Intensive Sustainability Training
The Urban Sustainability Support Alliance (USSA) is pleased to announce that 9 councils and 2 Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs), which represent a further 20 councils, were the successful recipients of Intensive Sustainability Training. This follows an Expression of Interest process which was open to all NSW councils.
Each successful council or ROC will receive a minimum of 2 full days of customised in-house training.
The intention of the Intensive Sustainability Training is to support organisational change occurring within councils as they progress towards sustainability, and to spark action within council.
Congratulations to the following councils, or consortia of councils, who have been offered the Intensive Sustainability Training from the USSA for 2009:
- Bathurst City Council
- Canada Bay Council
- Coffs Harbour City Council
- Holroyd City Council
- Goulburn - Mulwaree Council
- NamoiROC
- RAMROC
- Strathfield Municipal Council
- Tumut Shire Council
- Wakool Shire Council
- Yass Shire Council
How can my council benefit?
The USSA's linked peer-to-peer program will provide the Intensive Sustainability Training materials, resources and support to other councils who wish to benefit from this training.
The Intensive Sustainability Training is part of the professional development support that the USSA project is providing to NSW councils. Other learning support includes workshops and forums, training sessions, sustainability health check support and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
Resources
- Sustainability Learning Guides: a series of practical guides that provide 10 strategies you can use to affect organisation change that is required to deliver sustainability outcomes. Guides currently developed include involving council staff, working with councillors and assisting businesses. The information collected in this guide has come from practitioners who have shared their initiatives with the USSA sustainability learning officer.
Additional resources will be uploaded to the USSA resource database when available.