Compliance & Governance

for the Victorian Public Sector

PLAN

Easily plan your community engagement activities according to government expected best practice framework.

RECORD

Record and store evidence of your community engagement activities to meet government modeled recommendations.

REPORT

Report on all your community engagement initiatives, with confidence that you are working to a government expected framework.

EASILY

CommGage has a user friendly interface that provides public sector organisations with an easy to follow, government approved structure.

community engagement governance

Why your organisation needs to take it seriously Australia’s public services sector is quickly moving towards a more comprehensive attitude in regards to community engagement and public participation.

In particular, the planning and reporting of all public sector organisations’ community engagement activities is becoming more heavily scrutinised not only by communities themselves, but also by government authorities. The **Victorian Auditor Generals Office (VAGO) " a better practice guide to public participation" document outlines a clearly defined framework for planning and reporting community engagement initiatives.

VAGO has developed this better practice guide in order to provide a high-level framework for agencies across the public sector to use when deciding how best to involve the public in government decision-making and implementation - and this is where CommGage can help.

By using the CommGage system, public sector organisations can be confident that their community engagement planning and reporting mechanisms follow best practice government expectations.

How CommGage can simplify your community engagement work

you can plan
you can prove
you can report
  • Communications specialists 98%
  • Planners 92%
  • Engineers 99%
  • Governance 87%
How CommGage can benefit

everyone in your business

CommGage can help your government organisation stay up to date with community engagement projects, by allowing planners, engineers, legal experts, governance professionals and communications specialists to work together on the planning, capturing and reporting of all your community engagement activities.

Step #1

Background Record all information about project background including objectives, decisions, and legal and human rights implications.

Step #2

Stakeholders List all public, internal and government stakeholders AND easily understand their involvement level in your project.

Step #3

Resources, skills and time Outline all the things you will need to successfully implement your community engagement initiative.

Step #4

Customising your program Easily create an action plan to follow that takes into consideration the project, stakeholders and resources for a successful outcome.

Step #5

Record Evidence Record and store all evidence of your community engagement activities for reporting and compliance purposes.

Step #6

Reporting & Continuous Improvement Create a report and implement a cycle of continuous improvement to frequently develop your organisation’s community engagement initiatives over time.

Built in Victoria for the Victorian public sector