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Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008 – 2011PROMOTING VITALITY AND OPPORTUNITY

Adopted: 30 June 2008

Owner: Manager, Social Planning, Access and Community Development

Review Date: July 2009

1Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008–2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2

1.0 WHY A CULTURAL DIVERSITY STRATEGY? 4

1.1 Principles 5

1.2 Objectives 6

1.3 Origins of the Strategy 6

2.0 THE CITY IN PROFILE 7

2.1 Birthplaces 7

2.2 Languages Spoken 8

2.3 Ancestry 9

3.0 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 10

3.1 Legislation and Role of Local Government 10

3.2 Relationship to the City’s Plans 11

3.3 Initiatives for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities and Achievements to date 11

4.0 OBJECTIVES, INITIATIVES AND ACTIONS 15

4.1 Celebrating and Valuing Diversity 16

4.2 Participation and Connection 16

4.3 Responsive Services and Support 17

4.4 An Inclusive Council 18

4.5 Leadership and Advocacy 18

4.6 Sustaining the Global City 19

5.0 PUTTING THE STRATEGY INTO ACTION 20

5.1 Strategy Implementation Plan 20

5.2 Multicultural Advisory Panel 20

5.3 Monitoring and Update Reports 20

5.4 Annual Review and New Action Plan 21

5.5 Four Year Evaluation 21

6.0 CULTURAL DIVERSITY STRATEGY ACTION PLAN 2008–2011 22

2 Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008–2011

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The City of Sydney has a strong commitment to celebrating and enhancing our cultural diversity. In a local government area where one in three of its residents are born overseas, the City recognises it has a responsibility to ensure its policies and services are continuously improving to match the community’s needs.

The City recognises the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation are the traditional custodians of the land, and values the continuing culture and community contributions of its Indigenous Australians. It also recognises the significant contributions made by successive waves of migrants and refugees to its local government area and to the country. Governments at all levels have an important role to play in promoting this vitality and continuing to provide opportunities for all individuals, regardless of their cultural, linguistic or religious backgrounds, to participate fully in the community.

The Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008–2011 is the City of Sydney’s blueprint for how it will celebrate and support cultural diversity over the coming years.

The Strategy is consistent with the City‘s corporate and social planning processes and is built upon six core objectives:

1. Celebrating and Valuing Diversity

2. Participation and Connection

3. Responsive Services and Support

4. An Inclusive Council

5. Leadership and Advocacy

6. Sustaining the Global City

Under each objective, the City has developed a set of practical initiatives and actions that cover all areas of Council’s services and activities.

In Celebrating and Valuing Diversity, the Strategy supports initiatives that promote understanding between diverse communities and continue to support and organise cultural events that celebrate diversity, such as Chinese New Year, Living In Harmony Program and Christmas celebrations. It also includes a range of initiatives on promoting cultural diversity in our arts, history and heritage programs.

In Participation and Connection, the City will implement a range of communication processes to better reach members of the community who speak languages other than English, as part of a new Multicultural Communications Protocol.


In Responsive Services and Support, the City will ensure its grants and sponsorship programs are accessible to cultural and linguistically diverse groups and organisations. It will also ensure its own facilities, services and programs are culturally appropriate to a multicultural society and accessible to residents, workers and visitors regardless of their cultural, linguistic or religious backgrounds.

The Strategy contains initiatives on ways to An Inclusive Council. This involves the ongoing employment of bi-lingual and multicultural specialist staff, providing cross-cultural staff training, and ensuring Council’s decision making is informed by sound and inclusive consultation and evidence-based processes.

In Leadership and Advocacy, the City is committed to advocate for the social and economic benefits of a multicultural society. It will work closely with both the state and commonwealth governments to jointly implement measures aimed at promoting the benefits of cultural diversity. It will also continue to advocate to support compassionate policies and initiatives that support refugees and asylum seekers.

Finally, in Sustaining the Global City, the City will continue to takes steps to ensure its social and urban planning is attractive to international businesses and skilled migrants. It will promote Sydney with international students and tourists. It will also encourage businesses to take advantage of our skilled migrants, and support business organisations to promote and support ventures reflective of our culturally diverse community.

To ensure the Strategy is being effectively implemented across the City, a number of review and monitoring processes have been put in place. This includes the establishment of a Multicultural Advisory Panel made up of community members. It also includes annual updates on the Strategy as part of the Corporate Plan reporting process, plus an annual review and the development of a new action plan for the coming year.

The City’s Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008–2011 provides a comprehensive and cohesive framework that builds on our past achievements in encouraging a harmonious and prosperous multicultural community. It provides the practical steps to ensure the City of Sydney continues to grow as a vibrant global city, providing opportunities to all its residents, workers and visitors.


1.0 WHY A CULTURAL DIVERSITY STRATEGY?

The City of Sydney (the City) is an internationally recognised vibrant and cosmopolitan city made up of people who come from many different nations across the world.

Of the City’s nearly 160,000 residents, approximately 46% or 56,000 were born overseas. Over 32% or 38,000 of our residents speak a language other than English at home. This diversity is also reflected in the City’s workforce, where approximately 21% of the City’s employees speak a second language at home.

The City recognises the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation are the traditional custodians of the land, and values the continuing culture and community contributions of its Indigenous Australians. It also recognises the significant contributions made by successive waves of migrants and refugees to its local government area and to the country.

Migrants and refugees, whether dating back two hundred years or newly arrived, have brought with them a rich array of skills, experiences, language and cultures. Recognising and valuing of this diversity within the context of a harmonious community has major social and economic benefits.

A city where people of all cultures and faiths feel respected and valued is a city that encourages its people to be included, connected and able to participate in the life of the community. It builds an environment where all individuals, regardless of their cultural, linguistic or religious backgrounds, can positively contribute to society and play a constructive part in building a strong, prosperous and harmonious community, full of vitality and opportunities.

When we stroll down the streets of Sydney we can see the productive benefits of a truly multicultural society. The City continues to grow as a hub to many international firms who have selected Sydney over other cities because of its culturally and linguistically skilled workforce. Many of the City’s business owners and staff also use their connections in their countries of origin to further grow their businesses in an international marketplace.


On a daily basis Sydneysiders have access to the cuisines of the world, as well as to a vast array of culturally diverse products and retail outlets. Each of these contributes to the economic development of the City, as well as to a vibrant and interesting community life.

As a centre for learning, the City also attracts a large number of international students, many of whom elect to make Australia their home after completing their degrees.

Our cultural diversity is also evident in the City’s high profile cultural celebrations such as the Chinese New Year, the largest outside of Asia, as well as in Living in Harmony Program and Christmas celebrations. These events and other appeals of the City make Sydney a prime international tourist destination.

Yet the vibrancy and diversity of Sydney and its harmonious yet exciting culture is not the result of mere accident. The City of Sydney and those who live in and visit it are the beneficiaries of ongoing work to develop and refine policies of inclusiveness, social justice and productive diversity.

To ensure that this continues, and the benefits of cultural diversity in the City can grow and add value to our community as a whole, the City has prepared this comprehensive Cultural Diversity Strategy.

1.1 Principles

The City of Sydney’s Cultural Diversity Strategy is supported by three principles:

■ A belief in the benefits of a multicultural society that is free of discrimination and fosters community harmony.

■ All residents, workers and visitors will be respected and valued regardless of their cultural, linguistic or religious backgrounds.

■ To be inclusive, responsive and culturally sensitive in the City’s policies, processes and services.


1.2 Objectives

In order to put these principles into practice, and to continuously measure our progress, the City’s Cultural Diversity Strategy has six objectives:







These objectives form the backbone of our Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008–2011.

Over the next three years the City will implement a range of initiatives under each objective. Progress will be monitored by an annual set of actions, with measurable outcomes.

1.3 Origins of the Strategy

In 2006 the City undertook a major Multicultural Review which included extensive consultations with staff and managers across the organisation. The review also looked into existing Council policies and initiatives.

In 2007 these initiatives were again reviewed in the context of developing a draft Cultural Diversity Strategy. A further round of internal and external consultation was undertaken.

What follows is a consolidation of initiatives and actions that have underpinned the City’s commitment to multiculturalism over many years. It also contains initiatives and actions that will make the City a leader in terms of inclusion and responsiveness.

The success of the City of Sydney so far has been one of a dynamic and culturally rich city. The City of Sydney’s Cultural Diversity Strategy will build on this success and ensure that it continues to be a city of vitality and opportunity for everyone.


Like other metropolitan areas in Australia, the City of Sydney local government area (LGA) is rich in cultural diversity. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006, of the City’s 160,000 residents, 35% or 56,000 were born overseas. Nearly 24% or 38,000 of our residents speak a language other than English at home. This diversity is also reflected in the City’s workforce, where approximately 21% of the City’s employees speak a second language at home.

The number of residents of the City of Sydney born overseas increased by 7,050 between 2001 and 2006.

2.1 Birthplaces

The most common overseas birthplace in the City was the United Kingdom with some 7,800 people, followed by China with approximately 5,600, New Zealand with approximately 4,700, Indonesia with approximately 3,000 people and South Korea with approximately 2,500 people.

2.0 THE CITY IN PROFILE

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2.2 Languages spoken

Of the 56,000 people born overseas, nearly half (42%) spoke only English and of those for whom English was not their first language, 46% spoke it well. However, 11% of overseas-born people in the City (around 6,200) did not speak English well. Twenty-five per cent of these people had arrived in the past five years, while about 40% arrived more than 15 years ago.

In 2006 the most commonly spoken language other than English was Mandarin, spoken by 5,738 people (4.8 %) followed by Cantonese (5,094 or 4.2%), then Indonesian (2,627), Korean (2,435), Greek (2,022), Russian (1,680), Spanish (1,569) and Vietnamese (1,319) respectively.

Relative to Greater Sydney, the City’s most common language spoken at home other than English was Indonesian (spoken by 4.6 times the proportion of people within Greater Sydney), Russian (spoken by 4.1 times) and Japanese (spoken by 3.5 times). On the other hand, Arabic/Lebanese, Italian, Vietnamese and Hindi, though spoken here, were used by relatively fewer people than across Greater Sydney.

Among local Aboriginal people, 3.5% spoke Aboriginal languages at home. In Greater Sydney, 2.7% of Aboriginal people did so.

The following table gives the distribution of languages other than English spoken at home in the City’s LGA. It also lists those suburbs containing the highest proportions of residents speaking those languages at home.

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Mandarin 5,738 4.8% Sydney City, Haymarket, Ultimo, Pyrmont

Cantonese 5,094 4.3% Sydney City, Haymarket, Ultimo, Pyrmont

Indonesian 2,627 2.2% Sydney City, Haymarket, Rosebery, Pyrmont

Korean 2,435 2.0% Sydney City, Haymarket, Pyrmont, Surry Hills, Waterloo

Greek 2,022 1.7% Rosebery, Newtown, Redfern, Surry Hills

Russian 1,680 1.4% Waterloo, Redfern, Rosebery, Woolloomooloo

Spanish 1,569 1.3% Rosebery, Redfern, Glebe, Surry Hills


2.3 Ancestry

In the City of Sydney, only 20% of people gave their ancestry as Australian. Of the others, the most commonly cited ancestry was English (22%), followed Chinese (10%), Irish (9%), Scottish (6%) and German (3%).

Compared with Greater Sydney, the biggest differences in the ancestries of the City’s people were the larger proportions of people with Australian ancestry (25.5% versus 19.1%), Chinese ancestry (10.1% versus 6.1%) and Irish ancestry (9.3% versus 6.8%). There were smaller proportions with Lebanese (0.7% versus 2.7%) and Italian (2.4% versus 3.6%) ancestries.

The City’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in 2006 was 1,981 constituting 1.7% of the population compared with 1.1% within Greater Sydney.


3.0 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

3.1 Legislation and role of local government

The NSW Community Relations Commission and Principles of Multiculturalism Act 2000 (Amendment 2003) enshrines the policy of multiculturalism. The Act establishes the four Principles of Multiculturalism as NSW Government policy and requires public authorities to observe these principles in the conduct of their affairs. The Act makes it the duty of the Chief Executive Officer of every public authority and each Council to ensure that the provisions of this Government’s policy are carried out.

The four Principles of Multiculturalism are:

Principle 1 – All individuals in New South Wales should have the greatest possible opportunity to contribute to, and participate in, all aspects of public life in which they may legally participate.

Principle 2 – All individuals and institutions should respect and make provision for the culture, language and religion of others within an Australian legal and institutional framework where English is the common language.

Principle 3 – All individuals should have the greatest possible opportunity to make use of and participate in relevant activities and programs provided or administered by the Government of New South Wales.

Principle 4 – All institutions of New South Wales should recognise the linguistic and cultural assets in the population of New South Wales as a valuable resource and promote this resource to maximise the development of the State.

Local councils address the Principles of Multiculturalism through developing a Social Plan in response to the Social/ Community Planning and Reporting Guidelines, and Management Planning provisions of the Local Government Act 1993 (as amended) and related regulations.

NSW local council social/ community frameworks are based on the NSW Government’s broader social justice framework, which includes seven target groups, one of which is people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Local councils in New South Wales play a crucial role in promoting the NSW Principles of Multiculturalism, and many councils provide a broad range of multicultural programs and services to their diverse communities in culturally appropriate and often innovative ways. Councils can also promote the four principles through decisions they make in terms of planning, staffing and communication.


3.2 Relationship to the City’s plans

The City’s Social Policy (2006) contains amongst its principles the City’s commitment to:

■ Recognition of Indigenous Australians

■ Valuing all people

■ Diversity is strength

■ Fair and integrated decisions

It also establishes Council’s roles in:

■ Social leadership

■ Providing information

■ Fostering participation

■ Research

■ Advocacy

This Strategy applies the principles and roles defined in the Social Policy and provides direction to address the priority needs for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds documents in the City’s Social Plan 2006–2010.

3.3 Initiatives for culturally and linguistically diverse communities and achievements to date

This Strategy has consolidated the City’s commitment to a culturally diverse Sydney and builds on many policies and initiatives that have helped make the City what it is today. Some of these are:

Multicultural celebrations

The City already has very successful cultural events and cross-cultural initiatives that celebrate the cultural diversity of the City and promote understanding and respect between communities.

The City organises and sponsors a number of major multicultural events each year, including:

■ Living in Harmony program: The City has coordinated the Living in Harmony program for the several years in partnership with a range of community groups and organisations. During the weeks leading up to Harmony Day (21 March), the City organises a series of events including concerts, cross-cultural tours, cultural talks, workshops and movie nights. These events promote understanding and interaction between various communities.


■ Primo Italiano: Held in Stanley Street, East Sydney during May. Primo Italiano is an annual festival celebrating Sydney’s original Little Italy with contemporary Italian food, wine and entertainment.

■ City’s Chinese New Year Festival: Outside of Asia, the City’s festival is one of the largest celebrations of the Lunar New Year with a parade, night markets, food stalls, dragon boat racing, tours and many other events.

The City of Sydney History program

The City’s History program has a strong commitment to support and document migrant and refugee history via the following initiatives:

■ Dictionary of Sydney: The project aims to present the history of all of metropolitan Sydney online and through other mediums. It will become a forum for public discussion, education and entertainment. It will contain vast amounts of material on all the different ethnic and cultural groups.

■ Self-guided walking tour brochure: The self-guided historical walking tour brochures introduce residents and visitors to different aspects of the Sydney’s fascinating history including tours of places that are significant to the City’s multicultural communities such as Spanish Quarter and Chinatown A separate brochure also introduces Sydney Colony history. The walking tour brochures have been translated into Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

■ Oral history: Oral testimony is often the starting place for documenting the lives of people. The City’s History program has coordinated and collated oral histories of migrants and refugees and their settlement in Sydney.

■ Barani website: Understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal culture has been nurtured within the City by the establishment of the Barani website. The website contains the history, life stories and images of Indigenous men and women who have made significant contributions to their people and their country.

Identifying opportunities to further promote the website, and enhance culturally and linguistically diverse communities’ understanding and respect of Aboriginal culture is an ongoing commitment of the City.


NAIDOC Week

The City supports and works in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to organise events in the first week of July each year. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is committed to engaging members of our community including people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Grants and Sponsorships program

The City’s grants and sponsorships program provides funding and in-kind support to a range of community groups and organisations. One of the priority groups for support is people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The City’s grants and sponsorships program also provides extensive support for community organisations and groups to develop strategies to promote understanding and improve access to information and services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Libraries

Council’s library network has an extensive community languages collection which feature at least nine community languages. The library service has compiled and analysed client ethnicity data to provide an indication of the needs of a particular language collection and justify its expansion.

Children Services

The service actively integrates cross-cultural understanding and appreciation into their program. The Children services have also used the skills of volunteers from diverse cultural backgrounds in centre activities and has displayed images and celebrated festivals from around the world.


Culturally diverse workforce

The City’s cultural diversity is reflected in our workplace. In July 2006 the staff diversity survey indicated that 25% of the City’s staff were born overseas, 21% speak a second language, 15% are from a non-English speaking background and 3% are from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

The City also employs specialist staff. It has a Multicultural Development Officer to provide advice to Council on multicultural issues and develop multicultural policies. The Multicultural Development Officer participates in government and non-government forums to advocate for the community, as well as networking and providing advice and support to community organisations and groups. The Multicultural Development Officer also coordinates the annual Living in Harmony program. Council’s Library service also employs a multicultural librarian to ensure the library service is meeting the needs of the City’s diverse communities.

The City’s services, such as its Libraries and Children’s, Aged and Disability Services, have developed proactive strategies and policies to make their services more accessible to culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This includes recruitment of bi-lingual and bi-cultural staff and regular collection of client ethnicity data to assist with service planning and evaluation. The City has compiled extensive information on its demographic profile and made this available on its website.

Ultimo Community Centre is an example of how these policies can work in the local area. The centre employs bi-lingual staff and currently has several hundred clients from Chinese-speaking backgrounds, comprising about 50% of its total membership. The Centre also supports and encourages the participation of Chinese-speaking volunteers. It has established a Chinese Seniors Group which runs regular art classes and a social program attracting over 170 clients per week.

Sustainable Sydney 2030 consultation

Sustainable Sydney 2030 is a strategic planning project that will create a plan to guide the development of the City of Sydney for the next 20 years and beyond. The project has adopted a number of creative and inclusive strategies to consult with the City’s diverse communities. To date, the City has directly consulted with more than three thousand Sydneysiders from all walks of life through forums, workshops, talks, roundtable lunches, schools poetry project and a Chinese community leaders roundtable.

Each of these achievements and outcomes are built on in the objectives, initiatives and actions that follow.


4.0 OBJECTIVES, INITIATIVES AND ACTIONS

The City’s 2008–2011 Cultural Diversity Strategy has six objectives:


Recognising, supporting and celebrating the rich cultural diversity of the City’s local residents, workers and visitors.


Improving opportunities for members of the culturally and linguistically diverse communities to access and participate in the life of the City.


Providing services that are responsive to the community and able to support those with specific linguistic or cultural needs.


Ensuring the City’s staff and processes reflect its culturally diverse community.


Seeking opportunities for the City to provide leadership and work in partnership with others to advocate for culturally diverse communities.


Making the most of the economic benefits of cultural diversity and seeking ways to sustain Sydney as a global city.

What follows is a list of initiatives to be undertaken under each objective, together with a set of actions to be implemented between 2008 and 2011.


4.1 Celebrating and Valuing Diversity

The City of Sydney recognises, supports, values and celebrates the rich cultural diversity of its residents, workers and visitors.

We celebrate the fact that much of the vibrancy and vitality of the City draws from the one third or more of residents who were born outside Australia, who bring to the City a diverse mix of skills, cultures, languages and religions.

To build on this vitality, and to increase opportunities to celebrate and support diversity, the City of Sydney is committed to the following initiatives:

1.1 Produce major events celebrating diversity

1.2 Promote harmony in the community

1.3 Support community celebrations of diversity

1.4 Showcase diversity in the City’s images, artworks and documentation

1.5 Promote our culturally diverse history and heritage

1.6 Actively participate in citizenship ceremonies

1.7 Promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage to culturally and linguistically diverse communities

4.2 Participation and Connection

Every person living, working, studying or visiting the City of Sydney has something to contribute to the life of its community. The range of skills, abilities and experiences on offer are part of what makes Sydney a great place to live and work.

An accessible city is one that ensures all residents have the opportunity to make use of its services and facilities and take part in decision-making processes. For some whose first language is not English, this may involve the provision of interpreter services and multilingual and multi-format information.

To improve opportunities for residents, workers or visitors from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to access and participate in the life of the city, the City of Sydney is committed to the following initiatives:


2.1 Develop a Multicultural Communication Protocol, including the use of strategic translations

2.2 Enhance the City’s multilingual website

2.3 Provide easy access to interpreter services

2.4 Recruit and make strategic use of bi-lingual staff

2.5 Ensure accessible communications

2.6 Undertake inclusive consultations

2.7 Provide accessible venues and facilities

4.3 Responsive Services and Support

The City of Sydney is proud of the range of grants, sponsorships, social and information services it provides to the community. These initiatives exist for the benefit of all residents and therefore should be responsive to the needs of community members.

To ensure all members of the community are given opportunities to make use of the City’s services, and find them responsive to their needs, the City of Sydney is committed to the following initiatives:

3.1 Provide grants and sponsorships that are inclusive of culturally and linguistically diverse communities

3.2 Undertake culturally diverse community services programming

3.3 Deliver inclusive library services

3.4 Enhance the inclusiveness of core services

3.5 Enhance the inclusiveness of planning and design activities

3.6 Undertake research into culturally and linguistically diverse community needs

3.7 Assist building the capacity of the multicultural communities to support and respond to their emerging needs and issues

3.8 Support and address the needs of small and emerging communities


4.4 An Inclusive Council

Culturally and linguistically diverse communities are best served by council staff who reflect the same level of diversity. Just as cultural diversity is an obvious reality on the streets of Sydney, it should be a reality in the corridors of Council.

Staff training in cross-cultural awareness, recruitment of bi-lingual staff, and employ-ment of multicultural specialists all contribute to building a strong and responsive workforce.

To achieve the aim of an inclusive City, the City of Sydney is committed to the following initiatives:

4.1 Ensure council decision-making is inclusive

4.2 Employ multicultural specialist staff

4.3 Establish a Multicultural Advisory Panel

4.4 Undertake culturally diverse recruitment

4.5 Deliver cross-cultural awareness staff training

4.6 Undertake evidence-based decision-making

4.5 Leadership and Advocacy

Twenty-first century community building requires a vision that looks further than the physical borders of the city itself.

Having recognised the value of cultural diversity to the social and economic success of Sydney, the City of Sydney is in a position to encourage other city councils and the state and commonwealth governments to develop more policies and practices to enhance community harmony and inclusiveness to make Australia a better place for all of us.

As the primary local council for the capital city of New South Wales, the City of Sydney has a vital role to play in advocacy and leadership in this state and beyond.

To take steps towards fulfilling this leadership and advocacy role, the City of Sydney is committed to the following initiatives:

5.1 Promote the benefits of cultural diversity

5.2 Support and advocating for refugees and asylum seekers

5.3 Encourage skilled migrant and multicultural volunteers initiatives

5.4 Partner with different levels of government

5.5 Engage with the community

5.6 Promote the Cultural Diversity Strategy


4.6 Sustaining the Global City

Australia is part of a global community and the City of Sydney already forms a key connection point between our nation and the rest of the world, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.

Modern communications and modes of transport mean that both information and people are on the move as never before. It is in this kind of global marketplace that cultural and linguistic diversity comes into its own and economies which recognise this will prosper.

The City of Sydney can realise the wide-ranging benefits of being Australia’s premier global city by assisting and encouraging culturally and linguistically diverse businesses, workers and students to reach their full potential. In this way Sydney can remain and grow in popularity as a first class tourist destination and attractive centre for global companies to set up shop.

To build on Sydney’s status as Australia’s key pathway to the global economy, over the next three years the City of Sydney is committed to the following initiatives:

6.1 Sustain our global city status

6.2 Improve our social and urban planning

6.3 Encourage culturally diverse business communities

6.4 Encourage international students

6.5 Promote tourism

6.6 Advocate for the economic benefits of cultural diversity


5.0 PUTTING THE STRATEGY INTO ACTION

Following the City’s endorsement of the Cultural Diversity Strategy, a number of steps will be taken to ensure the initiatives and actions are acted upon, as well as regularly reviewed and monitored. These include:

5.1 Cultural Diversity Strategy Action Plan 2008–2011

To complement this Strategy, the City has prepared a detailed Action Plan matrix which itemises individual actions and responsibilities.

Immediately upon approval, this Action Plan matrix will be finalised with updated completion dates, targets and deliverables under each initiative.

The matrix will form the internal working document for council staff and be used to continuously monitor and report against (see 3 and 4 below).

5.2 Multicultural Advisory Panel

As noted in the Action Plan (see 4.3), the Multicultural Advisory Panel, made up of council representatives, culturally and linguistically diverse service providers and community members, will meet three times per year to review and comment on the implementation of initiatives contained in the Cultural Diversity Strategy. They will also meet to advise the City on possible new actions to be considered under the agreed objectives and initiatives.

As required, information and advice will be fed back to relevant sections of Council as part of a continual improvement process.

5.3 Monitoring and update reports

Annual updates on the Strategy’s progress will be provided to senior council staff as part of the Corporate Plan reporting process.

An annual Access and Equity Activity Report will also be provided to the NSW Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural NSW.


5.4 Annual review and new action plans

Concurrent with the end of year quarterly update (see 3 above), an Annual Cultural Diversity Strategy Status Report will be prepared, noting the achievements of the past 12 months and identifying a new action plan for the coming year.

The new actions will be developed as part of a continuous improvement process against the Strategy’s objectives and initiatives and will build on past successes.

The action plan will be developed in consultation with the community, including advice and input from the Multicultural Advisory Panel, as well as from relevant council staff.

5.5 Four year evaluation

At the end of the four year life of the Strategy, the City will conduct an independent evaluation of the implementation of its Cultural Diversity Strategy. The evaluation will also help shape the objectives, initiatives and actions to be included in the next phase of the City’s cultural diversity planning process.


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CULT

URAL

DIV

ERSI

TY S

TRAT

EGY

ACTI

ON P

LAN

2008

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1


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mm

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ral d

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sity

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com

mun

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harm

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ivel

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com

mun

ity to

cel

ebra

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thei

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tura

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itage

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City

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his

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cul

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tory

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isto

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part

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he C

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con

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ns to

refle

ct

the

com

mun

ity’s

spe

cific

la

ngua

ge a

nd c

ultu

ral n

eeds

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re jo

b ad

verti

sem

ents

enc

oura

ge

appl

icat

ions

by

peop

le fr

om c

ultu

rally

and

lin

guis

tical

ly d

iver

se b

ackg

roun

ds s

uch

as ‘a

co

mm

itmen

t to

EEO

’ and

‘peo

ple

from

cul

tura

lly

and

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istic

ally

div

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bac

kgro

unds

are

en

cour

aged

to a

pply

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an

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ourc

es

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mun

ity

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ng

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tom

er

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vice

City

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agem

ent

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in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

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o se

e re

sour

ces

in 2

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duce

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tand

ard

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rabl

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lect

ion

crite

rion

for f

ront

line

or c

lient

ser

vice

sta

ff po

sitio

ns

rela

ted

to ‘p

rofic

ienc

y in

a re

leva

nt c

omm

unity

la

ngua

ge’ a

nd ‘d

emon

stra

ted

awar

enes

s of

cu

ltura

l div

ersi

ty is

sues

and

sen

sitiv

ities

’

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cific

ally

recr

uit s

taff

who

spe

ak a

com

mun

ity

lang

uage

into

rele

vant

pos

ition

s w

ithin

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pora

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nd C

omm

unity

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agem

ent,

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ce, C

omm

unity

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ing

and

othe

r bus

ines

s un

its (i

n ac

cord

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m

erit

prin

cipl

es)

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tinue

to re

crui

t and

val

ue b

i-lin

gual

sta

ff or

sta

ff w

ith a

dem

onst

rate

d aw

aren

ess

of

cultu

ral d

iver

sity

issu

es a

nd s

ensi

tiviti

es a

cros

s al

l Cou

ncil

posi

tions

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acco

rdan

ce w

ith

mer

it pr

inci

ples

).

4.5

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iver

cro

ss-c

ultu

ral

awar

enes

s st

aff t

rain

ing

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vide

key

sta

ff w

ith

appr

opria

te tr

aini

ng s

o th

ey c

an a

ssis

t cul

tura

lly

and

lingu

istic

ally

div

erse

cu

stom

ers

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elop

, pro

mot

e an

d ru

n on

goin

g cr

oss-

cultu

ral

awar

enes

s tra

inin

g co

urse

s fo

r fro

nt-li

ne s

taff

acro

ss th

e C

ity

Hum

an

Res

ourc

es

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ng

(Mul

ticul

tura

l D

evel

opm

ent

Offi

cer)

2008

and

on

goin

gW

ithin

app

rove

d bu

dget

Rev

iew

exi

stin

g cr

oss-

cultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

cont

aine

d in

the

City

's in

duct

ion

cour

se a

nd

enha

nce

as re

quire

d


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ativ

eA

ctio

nsR

esp

ons

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tyTi

mef

ram

eR

eso

urce

s

4.6

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erta

ke e

vid

ence

-bas

ed

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g

Use

all

avai

labl

e da

ta o

n ou

r cu

ltura

lly a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

di

vers

e re

side

nts

and

othe

r us

ers

to e

nsur

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licie

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d se

rvic

es a

re re

spon

sive

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iew

est

ablis

hed

data

gat

herin

g in

stru

men

ts

used

by

coun

cil t

o id

entif

y w

here

the

addi

tion

of

stan

dard

ised

cul

tura

lly a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

div

erse

m

easu

res

may

be

requ

ired

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an

Res

ourc

es

Com

mun

ity

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ng

Com

mun

ity

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ng

Econ

omic

D

evel

opm

ent

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ng (S

ocia

l Po

licy

and

Com

mun

ity

Sup

port

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oing

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in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

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elop

and

pro

mot

e in

tern

ally

, sta

ndar

dise

d cu

ltura

lly a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

div

erse

and

‘lan

guag

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oken

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a ga

ther

ing

ques

tions

for u

se in

re

sear

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nder

take

n by

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mis

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det

aile

d an

alys

is o

f 200

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ta re

gard

ing

key

cultu

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iver

sity

issu

es

and

diss

emin

ate

sum

mar

ies

to a

ll re

leva

nt C

ity

staf

f and

to th

e co

mm

unity

incl

udin

g vi

a th

e C

ity’s

web

site

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ugh

the

Mul

ticul

tura

l Dev

elop

men

t Offi

cer

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othe

r sta

ff, re

gula

rly p

rovi

de c

ultu

rally

and

lin

guis

tical

ly d

iver

se c

omm

unity

feed

back

and

up

date

d cu

ltura

lly a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

div

erse

da

ta to

rele

vant

cou

ncil

staf

f to

info

rm s

ervi

ce

plan

ning

and

del

iver

y

Con

tinue

to m

onito

r EEO

dat

a co

llect

ion

to

incl

ude

cultu

rally

and

ling

uist

ical

ly d

iver

se

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

Hum

an

Res

ourc

es


Ob

ject

ive

5: L

ead

ersh

ip a

nd A

dvo

cacy

Initi

ativ

eA

ctio

nsR

esp

ons

ibili

tyTi

mef

ram

eR

eso

urce

s

5.1

Pro

mot

e th

e b

enefi

ts o

f cu

ltura

l div

ersi

ty

Adv

ocat

e an

d co

llabo

rate

th

roug

h va

rious

foru

ms,

in

clud

ing

the

Cou

ncil

of

Cap

ital C

ity L

ord

May

ors,

to

esta

blis

h na

tiona

l pol

icie

s an

d pr

actic

es th

at s

uppo

rt

mul

ticul

tura

lism

and

enh

ance

in

clus

ion

and

com

mun

ity

harm

ony

Enco

urag

e C

ounc

illors

and

sta

ff to

use

all

avai

labl

e op

port

uniti

es to

pro

mot

e th

e be

nefit

s of

cul

tura

l div

ersi

ty a

nd th

e su

cces

s of

Syd

ney

as a

mul

ticul

tura

l, pr

ospe

rous

and

har

mon

ious

co

mm

unity

.

Cou

ncil

Ong

oing

With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

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ocat

e to

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Com

mon

wea

lth G

over

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t fo

r exp

ansi

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f affo

rdab

le E

nglis

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ngua

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ses

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als

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thos

e pr

evio

usly

w

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t acc

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ncil

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in a

ppro

ved

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por

t and

ad

voca

te

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refu

gee

s an

d a

sylu

m

seek

ers

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ocat

e an

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llabo

rate

th

roug

h va

rious

foru

ms,

in

clud

ing

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Cou

ncil

of

Cap

ital C

ity L

ord

May

ors,

for

expa

ndin

g go

vern

men

t and

co

mm

unity

com

pass

ion

and

supp

ort f

or re

fuge

es a

nd

asyl

um s

eeke

rs.

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ocat

e to

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mon

wea

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over

nmen

t for

m

ore

com

pass

iona

te a

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clus

ive

appr

oach

es

to re

fuge

es a

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sylu

m s

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rs

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ncil

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in a

ppro

ved

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et

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ject

to a

suc

cess

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valu

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ontin

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pr

ovid

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ylum

see

kers

on

brid

ging

vis

as a

nd

refu

gees

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free

acc

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e C

ity's

poo

ls,

gym

s, li

brar

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com

pute

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inin

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d M

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els

serv

ices

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mun

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eval

uatio

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uppo

rt a

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ncou

rage

acc

epta

nce

of re

fuge

es

and

asyl

um s

eeke

rs in

our

com

mun

ity th

roug

h th

e C

ity’s

Gra

nts

and

Spo

nsor

ship

pro

gram

.


Initi

ativ

eA

ctio

nsR

esp

ons

ibili

tyTi

mef

ram

eR

eso

urce

s

5.3

Enc

oura

ge

skill

ed m

igra

nt

and

mul

ticul

tura

l vol

unte

er

initi

ativ

es

Pro

mot

e op

port

uniti

es fo

r cu

ltura

lly a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

di

vers

e co

mm

unity

mem

bers

an

d sk

illed

mig

rant

s to

pa

rtici

pate

in th

e w

orkf

orce

, in

clud

ing

via

volu

ntee

ring

Inve

stig

ate

a S

kille

d M

igra

nts

Wor

k Pl

acem

ent

and

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oym

ent S

trate

gy th

at in

clud

es a

ll bu

sine

ss u

nits

and

pro

fess

iona

l gro

ups

with

in

the

City

of S

ydne

y C

ounc

il

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mun

ity

Livi

ng

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ithin

app

rove

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dget

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ugh

gran

ts, s

pons

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ips

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ind

advi

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uppo

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roje

cts

that

rese

arch

and

su

ppor

t ski

lled

mig

rant

s ga

inin

g w

ork

expe

rienc

e

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ngO

ngoi

ngW

ithin

app

rove

d bu

dget

Con

tinue

to c

oord

inat

e an

d su

ppor

t the

Sup

er

V M

ultic

ultu

ral V

olun

teer

pro

gram

and

wor

k w

ith

com

mun

ity g

roup

s an

d or

gani

satio

ns to

sup

port

vo

lunt

eerin

g in

gen

eral

With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

5.4

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tner

with

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eren

t lev

els

of g

over

nmen

t

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ivel

y pa

rtici

pate

in

gove

rnm

ent d

ecis

ion-

mak

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proc

esse

s re

gard

ing

city

life

an

d ad

voca

te fo

r the

inte

rest

s an

d ne

eds

of v

ario

us

cultu

rally

and

ling

uist

ical

ly

dive

rse

stak

ehol

ders

Col

labo

rate

and

par

tner

with

oth

er c

ounc

ils a

nd

leve

ls o

f gov

ernm

ent t

o im

prov

e th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of e

ssen

tial c

omm

unity

info

rmat

ion

avai

labl

e in

com

mun

ity la

ngua

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stig

ate

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rtun

ities

to p

artn

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ith

gove

rnm

ent a

genc

ies,

on

way

s to

pro

mot

e co

mm

unity

har

mon

y an

d cr

oss-

cultu

ral

awar

enes

s in

the

com

mun

ity, i

nclu

ding

am

ongs

t sc

hool

age

d ch

ildre

n

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ng

Cou

ncil

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oing

With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

Adv

ocat

e fo

r and

inco

rpor

ate

the

need

s of

cu

ltura

lly a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

div

erse

com

mun

ities

in

the

NS

W A

fford

able

Hou

sing

Stra

tegy

5.5

Eng

age

with

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com

mun

ity

Act

ivel

y en

gage

and

pa

rtici

pate

in c

omm

unity

fo

rum

s fo

cuse

d on

impr

oved

se

rvic

es a

nd o

utco

mes

for

cultu

rally

and

ling

uist

ical

ly

dive

rse

com

mun

ities

Col

labo

rate

and

par

tner

with

com

mun

ity a

nd

busi

ness

org

anis

atio

ns o

n in

itiat

ives

aim

ed a

t im

prov

ed q

ualit

y of

life

and

ser

vice

acc

ess

for

mem

bers

of c

ultu

ral a

nd li

ngui

stic

ally

div

erse

co

mm

uniti

es

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ng

Ong

oing

With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

Als

o se

e re

sour

ces

liste

d in

2.1

Act

ivel

y pa

rtici

pate

in k

ey c

omm

unity

foru

ms

focu

sed

on c

ultu

rally

and

ling

uist

ical

ly

dive

rse

issu

es


Initi

ativ

eA

ctio

nsR

esp

ons

ibili

tyTi

mef

ram

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eso

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s

5.6

Pro

mot

e th

e C

ultu

ral

Div

ersi

ty S

trat

egy

Wid

ely

prom

ote

this

Cul

tura

l D

iver

sity

Stra

tegy

with

bo

th in

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal

stak

ehol

ders

Initi

ate

a st

aff b

riefin

g pr

ogra

m o

n th

e C

ultu

ral

Div

ersi

ty S

trate

gy, w

ith ta

ilore

d in

form

atio

n on

sp

ecifi

c im

pact

s an

d im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

initi

ativ

es

and

actio

ns

Und

erta

ke a

maj

or p

rom

otio

n of

the

Cul

tura

l D

iver

sity

Stra

tegy

in th

e C

ity’s

com

mun

ity

foru

ms,

new

slet

ter a

nd w

ebsi

te

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ngO

ngoi

ngW

ithin

app

rove

d bu

dget


Ob

ject

ive

6: S

usta

inin

g t

he

Glo

bal

City

Initi

ativ

eA

ctio

nsR

esp

ons

ibili

tyTi

mef

ram

eR

eso

urce

s

6.1

Sus

tain

our

glo

bal

ci

ty s

tatu

s

Con

tinue

to c

apita

lise

and

build

on

Syd

ney’

s st

atus

as

Aus

tralia

’s p

rem

ier g

loba

l city

Con

tinue

to p

rom

ote

cultu

ral,

econ

omic

ex

chan

ges

and

good

will

with

the

City

’s s

iste

r ci

ties

acro

ss th

e w

orld

Offi

ce o

f the

Lor

d M

ayor

(Pro

toco

l)

Cou

ncil

Ong

oing

With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

Thro

ugh

the

Syd

ney

2030

initi

ativ

e, d

evel

op a

nd

impl

emen

t pol

icie

s an

d in

itiat

ives

that

reco

gnis

e an

d va

lue

cultu

ral d

iver

sity

as

an in

tegr

al p

art o

f a

sust

aina

ble,

glo

bal c

ity

2008

and

on

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gW

ithin

app

rove

d bu

dget

Adv

ocat

e an

d w

ork

with

all

leve

ls o

f gov

ernm

ent

and

the

busi

ness

com

mun

ity to

stre

ngth

en

Syd

ney'

s pl

ace

as a

glo

bal c

ity

Cou

ncil

Ong

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With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

6.2

Imp

rove

our

soc

ial a

nd

urb

an p

lann

ing

Thro

ugh

the

City

’s S

ocia

l Pl

an a

nd o

ther

initi

ativ

es,

impr

ove

the

City

’s o

vera

ll am

enity

, saf

ety

and

appe

al

for t

he b

enefi

t of a

ll re

side

nts,

w

orke

rs a

nd v

isito

rs

incl

udin

g th

ose

of c

ultu

rally

an

d lin

guis

tical

ly d

iver

se

back

grou

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Con

tinue

to im

prov

e th

e ov

eral

l qua

lity

of li

fe in

th

e C

ity to

mai

ntai

n its

app

eal t

o al

l ind

ivid

uals

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gard

less

of t

heir

cultu

ral,

lingu

istic

or r

elig

ious

ba

ckgr

ound

s, th

roug

h im

plem

entin

g th

e C

ity’s

:

■

Soc

ial P

lan

■

Urb

an p

lann

ing

proc

esse

s

■

Syd

ney

2030

initi

ativ

es

■

Gra

nts

and

Spo

nsor

ship

Pro

gram

s

Com

mun

ity

Livi

ng

Cou

ncil

Ong

oing

With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

et

6.3

Enc

oura

ge

cultu

rally

d

iver

se b

usin

ess

com

mun

ities

Sup

port

and

enc

oura

ge

cultu

rally

and

ling

uist

ical

ly

dive

rse

busi

ness

es a

nd

busi

ness

pre

cinc

ts to

be

pros

pero

us a

nd in

clus

ive

Con

tinue

to s

pons

or a

nd w

ork

with

loca

l C

ham

bers

of C

omm

erce

to p

rom

ote

the

econ

omic

opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d m

arke

ting

pote

ntia

l of

loca

l cul

tura

lly d

iver

se b

usin

esse

s

Econ

omic

D

evel

opm

ent

Mar

ketin

g

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With

in a

ppro

ved

budg

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Initi

ativ

eA

ctio

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esp

ons

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tyTi

mef

ram

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6.4

Enc

oura

ge

inte

rnat

iona

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uden

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