Social Enterprise Partnerships


Call for Papers

Reforming Public Services Summit
 
 7-8 May 2012

Real reform towards citizen-centred social policy
 and empowered users of public services
 
 
Why a Summit on Reforming Public Services?

 Reform of public services has been a constant theme amongst governments, policy officials, and service delivery organisations for the last two decades.

Despite the constant talk, real change towards citizen-centred social policy and empowered users of public services is hard to find. What is more common is a pattern of frequently restructured financing arrangements for service delivery and re-badged programs which have little impact on the experience of users of services.

For instance, in the name of 'health reform', the Commonwealth Government has in the last 18 months established no fewer than eight new national statutory authorities to administer health care.

This Summit over two days will review the progress, and the stalemate, in reform of public services, and explore prospects and strategies for reform in the following areas of social policy:
  • Education
  • Health
  • Welfare
  • Ageing
  • Disability
  • Families
  • Indigenous affairs
  • Rural and regional affairs
  • Community strengthening

The Summit has an interest in processes and models, from Australia and overseas, that have broken through the reform stalemate and generated innovative thinking and practice, and new forms of user participation in the design, ownership and implementation of reform options.

The format of this Summit will involve a mix of structured consensus-oriented deliberations, informed by inputs from presenters in plenary and concurrent sessions. The goal is to search for, and progress, common understandings and approaches through the course of the deliberations over the two days.

Early Bird Deadline for Registrations: 30 March 2012
CLICK HERE to register. 
 

Call for Papers and Other Contributions

Papers and presentations are invited which address these themes in two streams:

1. Policy analysis, Australian and overseas case studies, innovation proposals or policy reform proposals in the areas of:

  • Health
  • Education
  • Welfare
  • Ageing
  • Disability
  • Families
  • Indigenous affairs
  • Rural and regional affairs
  • Community strengthening
  • Crime and justice

2. Strategic perspectives on:

  • Processes of public policy change
  • Processes of empowerment of citizens and communities
  • Diversifying and deepening public debate about reform

Expressions of interest in presenting a paper or workshop or display should be forwarded, in no more than 300 words, by 30 March 2012, using this form or by email to admin@partnerships.org.au

CLICK HERE to submit an expression of interest in presenting

CLICK HERE to register. 

Further Information

 Vern Hughes
03 5629 8400 
0425 722 890
vern@partnerships.org.au
 
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