ACELG CONSORTIUM
In 2006 LGMA facilitated a Skills Shortage Forum in Canberra to explore and define skills shortage issues in local government. An outcome of the forum was the formation of a National Skills Shortage Steering Committee, (later renamed the National Local Government Workforce Reference Group) and the development of the 2007 National Skills Shortage Strategy for Local Government. This later led to the development of further strategies. A key recommendation of the national strategy was the establishment of a virtual Centre for Excellence to showcase, promote and develop best practice in local government workforce development.
In 2008, the Federal Government announced an $8 million commitment over five years to fund the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) in order to help improve the capacity of the sector’s workforce. In June 2009, ACELG was launched and LGMA was named as a member of the winning consortium alongside the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), the University of Canberra and the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA). The Secretariat is housed at UTS.
ACELG’s activities are grouped in six program areas, with specific program partners responsible for delivery of different program areas:
- Research and policy foresight
- Innovation and best practice
- Governance and strategic leadership
- Organisation capacity building
- Rural, remote and Indigenous local government
- Workforce development (LGMA is the chief program partner responsible for this program area)
In 2008, the Federal Government announced an $8 million commitment over five years to fund the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) in order to help improve the capacity of the sector’s workforce. In June 2009, ACELG was launched and LGMA was named as a member of the winning consortium alongside the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), the University of Canberra and the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA). The Secretariat is housed at UTS.
ACELG’s activities are grouped in six program areas, with specific program partners responsible for delivery of different program areas:
- Research and policy foresight
- Innovation and best practice
- Governance and strategic leadership
- Organisation capacity building
- Rural, remote and Indigenous local government
- Workforce development (LGMA is the chief program partner responsible for this program area)
