstrate excellence and which have been implemented by Local Government in the areas of:

• Council planning
• Community planning
• Integrating Council and community planning
• Performance measurement and management
• Service planning, delivery or enhancement
• Sustainable community involvement in Council and community planning
• Planning for environmental sustainability
• Planning for business transformation

Projects or initiatives that have been implemented in response to and recovery from COVID-19 can also be nominated as long as demonstrable outcomes have been achieved (projects/initiatives with outcomes are highly regarded).

THE BEST PRACTICE AND INNOVATION IN COUNCIL PLAN DEVELOPMENT AWARD is aligned with the legislative period for developing a Council Plan. The purpose of this award is to foster continuous improvement in project planning, stimulate innovation and to acknowledge best practice development of Council Plans.

NOMINATIONS AND CLOSING DATE

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Nominations for the award must be completed via an online process and will close 5pm, Friday 10 March. When you submit a nomination electronically you will be required to create a username and password. This will allow you to come back to your nomination should you wish to complete it in stages, or if you wish to add further information prior to the closing date. When submitting your nomination each question must be answered to be able to proceed to the next question.

Up to five electronic photographs (jpg or tif format) must be included with your nomination with a description of each photograph in the relevant space provided in the online application form. These must be of high resolution quality, ie. a minimum of 1MB in size.

This year we also require Councils to submit a 45 second video to supplement their nominations. This can be as simple as an iPhone video of a Council officer providing an overview of the nomination.

Nominations will be accepted from both LGPro Members and Non Members, however at least one nominator must be an LGPro Member. One of the two nominators must be the Council CEO. In the case of a team submission, at least one member of the team must be an LGPro Member.