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2008 Core Value Award Winners

We would like to congratulate the following organisations on their successful entries in the 2008 IAP2 Australasia Core Value Awards.

Category 1: Award for Public Participation Enhanced Decision-making

Core Values 2 & 7

Highly Commended	Hinze Dam Alliance
Hinze Dam Stage 3	Anne Pattillo presents the award to Greg Lee of Sinclair Knight Merz

Winner	Surf Coast Shire
Airey's Inlet Citizens' Jury	Chad Foulkes of Surf Coast Shire accepts
An excellent use of stratified random sampling to tap into “beyond the usual suspects”. Surf Coast Council should be congratulated for their innovative approach and for power sharing and showing trust in the community. This process had clear feedback and evaluation mechanism.

Category 2: Award for Robust Public Participation Process

Core Values 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6

Highly Commended	Penrith City Council
Penrith City Council Neighbourhood Renewal Program - An integrated approach to community engagement in Kingswood Park	Heather Chaffrey and Calie Vandyk-Dunlevy from Penrith City Council

Highly Commended	City of Gosnells
Engage not Enrage - Involving young people in the City of Gosnells Public Participation	City of Gosnells were unable to attend and receive their award

Winner	City of Sydney
Sustainable Sydney 2030	Congratulations to Julie Grimson and Belinda Brooker, representing City of Sydney
A very robust process of ensuring all stakeholders were sought out, including the “often engaged”, “sometimes engaged” and the “seldom engaged”. Loved the Future Phone method for young people, with used their preferred methods of engagement. Excellent methods tailored to stakeholder groups.

Category 3: Award for Best Public Participation Policy Framework

Core Values 1 - 7

Winner

Maribyrnong City Council

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities: Communications Strategy 2008-2010

Jennifer Legge accepts the award for Maribyrnong City Council

Maribyrnong City Council demonstrated an excellent commitment to engaging diverse groups from different cultural backgrounds. It was a robust, well-thought out framework. It had an inclusive development process, with everyone involved in coming up with a good community engagement strategy. Very inspirational!